Most students are usually introuduced to the study of history by way of a fat textbook and became quickly immersed in a vast sea of names, dates, events, and statistics.

• 大部分学生学习历史一般是从读一本厚厚的教课书开始的，他们很快就被淹没在人名、时间、事件和数字的汪洋大海中。