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IELTS Practice Listening: Matching Features
ID: #57277
Hard
Political history
Instructions
Match the right answers.
How does the lecturer describe each kind of history?
Transcript:
You will hear a lecture about the development of different approaches to the study of history. Now listen carefully and answer the questions. You who have chosen to pursue the study of history are very fortunate. This is a time when we can talk not just about history, but histories. Traditionally, history was seen as one subject, and the subject matter was clear. It was about kings and queens and wars. Additionally, it was about states and empires or groups of states. This is what we now call political history. The subtopics were the parts of the world, for example, the history of China or of France. History has moved on somewhat, and we can learn a lot about current views of history by looking at the proposed lecture topics in our leading universities. In fact, you'll see that even the simplest definition of history, that it is about what happened in the past, is up for grabs. Some of the more, how shall I put it, progressive areas of study are as much about what should happen in the future. One example of this is the field of post-modern history. Likewise, feminist history looks at the past to make sure the future will be different. and it uses the past to assist in its efforts to make the future as it wants it to be. Somewhere in the middle of these two extremes lie a range of areas of study which have developed over the modern period, replacing the traditional idea of political history. These are by now mostly well-established. You can study social history or economic history. Social history asks about ordinary people and their lives. not just their daily lives, but their contribution to changes in our society. Ordinary people have desires and wishes which they try to put into effect, and this has a massive impact on social development, which was not fully understood in the classical study of history. By the way, one area of conventional history, which I forgot to mention, but which has had a resurgence of interest in recent years, is the area of military history. This was, of course, of great practical use in more violent times, and unfortunately has become of increasing use and interest, academically and practically, in our own times. By the way, there's a new series of lectures on military history in our department, as if to demonstrate the truth of what I've just said. Ethnic and multicultural history are further examples of kinds of history which, like social history, differ from the orthodox forms. Ethnic history is a present-day concern which concentrates on the value systems and beliefs of a people, usually a minority people, which were ignored in the rapid forward march of the rich and powerful nations and states. How various ethnic groups live together and how their traditions change and develop is the subject of its contemporary cousin, multicultural history. In summary, as I said, you were fortunate to have such a wide choice of things to study in the fields of history. Choose wisely. And finally, it only remains for me to wish you good luck in your studies.
| A | B | C | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | political history | |||
| 2 | post-modern history | |||
| 3 | feminist history | |||
| 4 | social history | |||
| 5 | economic history | |||
| 6 | military history | |||
| 7 | ethnic history |
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