大学基础英语4lesson three.pptVIP

Why the ancient teleplays(古代历史剧） which are about the same history have different editions?  The Revolution of 1911(辛亥革命） Successful ? Failed ? The three definitions of history The relationships among the three definitions of history The first kind of definition includes the latter two kinds of definitions . Historians must base their accounts on the remains of the recorded past. Paragraph 6-8 How historians selecting facts? Historians can’t know everything ↓ Not everything was recorded ↓ Rather, select the significant one, recreate parts of the past Historians are able to select and create evidence by using some theory of human motivations and behavior. Easy →requiring very little motivations and behavior. National leaders contemplating war ↙ ↘ Belligerent acts unhappiness with their haberdasher However, sometimes it is not easy to make a choice. Investigating the US entry into WWⅠ British government (for instance) made loans to the British (discover) Interception of ‘Zimmerman Note’ (read of) Balance of power in Europe (also find) How the three groups state these facts? Group one: simply list them Facts are main reasons. things are also important. Group two: they will find a number of relevant facts----leaving out Wilsons pro-British attitude. Group three: the various items on the list is not equal importance.----banker’s influence was the most important. Historians deal with same subject paragraph 11-12 discuss different things,and often consider different levels of cause and effect revise their ideas constantly Why historians disagree with themselves? They are often revising their ideas. Why do historians revise their ideas? discovering new information gaining new insights mastering and using new techniques learning from each other benefiting from comparisons Can we eliminate all disagreement?