Q6

[rbolden]

This is an identification question, but I don't quite see where the author cites "that timber harvest limits are needed to save one area from environmental damage?" I'm guessing it is in the second paragraph, but I do not see a line that explicitly connects with the statement made in D. Can you please assist with this and also explain answer choice C? Thanks.

[bbirdwell]

(D) is supported by the second sentence of the third paragraph: "Without harvest limitations...the land on which the community depends would be seriously damaged."

(C) essentially represents a view that the author disagrees with. There's no need to dig around in the details on this one -- it's in the wrong ballpark. The author argues that, while economists believe that monetary value is the only thing worth considering, other values that are not easily quantified are necessary considerations.

[rbolden]

Thank you.

[hwsitgoing]

Although I see how D is supported in the text, it still seems like C is support in lines 38-42. Since the residents of the town decide not to move to another nearby community where they could double their incomes, this demonstrates the monetary value of their community to them. Thus, the value of their environment can be gauged by the the incomes of its residents. I am looking at this the wrong way?

Thanks for any help!

[bbirdwell]

A couple of things come to mind.

The answer choice reads "value of land can be gauged from income of residents."

When I interpret this, I think, "If residents earn X dollars, land is worth about Y dollars."

This is not quite the same as what's mentioned in the text, which says: "Residents could earn more if they moved, therefore the land is valuable TO THEM."

In this instance, the value of the land has not really been gauged. More accurately, the residents' motivation for staying has been gauged. They stayed because the land is valuable to them, not, as (C) suggests, because the land is valued at Y based on their income of X.

[shirando21]

(D) is supported by the second sentence of the third paragraph: "Without harvest limitations...the land on which the community depends would be seriously damaged."

(C) essentially represents a view that the author disagrees with. There's no need to dig around in the details on this one -- it's in the wrong ballpark. The author argues that, while economists believe that monetary value is the only thing worth considering, other values that are not easily quantified are necessary considerations.

The question asks, the author cites which one of the claims. Does this mean, we need to pick a choice that the author agrees with?

[chunsunb]

The third paragraph of this passage was confusing to me the first time I read it. Now that I look at it, I think that the author's argument in lines 37-44 in the passage is a digression that does not contribute to the main point of the passage. Here's why I think so:

The main point of the paragraph lies in line 30-37. Here, the author is arguing that the community's view of prosperity is misguided because, by solely considering monetary value, they neglect the quality of life and the environment that would be damaged.

Then comes the digression in line 37-44. Here, the author is saying: "Besides, even if monetary value had been the right way to measure prosperity, the residents would still have been wrong because the community will lose much more in monetary terms if the proposed harvest limits are not implemented."

[JorieB701]

"The question asks, the author cites which one of the claims. Does this mean, we need to pick a choice that the author agrees with?"

^^^^^ I'm curious about this too. What are we strictly looking for? Does it need to be an example used or just something explicitly said?

[ohthatpatrick]

Citing ≠ agreeing.

"to cite" something just means to say/reference something. Think: "citations".

When you quote someone, you may agree with them, you may not.

So the question is basically asking "Which of these answer choices is something the author told us someone else had said?"

If they were asking us what did the author say, it would read,
"Which of the following claims was made by the author"

If they were asking us what the author agrees with, it would usually read,
"With which of the following claims is the author most likely to agree?"

To cite a claim basically means "to quote someone else"