GRE 作文题目
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The main benefit of the study of history is to dispel the illusion that people living now are significantly different from people who lived in earlier times. [Specific Task Instruction: Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.]
题目分析
翻译
研究历史主要的好处就是去消除了人们这样一种错误观念，（此观念认为）生活在一个时期的人们和早些时候的人们相比都有很大的不同。[说明：写一篇文章，讨论你同意或反对这个说法达到什么程度，并解释你选择这个观点的理由。在展开和支持你的观点时，你需要考虑这个说法可能在哪些方面成立或者不成立，并解释你所考虑的这些东西如何体现你的观点]
指导
本题讨论历史研究的意义，题目认为其主要意义在于说明各个历史时期人们的生活是相同的。与本题很类似的老GRE题目ISSUE226--People are mistaken when they assume that the problems they confront are more complex and challenging than the problems faced by their predecessors. This illusion is eventually dispelled with increased knowledge and experience.对于本题，你可以从：是否存在错误观念、导致错误观念的原因、研究历史对其作用、表面生活形式之下的深层问题、对不同领域环境和环境下的问题的不同情况等方面展开分析。需要注意两点：
1、在讨论历史研究意义的过程中，不能无视题目限定的范围（各个历史时期人们的异同）而岔开话题自说自话——去列举其他研究历史的好处并且不和此范围做相关类比或对比；
2、在对比不同历史时期人们的生活的时候要有具体内容，言之有物而不是喊口号说空话。
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1. 请举例描述现在人们日常生活、学习、工作中的三种情况，并和十年前、一百年前、一千年前的人们遇到过的情况进行对比。
回答：
communicate:
now--facebook,video calling
10 ys ago--cell phone
100 ys ago--telegram, telephone,but not popupar
1000 ys ago--pigeon, horse, running
how to get information
now--google
10 ys ago--on net, but not that efficient
100 ys ago--library,book
1000 ys ago--no print technology, essays cannot be published to populate widely
2. 你是否认为生活在现在这个历史时期的人和其他任何历史其的人相比都有很大不同？如果是，那么差别在那些方面？如果不是，那么现在的人们和以前各个历史时期的人们有什么相似之处？请举例并简述。
回答：
1.the way we live have drastically changed:
travel by plane or car, work on the internet.
work in the fields, in the factory, in the office, at home by internet.
urbannization drastically changes the world.
2.however, we still have sorrow over loss of our friends, happiness over higher payment. We still eat and drink everyday even though much better than before.We have to work hard to support families. National conflicts and wars still exist, even though in a different form--they fight for energy, economic profits rather than lands as before.
3. 造成人们认为自己和其他历史时期的人有很大差异的原因是什么？ （可从内因、外因两方面考虑）
回答：
1.development of technology
communication, work, travel
2.different social condition:
everyone is created equal
more independent than agricultural society, in which members in a family were always together to deal with things. When lack of money, we ask from family. Now we depend more on the financial system, loan money from banks.
3.our conception has changed. mental persuit over substantial persuit.&4.
4. 历史研究可以带给人们哪些信息或方法？是否有了这些信息和方法就可以消除这种错误观念？
回答：
History is the magical crystal ball to tell the future. Humanity, the common characteristics that all human being shares, remains the same after thousands years of history, though out appearance of human has dramatically changed. Therefore, we may conclude that the present or the future society is, to some extent, the consequences of the logical development of the world. Once objectively and reasonably explained and applied, history may provide us models of how the society functions, and predicts the future.
eg. every collapse of dynasty is with political corruption and enocomical chaos.
However, the changes and intangibility of the true world decide that what the history researches is not likely to include every tiny detail, but the macro outline of the constitution and characteristics of the society. Thus, we shall pay more attention to analyze the current issue with its paticularity, but not use anything in the history without any change. eg. Every financial crisis does reflect some certain problems, but those problems can be so different. 2008 crisis cannot be solved as what is done during the Great Depression.
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