新未来大学英语 综合教程3B（智慧版）Unit 6 Section 2.pptx

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6TextATextBWisdomofChina

6TextATextAHistoriansvs.Non-historiansPreviewtaskTextinterpretationComprehensionCriticalthinkingInterculturalwritingLanguageinfocusContents

6TextAPreviewtask1Lookatthetexttitle.Writedownwhatyouthinkthemaindifferencesmightbebetweenthewaysinwhichhistoriansandnon-historiansviewhistory.Ithinkmostnon-historiansviewhistorythroughtheirownpernonallens.Historians,ontheotherhand,musttrytomaintainmoreobjectivity.Further,sincehistoriansaremoreknowledgeableabouthistory,theyareprobablyabletoplacehistoricaleventsintobroadercontext.Historiansvs.Non-historiansReadthetextandseeifanyofyourideasarementionedinthetext.2

6TextATextinterpretation1Historyisthestudyofchangeovertime,anditcoversallaspectsofhumansociety--political,social,economic,cultural,technological,medical,military,ect.Usuallyprofessionalhistoriansspecializeinaparticularaspectofhistory,aspecifictimeperiod,oraspecificgeographicregion,andthewaytheyunderstandandstudyhistoryisdifferentinmanyaspectscomparedwiththatofnon-historians.Historiansvs.Non-historians

6TextATextinterpretationHistoriansvs.Non-historiansTobeginwith,howistheirgeneralunderstandingofhistorydifferent?2Non-historiansmaythinkthathistoryiswhatiswritteninhistorybooks.Butprofessionalhistoriansmaysuggeststhatwhatwevebeentoldmightnotbeaccurateorreliable.3

6TextATextinterpretationHistoriansvs.Non-historians4Non-historiansmaysaythat“historyrepeatsitself”,and“somethingsneverchange”.Thisiscommonviewofhistory,butrealityisrarelysosimple.Historiansknowthatallthingsdoinfactchange,andhistoryrarelyrepeatsitself.Theyknowthatalthoughcertainsituationsmayoftenseemlikerepetitions,thetruthisusuallyrathermorecomplicated.

6TextATextinterpretation5Non-historiansmaypronetotwo