Shouldweallowmodernbuildingsto?bebuiltnexttoolderbuildingsinahistoricareaofacity?Inordertoanswerthisquestionwemustfirstexaminewhetherpeoplereallywanttopreservethehistoricfeelofanarea.Notallhistoric
Shouldweallowmodernbuildingsto?bebuiltnexttoolderbuildingsinahistoricareaof acity?Inordertoanswerthisquestionwemustfirstexaminewhetherpeoplereallywanttopreservethehistoricfeelofanarea.Notallhistoricalbuildingsareattractive.Howevertheremaybeotherreasonsforexampleeconomic(经济的)reasons-whytheyshouldbepreserved.Soletusassumethathistoricalbuildingsarebothattractiveandimportanttothemajorityofpeople.Whatshouldwedothenifanewbuildingisneeded?
Inmyviewnewarchitecturalstylescanexistperfectlywellalongsideanolderstyle.IndeedtherearemanyexamplesinmyownhometownofTourswheremoderndesignshavebeenplacedverysuccessfullynexttooldbuildings.Aslongasthebuildinginquestionispleasinganddoesnotdominate(影响)itssurroundingstoomuchitoftenimprovestheattractivenessofthearea.
Itistruethatthereareexamplesofnewbuildingswhichhavespoilt(破坏)theareatheyareinbutthesamecanbesaidofsomeoldbuildingstoo.Yetpeoplestillspeakagainstnewbuildingsinhistoricareas.Ithinkthisissimplybecausepeoplearenaturallyconservative(保守的)anddonotlikechange.
Althoughwehavetorespectpeople'sfeelingsasfellowusersofthebuildingsIbelievethatitisthedutyofthearchitectandplannertomovethingsforward.Ifwealwaysreproducedwhatwastherebeforewewouldallstillbelivingincaves.ThusIwouldargueagainstcopyingpreviousarchitecturalstylesandchoosesomethingfreshanddifferenteventhoughthatmightbethemoreriskychoice.
【小题1】Whatdoestheauthorsayabouthistoricalbuildingsinthefirstparagraph?
A．Someofthemarenotattractive.B．Mostofthematetooexpensivetopreserve.C．Theyaremorepleasingthanmodernbuildings.D．Theyhavenothingtodowiththehistoricfeelofanarea.【小题2】Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtotheauthor?A．Weshouldreproducethesameoldbuildings.B．Buildingsshouldnotdominatetheirsurroundings.C．Someoldbuildingshavespoilttheareatheyarein.D．Nooneunderstandswhypeoplespeakagainstne