阅读理解Wilderness“Inwilderness(荒野)isthepreservationoftheworld．”Thisisafamoussayingfromawriterregardedasoneofthefathersofenvironmentalism．Thefrequencywithwh

　　阅读理解

　　Wilderness

　　“Inwilderness(荒野)isthepreservationoftheworld．”Thisisafamoussayingfromawriterregardedasoneofthefathersofenvironmentalism．Thefrequencywithwhichitisborrowedmirrorsaheateddebateonenvironmentalprotection：whethertoplacewildernessattheheartofwhatistobepreserved．

　　AsJohnSauvenofGreenpeaceUKpointsoutthereisastrongappealinimagesofthewildtheuntouched;morethananythingelsetheyspeakofthenaturethatmanypeoplevaluemostdearly．Theurgetoleavethesubjectofsuchimagesuntouchedisstrongandthedangerexploitation(开发)bringstosuchlandscapes(景观)isreal．Someofthesewildernessesalsoperformfunctionsthathumansneed－therainforestsforexamplestorecarboninvastquantities．ToMr．Sauventhese”ecosystemservices”faroutweighthegainsfromexploitation．

　　LeeLaneavisitingfellowattheHudsonInstitutetakestheopposingview．Heacknowledgesthatwildernessesdoprovideusefulservicessuchaswaterconservation．Butthatisnothearguesareasontoavoidallhumanpresenceorindeedcommercialandindustrialexploitation．ThereareevermorepeopleontheEarthandtheyreasonablyandrightfullywanttohavebetterlivesratherthanmerelystruggleforsurvival．Whilethewaysofusingresourceshaveimprovedthereisstillagrowingneedforrawmaterialsandsomewildernessescontaintheminabundance．Iftheycanbetappedwithoutreducingtheservicesthosewildernessesprovidetheargumentgoesthereisnofurtherreasonnottodoso．Beinguntouchedisnotinitselfacharacteristicworthvaluingaboveallothers．

　　Ilookforwardstoseeingtheseviewstakenfurtherandtotheirbeingchallengedbytheotherparticipants．Onechallengethatsuggestsitselftomeisthatbothcasesneedtotakeonthequestionofspiritualvaluealittlemoredirectly．Andthereisapracticalquestionastowhetherwildernessescanbeexploitedwithoutharm．

　　Thisisatopicthatcallsfornotonlyfreeexpressionoffeelingsbutalsotheguidanceofreason．Whatpositionwilderness