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In the United States, it had been common practice since the late 1960s not to suppress natural forest fires. The "let it burn" policy assumed that forest fires would burn themselves out quickly, without causing much damage. However, in the summer of 1988, forest fires in Yellowstone, the most famous national park in the country, burned for more than two months and spread over a huge area, encompassing more than 800,000 acres. Because of the large scale of the damage, many people called for replacing the "let it burn" policy with a policy of extinguishing forest fires as soon as they appeared. Three kinds of damage caused by the "let it burn" policy were emphasized by critics of the policy.
First, Yellowstone fires caused tremendous damage to the park's trees and other vegetation. When the fires finally died out, nearly one third of Yellowstone's land had been scorched. Trees were charred and blackened from flames and smoke. Smaller plants were entirely incinerated. What had been a national treasure now seemed like a devastated wasteland.
Second, the park wildlife was affected as well. Large animals like deer and elk were seen fleeing the fire. Many smaller species were probably unable to escape. There was also concern that the destruction of habitats and the disruption of food chains would make it impossible for the animals that survived the fire to return.
Third, the fires compromised the value of the park as a tourist attraction, which in turn had negative consequences for the local economy. With several thousand acres of the park engulfed in flames, the tourist season was cut short, and a large number of visitors decided to stay away. Of course, local businesses that depended on park visitors suffered as a result.

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The reading passage supports the idea that ''let it burn" policy have bad effect on overall forest and a good example of this is forest fires in Yellowstone. Nevertheless, the speaker rejects the reasons in reading passage respectively.

To start with, according to the reading, fires case damage to vegetation. By contrast, the lecturer says this fire also create chances for some plants to grow. These plants need open area which the fire can provide them. Some species' seed do need the high temperate generated by the fire in order to germinate. So, the fire really provide more chances for plants to grow.

Also, the reading purpose that the wildlife in park also was affected terribly. But the lecturer says the wildlife do recover very quickly and the fire also provide chances for small animals like rabbits or hats to thrive because open space. These small animals also attract other animals that eat them. So, the food chains become stronger rather than weaker.

Finally, low rate of rainwater, strong wind and other factors which contribute to the unprecedented forest fire never happened a second time after 1988. While the visitors come back to visit the Yellowstone park the next year and each year after that which rejects to the reading passage for the negative consequences for economy.