Issue170 By WDI小组 Bloodbob

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I103(7)  历史"The study of history has value only to the extent that it is relevant to our daily lives." 研究历史的价值只体现在这种研究和我们的日常生活相关时。

命题：value of the study of history has value when it is relevant to our daily lives
我的态度：有保留的支持
1.the study of history has value to the extent that it is relevant to our daily lives for it exemplify the code to follow. We may learn lessons from the past (War, environmental protection, tyranny, slavery)
2. The history not in direct correlation with the daily live also tend to be fascinating in the eye of some artists. (music, architecture, literature)
3. the history is not stationary. What seems irrelevant to the daily life today turn out to be in close connection to the life to come. (Environmental protection, what kind of plants are viable in certain region. water resource)
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People tend to concede that the main purpose and value of study of history is to serve the people nowadays. I partly agree in that by the study of history we may learn the lesson from the past and thus figure out the appropriate way of development. However, the fact that some study will not directly related to the daily life and the ceaseless progress of social development we need to reconsider it.

In the first place, to make the study practical and more effective, historians tend to focus their effort on affairs that are in direct relation with the daily life or some solution point to the issue at hand. A case in point is that, the leaders sometime will turn to historians for reference when it comes to the territorial disputation in that territorial disputation, in most cases, are intertwined with the religion, a too complex issue that can only be handled through the research of history. In such case, people make do with the limited knowledge of history to grapple with the solution against the problems at hand. For the history research is rewarding in a short term. In the case abovementioned, the study of history will yield a satisfactory solution that is, too the most, tend to solve the disputation.

In addition, history mirrors the present to some extent. Such issue like war, epidemic influenza, and racial discrimination may be drastically settled after resorting to the historical event available. The recent measure taken by the Chinese government in response to the HIVI flu is the case in point. Physically and psychologically suffered from the excruciating disaster of SARS, the Chinese government has gain abundant experience and learns enough lessons so that any other similar flu is no big deal. The study of history proves to be beneficial in cautioning the upcoming danger and useful to provide more advices if necessary.

Whereas, some study bears no evident relation with the daily life are also carried out by those historians for the artistic reasons. As we know, arts of any kind root from the research in the past. It is a common practice to learn the music by acquire at the beginning the historical knowledge of the famous musician or the well-known masterpieces. Not only for the purpose of appreciating, but for establishment of the fundamental theoretical basis upon which the further study are piled.  The same goes to other form of art such as architecture and literature. With regard to studies of this kind, no one may claim any daily bearings with the world at present, while they are carried out for the purpose of autistics.

Finally, the social development is too precarious that is it entirely implausible to set a code whereby huge or marginal interest is measured to the history study in terms of our daily life. As the time slip by, what appear to be relevant to daily life fade away while what are deemed marginal originally are casted in to limelight. To illustrate, environmental protection, a heated issue under discussion nowadays, can hardly earn any attention decades ago, let alone in the time memorial. The historical study of the distribution of plants in the past, government may solve the dissertation at the lowest cost.

To sum up, study of history is beneficial to our daily life. Nevertheless, the biased historical study merely concerned with the current life will undermine the value of the study since other work like art are hampered and potential benefits are deprived.

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1# bloodbob
In the first place, to make the study practical and more effective, historians tend to focus their effort on affairs that are in direct relation with the daily life or some solution point to the issue at hand（这是什么表达方式）. A case in point is that, the leaders sometime will turn to historians for reference when it comes to the territorial disputation in that territorial disputation, in most cases, are intertwined with the religion, a too complex issue that can only be handled through the research of history. In such case, people make do with（为什么是凑合着用） the limited knowledge of history to grapple with the solution against the problems at hand. For the history research is rewarding in a short term. In the case abovementioned, the study of history will yield a satisfactory solution that is, too the most（？）, tend to solve the disputation.
In addition, history mirrors the present to some extent. Such issue like war, epidemic influenza, and racial discrimination may be drastically settled after resorting to the historical event available. The recent measure taken by the Chinese government in response to the HIVI flu is the case in point（in point 是个adj）. Physically and psychologically suffered from the excruciating disaster of SARS, the Chinese government has gain abundant experience and learns enough lessons so that any other similar flu is no big deal（这个说法好像不大切合实际，真的H1N1不是个big deal么？）. The study of history proves to be beneficial in cautioning the upcoming danger and useful to provide more advices if necessary.
Whereas, some study bears no evident relation with（to） the daily life are also carried out by those historians for the artistic reasons. As we know, arts of any kind root from the research in the past（艺术源于对过去的研究？为什么呢？）. It is a common practice to learn the music by acquire at the beginning the historical knowledge of the famous musician or the well-known masterpieces. Not only for the purpose of appreciating, but for establishment of the fundamental theoretical basis upon which the further study are piled. The same goes to other form of art such as architecture and literature. With regard to studies of this kind, no one may claim any daily bearings with the world （may claim what？）at present, while they are carried out for the purpose of autistics（自闭的？）.
艺术和日常生活无关么？
Finally, the social development is too precarious that is it entirely implausible to set a code whereby huge or marginal interest is measured to the history study in terms of our daily life. As the time slip by（这什么表达方式？）, what appear to be relevant to daily life fade away while what are deemed marginal originally are casted in to limelight（？还是看不懂）. To illustrate, environmental protection, a heated issue under discussion nowadays, can hardly earn any attention decades ago, let alone in the time memorial. The historical study of the distribution of plants in the past, government may solve the dissertation at the lowest cost.（看不懂这段在讲什么，如果不看你的提纲的话）
To sum up, study of history is beneficial to our daily life. Nevertheless, the biased historical study merely concerned with the current life will undermine the value of the study since other work like art are hampered and potential benefits are deprived.

