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  Wilderness“Inwilderness(荒野)isthepreservationoftheworld.”Thisisafamoussayingfromawriterregardedasoneofthefathersofenvironmentalism.Thefrequencywithwhichitisborrowedmirrorsaheateddebateonenvironmental

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  “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.Whatpositionwildernessshouldenjoyinthepreservationoftheworldobviouslydeservesmuchmoreseriousthinking.

  【小题1】JohnSauvenholdsthat_____.

  A.manypeoplevaluenaturetoomuchB

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  【小题1】B

  【小题2】C

  【小题3】A

  【小题4】D

2020-12-19 02:05:49
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