我知道这个时候才过完两遍红宝是很危险的...但是只要按照计划来，一遍一遍地背，就一定能背完！
背第二遍红宝期间做了一些单词的总结，基本写满了一小本，还有卡片若干，都很有用~
嗯，接下来的第三遍第四遍第五遍会越来越轻松的！

开学两天，物化看起来很难（准备用对付机考的方法对付物化），物理延续上学期的风格，有机和脊比如同我之前想象的一样有意思。
向合唱团请了一个长长的假，笔考之后再回归。

考场上果然比平常练得要快。写完了，也有点时间检查，应该没什么问题。
前几天准备机考的时候是多么渴望准备笔考的日子啊......背背单词做做类反无聊了看两篇阅读找回信心~~不知道会不会真的这么有意思，明天开始试试看吧。

后天就上课了，其实还是很期待的，毕竟有脊椎动物比较解剖学......算是生物课程里最有意思的了。
不知道后天我会在本子上写下"First day sucks."还是"Thank God 终于开学了"......



送我最喜欢的Issue习作一篇......模考的时候写的，没改过，轻拍......

I agree with the speaker that it is groups of people that create history, not famous few individuals. This issue is supported in two respects: one of them is that traditional history study focus too much on elites, and the public is often overlooked, therefore the function of the public cannot be assessed fairly; another respect is that actually the most significant trends are made possible by groups of people.

It is true that famous individuals have great influence on the history in that most of them are well known for their revolutionary theories, which inspire the public. It can be easily inferred that a leader is most likely to be one of these famous individuals. For example, the former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, who helped Chinese people walk out of the shadow of "Cultural Revolution" and earn much more money. Deng is famous for his "opening up" policy, which encourages foreign investments. At the same time, Deng changed the mind of most Chinese people: he told them that trying to be rich and improving one's living condition is not sin, while most of Chinese people dare not speak it out then. Therefore, famous individuals do worth studying in history.

However, only by studying elites historians cannot get a complete notion of the past. Most of the histories were written by elites, for they had the power to record, while the others, the public, had not. Consider, for example, the history of medieval. At that time, most of the tenants and farmers were illiterate, and they were not allowed to join the work of writing history. The result is that what historians have today for the study of medieval history is merely a history of elites. That is why historians today find difficulty in picturing the medieval world. In short, too much emphasis on individuals is likely to make historians overlooked the overall trends of a society.

Moreover, groups of people have greater influence on history, since individuals are not representative for the significant trends. A fitting example is the revolution of Web 2.0. Web 2.0 means anyone who has a computer and an access to the internet is able to share his/her ideas, experiences, and moods with other people, no matter where s/he is. It is even possible for everyone to do some creative work in the era of Web 2.0, such as make a movie and write a novel. The phenomenon of Wikipedia and Youtube reveal that how hugely can a group of people, internet users, change the world. In the past, to be a superstar, one has to sign to a company, and gain popularity though a series of promotion. However in the time of Web 2.0, all one has to do is to upload a video on Youtube, and if one's video is original enough, s/he will have fans and become a superstar on the internet. In fact, Time's Person of the Year for 2006 is "You" - that means, you, in front of a computer screen, are changing the history.

In sum, famous individuals do have a great influence of the history because their inspiring theories. Yet the public are more and more important in the history, and surely they should not be overlooked.

用着呢。 不知道新鲜感过去之后会怎么样...... 至少不会一个tab崩溃整个浏览器崩溃了...尽管我家Firefox也很少这样... ...... 看不了YouTube居然！