[讨论]有关建筑估价的论点和论据 16、“public buildings reveal much about the attitudes and values of the society that builds them. today’s new schools, courthouses, airports, and libraries, for example, reflect the attitudes and values of today’s society.” “公众建筑反映了建造它的社会的许多态度和价值。例如，今天的新学校，法院，机场，图书馆反应了今天的社会的态度和价值。”
78、“most people would agree that buildings represent a valuable record of any society’s past, but controversy arises when old buildings stand on ground that modern planners feel could be better used for modern purposes.” “多数人会同意建筑是任何社会的过去的有价值的记录，但是当老建筑位于当代设计者认为用于现代目的会更好的地方时，争议就会冒出来。”
16、 position: as an integrating element of a culture, public buildings reflect the values of a society.
a: on the one hand, public buildings vary in style from culture to culture, representing the different aesthetic values of respective cultures.
b: on the other hand, the different functions that public buildings serve in different societies directly reveal the different ideals and ways of life in those societies.
78、 position: the best alternative is to modernize the city while preserving as much as possible its symbols of the past.
a: first, historic capitals or cultural centers, which were carefully designed and meticulously constructed, should be preserved as wholesomely as possible, because they represent historic pinnacles of cultural and artistic sophistication.
b: second, rare old buildings of lasting historic value that represent some bygone era are worth preserving.
c: finally, with advanced building technologies, city planers can even move the sporadic old buildings and put them together in a specially designated location.
