历史类之历史作用
Issue 103
The stady of history has value only to the extent that it is relevant to our daily
lives
结论型论证, 控据是目观点可能成立的原因一
玫其原因,原因不成立题目观点就不成立了
+ history has value in our daily lives: it as art and entertainment serves a real
Purpose
-history' s fundamental value transcends the mundane life
History also provides a terrain for moral contenplation;
Mercken an American scholar, “Times isa great judae, even in the fields of moral
-history helps us with future planning
huaman beings not just survive in contemporary life e.g environment,rebel
Lincoln, “We know nothing about what will happen in the future,but by the analogy
of past experience
sthe histarie stady that relevant to our daily lives the only one worthy to
stady,as the speaker alleges? I concede that studying history as art and
entertainment benefits our daily lives directly,However,history”s essential
Values always transcend the daily lives,What' s more,the speaker indirectly
implies that human beings are satisfied to survive in contemporary life,and then
inares that history can help us ith future planning.
和 main point of agreenment with the speaker is that history as art and
entertainment serves a valuable purpose in our daily lives,Historic stories
provide abundant materials for teleplay,movie,novel,music,and opera, which
entertain us as well as instruet us sometimes,Moreover,a historian most
appealing to the general reading public is the historian who knows the importanee
of draaatic and skillful writing一as well as of aceuracy,In a word,history as
art and entertainment benefit our daily lives on aesthetie grounds as well as on
he level of haman understanding to certain extend
Notwithstanding the foregoing merit of the statement,it still poses problems,First,
history" s fundamental values always transcend the mundane life,Take moral
ontemplation for ilustration To one extent,studying the stories of individuals
and situations in the past allows the student of history to test his or her om
moral sense,to hone it against some real complexities that individuals have
faced in difficult settings,To another extent,as Mercken,an hnerican art
scholar,pat it, “Time is a preat judge,even to the moral fields ”History
shows us the true heroes,the great men and women who worked through moral
dilemmas with outstanding courage,intelligence,and endurance,Consequently,
hen people Weather adversity in real cireumstances, they can acquire
inspiration from the heroes,Thus,history provides worthy utilities for moral
contempla