总结：你提到了直接联系，那是不是还有什么间接的联系呢？
那艺术属于哪种？间接联系还是无联系？
你的很多表达确实不错，但也有很多我是看不懂(虽然我查了词典)，不知道是太高深了还是太… 期待进一步交流。

bloodbobUID: 2627007

我写完后没细细检查，确实有不少问题和语病，多谢指出:)

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revised version:

People tend to concede that the main purpose and value of study of history is to serve the people nowadays. I partly agree in that by the study of history we may learn the lesson from the past and thus figure out the appropriate way of development. However, the fact that some study will not directly related to the daily life and the ceaseless progress of social development we need to reconsider it.

In the first place, to make the study practical and more effective, historians tend to focus their effort on affairs that are in close relation with the daily life in order to come up with some solution point to the issue at hand. A case in point is that, the leaders sometime will turn to historians for reference when it comes to the territorial disputation in that territorial disputation, in most cases, are intertwined with the religion, a too complex issue that can only be handled through the research of history. The long-lasting conflict between Palestine and Israel in the Middle East emerges as the territorial disputes takes its root, in effect, from the religion contradiction of Islam and Jewish, the Arab-Muslim. It’s the result of history and culture. If we peek back at the tenets of the two religions respectively we may find that they stand in discord from the very beginning. In such case, it is doubtless that the most sensible and efficient way to grapple with the political problems at hand is through the knowledge of history. For the history research is rewarding in a short term.

In addition, history mirrors the present to some extent. Such issue like war, epidemic influenza, and racial discrimination may be drastically settled after resorting to the historical event available. The recent measure taken by the Chinese government in response to the H5N1 flu serves as the best illustration. Physically and psychologically suffered from the excruciating disaster of SARS, the Chinese government has gain abundant experience and learns enough lessons so that any other similar flu can hardly plunge us in quandary. The study of history proves to be beneficial in cautioning the upcoming danger and useful to provide more advices if necessary.

Whereas, some study bears no evident relation to the daily life are also carried out by those historians for the artistic reasons. As we know, the development of arts benefits a lot from the research in the past, because it bring back some pieces of best works that stands as landmarks which the descendents can not only follow but strive to surpass. It is a common practice to learn the music by acquire at the beginning the historical knowledge of the famous musician or the well-known masterpieces. Not only for the purpose of appreciating, but for establishment of the fundamental theoretical basis upon which the further study are piled. The same goes to other form of art such as architecture and literature. Studies of this kind have nothing to do with the world at present and they are carried out for the purpose of art.

Finally, the social development is too precarious that is it entirely implausible to set a code whereby huge or marginal interest is measured to the history study in terms of our daily life. As time goes by, what previously are regarded to be relevant to daily life fade out of people’s vision while what are originally deemed marginal are casted in to limelight. To illustrate, environmental protection, an issue hardly caught the public’s eye decades ago is now under heated discussion nowadays. After historical study of the distribution of plants in a deserted land in the past, government may know what kind of plants suit the environmental condition there most, and then make out the remedy to solve the dissertation at the lowest cost.

To sum up, study of history is beneficial to our daily life. Nevertheless, the biased historical study merely concerned with the current life will undermine the value of the study since other work like art are hampered and potential benefits are deprived.