GRE 作文题目
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[Claim] Knowing about the past cannot help people to make important decisions today. [Reason] The world today is significantly more complex than it was even in the relatively recent past. [Specific Task Instruction: Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.]
题目分析
翻译
[观点]了解历史并不能够帮助人们在今天做出重要决定。
[理由]即使对于相对较近的过去，现在的世界和以前相比也变得复杂了很多。
[说明]写一篇文章，讨论你同意或反对这个观点，以及支持观点的理由达到怎样的程度。
指导
本题观点部分改编自老GRE的ISSUE54"History teaches us only one thing: knowing about the past cannot help people to make important decisions today"，理由部分改编自老GRE的ISSUE120"So much is new and complex today that looking back for an understanding of the past provides little guidance for living in the present"。题目讨论历史作用，尤其是历史在为现在的人们提供参考帮助上面的作用。题目不难，而且历史类话题素材广泛。但是写作的时候要注意一点：不要简单说一句历史还有其他作用，然后就花大篇幅去论述其他作用（岔开话题）。对于理由部分，你可以从“现象”和“本质”的角度去进行思考，也可以考虑满足什么条件的事情才是对其他事情有指导意义的。但是注意，不要把一些名人名言作为论据，多想想具体事实是怎样的。
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1. 在你的印象中，过去的生活和现在的生活之间有哪些差距？今天有哪些事物是过去没有的？哪些事物一直存在，但是和过去相比，在内涵上发生了改变？请举例并简述。
回答：
可以从衣食住行各个方面来说，首先穿的越来越前卫大胆了，衣服的色彩更加繁多，款式更加多样，例如比基尼。吃的方面从吃饱到吃好，然后是健康饮食，绿色有机食品的流行以及转基因食品甚至于太空食品等等。从住的方面来讲，越来越讲究家居设计以及舒适度，人们会选择环境较好的郊区去住，甚至到国外去养老。当然这也离不开交通的发展，飞机，高铁已不再是少数人的代步工具，很大一部分家庭拥有私家车，一小部分人拥有私人飞机，游艇，美国甚至推出了太空旅行计划。通信器材的发展也是很快的，智能手机与3G已成为很多白领所必不可少的工具，人们不需要面对面交流，只需要手指轻点则可以买到你想要的商品与服务，更加快捷更加省力，以往用于计算的电脑也成为了人们必不可少的娱乐工具，人们甚至可以利用社交网站交友，谈天，也可以在视频网站上浏览，电视电影的功能从而被削弱了，这些先进的工具缩小了人与人之间的距离
2. 历史对于现在的人们的影响和意义主要体现在哪些方面？影响方式有哪些？人们参考历史的目的是什么？请举例并简述。
回答：
历史对于现在人们的影响可谓是方方面面，从经济方面历史上地区的经济状况极大的影响目前的经济情况与政策导向，历史的经济情况也是当前经济基础，可以是好的也可以是坏的，比如人类历史上出现过两次金融危机，极大的阻碍了经济的发展，导致社会动荡与世界大战的产生，另外3次工业革命极大的推动了生产力的进步，促进了人类文明但同时也加大了事业与贫富差距。政治方面不同的历史进程与情况影响了一个国家和地区的文明程度，民主程度与进步程度，不同的历史决定了不同的政治发展方向，与国家的政体息息相关。当然历史对于人们的文化也是有很大影响的，不同的历史决定了世界各具特色的文化氛围，同时也容易造成文化隔阂。人们以史为鉴，很多政策都是在吸取大量的经验和教训而得来的，参照历史可以让人们少走弯路。
3. 是不是只有和现在完全一样的历史事件才会对今天的生活有指导意义？如果不是？那么怎样的事情是有指导意义的？请举例说明。
回答：
不是的，不一样的历史体现不一样的角度，例如美国奴隶制度就是一个与现代社会文明格格不入的一个制度，也是我们值得借鉴的一种制度，美国人民与当时的黑人奴隶通过南北战争废除了奴隶制，这说明压迫与不平等是不对的，从相反的角度体现了民主与平等的伟大
4. 你读过什么过去的书籍？你认为它们是过时还是对你现在的生活有指导意义？请举例说明。
回答：
比如儒家经典论语，庄子等春秋战国时期的书，论语在指导一个人的人格修养上有很大的帮助，庄子对一个人的心态的调整，对世界的认识上有很大的指导意义
5. 你的父母是否曾经用他们过去的经验来给你一些指导？你认为有用么？为什么？请举例说明。
回答：
比如说小时候母亲告诉我“春捂秋冻”，说的是初春时候不要很快脱去厚重的冬装，秋天也不要很早就加衣服；讲的就是季节交替的时候穿衣服的讲究。事实证明这个经验是有道理的……
6. 过去的一些经验或者事情是否会对人造成误导？请举例说明。
回答：
会，比如成见，我们会根据一个人以前的行为、家庭、地区、国籍等来作为他们人品的判断，这些判断可能是错误的
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作文
Summarizing many incidences that happened in the past or in the modern society, we could come to the conclusion that the fact that knowing about the past can not help people to make important decision today is not always true. In some situations, the histories would provide people a excellent access tor people to make reasonable decision. For another, sometimes people would be hampered by some knowledge about the histories to complete a rational judgment. So we should look critically about the decison-making and historical knowness.For one thing, histories surely promote us to make an important decisions. Although today we live in an significant comples world than that in the past, the past could provide a good guideline for all categories of people to make up their mind. For example, if a adult want to find a spouse, at this time, the past experience or the histories would exert great influence on the adult's judgment. First because the custom has embeded in people's mind or thought, they commonly hold the idea that if people without same education or sense of value, they could not form a harmonious families. For another thing, if the adult want to go against the conventional norms, they families members could stand out to hanper the conduct of the adult,.Yet now we all anticipate the freedom and democracy, our action to some extent satisfies the traditional criterions. Second, sometimes the histories could become an impedement for us to make imperative decisions. Maybe the traditional perspective prevents pepple's conception or thought from going far away, in another word, people do not dare to go against the nature of the past. For many times, we judge a person from their appearance. In the historical period, there are many stories indicating that judging a person by observing from his clothes or looks is wrong, but we form this negative view by environment and other's influence. At this condition, the histories impede the developmenet of people. Sometimes, we could miss a lot of important opportunities for us to make good friends or find a well-paid job even possible bring about some misunderatndings or conflicts. Thus, at this point, we should agree with the idea of the topic.
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