雅思写作：学习历史知识至关重要

 　　范文：　　History is more than the old stories, myths, or anacademic subject for the scholarsto write papers or books. Likemany other sciences, history not only tells people what havehappened before but also functions as a compassto lead humanbeings in the right course.

　　One of the most important roles that the study of historyplays in solving the currenthuman affairs is that it functions as a“review mirror”. It shows what is behind you so that you can move forward easily. History is, inessence, the people and their activities, both physical and psychological, in the past. If we acceptthat the past and the present are not entirely¹ separated, then we have to admit the value ofhistory. Our ancestorshave suffered the same troubles, such as disease, disaster, or devil, as whatwe are confronted with, and their experiences, knowledge, and understanding of nature provide uswith invaluablewisdom.

　　It is true that a fewer people claim that history helps people little in unlocking the currentproblems. They might give a long list of assumed“evidence”. For instance, they say thatenvironmental issues are new, globalization unprecedented², political or economical conflicts fresh,and the like. Nevertheless, they have failed to see that in essence these problems are what ourforefathers have experienced. Today people are suffering the same old trouble of poverty, wars,and mental crisis.

　　Therefore, reading history, at least we can find some cluesto solve these problems.本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑。

1 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

2 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。