UNIT4SPACEEXPLORATIONReadingforWritingBytheendofthisclass,youwillbeabletoLearnwhetheritisworthwhiletoexplorespace.Understandthebasicstructureandlanguagefeaturesoftheargumentativeessay.Writeandargumentativeessaywithclearargumentandsolidevidence.LearningObjectivesHowmuchmoneyhasChinaspentonitsspaceprogram?Isexploringspaceawasteoftimeandmoney?Whatdoyouthinkarethemainreasonsforspaceexploration?Toexplorethe

unknownworld;Toseekoutnewlifeandnewcivilization;Toshowacountry’sscientificpowerandcapability;Togatherknowledgeoftheuniverse;Togetnewenergyandresources;Tofindanothersuitableplanettolivein.ReadforthegenreWhatisthegenreofthisarticle?AnargumentationAnarrationAnexpositionAnovelWhatistheissue?_____________________________Isspaceexplorationawasteornot?Argumentessaysseektostateapositiononanissueandgiveseveralreasons,supportedbyevidence,foragreeingwiththatposition.What’sthestructureoftheargumentation?12345總：提出論點Introduction

分：三個分論點Mainbody總：結(jié)束論述ConclusionReadforthestructureFindthetopicsentencesofeachparagraph.Para1____________________________________________Para2____________________________________________Para3____________________________________________Para4____________________________________________Para5____________________________________________Somepeoplearguethatweshouldstopwastingtimeandmoneyexploringspace.…However,othersfeel…failsto…Firstly,exploringspacehasalreadymadeadifferenceinthefightagainstworldhunger.Second,spaceexplorationhasalreadypromotedtechnologicalimprovementsthatbenefitusall.Finally,sendingastronautsintospacehashelpedpeopletothinkabouttheworld'sproblemsandeventofindwaystosolvethem.Inclosing,exploringspaceprovidestheworldwithmanydifferentbenefits.ReadforthetopicsentenceReadPara1andunderlinethedifferentopinionsaboutspaceexploration.1...thinkthat..2...pointoutthat...3...holdtheideathat..4...declarethat..5...suggestthat..Detailed-readingHowdoesexploringspacehelptofightagainstworldhunger??Ithasdirectly__________themanysatellitesthatnoworbitEarth.resultedin?Anumberofthesatellitesrecorddataonlandand___________________.weatherpatterns?Thenthedata_______________scientistsonEarth.?Aftercarefulanalysis,thescientistscanprovideuseful________________and_______for________.?Asaresult,space-basedscience__________________initseffortstogrow_____________tofeedEarth'sincreasingpopulation.

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recommendationshashelpedfarmingenoughfoodtoadvicefarmersPara2Detailed-readingexampleshigh-endproductsTopicsentenceHowdoesthewriterexplaintechnologicalimprovements?

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newmaterialheartmonitorsothermachineseverydayproducts(memoryfoampillowsandsmartphonecameras)ReadPara3andanswerquestionsDetailed-readingTopicsentenceProblems？solution？

limitedresourcesincreasingpopulationfindotherplanets

detailsReadPara4andanswerquestionsDetailed-readingrecorddata,providerecommendationandadvice,growenoughfoodparagraph2Argument1Supportingdetailsparagraph3Argument2Supportingdetailsparagraph4Argument3Supportingdetailsnewmaterial,machine,changingourlivespicture,resources,MarsTips:Inordertomakeourargumentstrong,weneedtoprovidesuitablesupportingdetail.fightagainst

worldhungerrecorddata,providerecommendationandadvice,growenoughfoodthinkabouttheworld’sproblemspromotedtechnologicalimprovementsDetailed-readingUnderlinethesentencethatrepeatsthewriter'sopinioninthelastparagraph.Para5Inclosing,exploringspaceprovidestheworldwithmanydifferentbenefits.Therefore,itshouldcontinuesoastoprovidenewandbettersolutionstopeople'sshort-termandlong-termproblems.Detailed-readingHowtowriteanargumentWritingThereisawidespreadconcernovertheissuethat______主題___.Butitiswellknownthattheopinionsconcerningthishottopicvaryfrompersontoperson.Amajorityofpeoplethinkthat_______觀點一_____.Intheirviewtherearethreefactorscontributingtothismatter.Firstly,原因一.Secondly,原因二.Moreover,原因三.Somepeople,however,differwiththemonthismatter.Theyholdtheideathat觀點二.Ontheonehand,

原因一.Ontheotherhand,原因二.Therefore,thereisnodoubtthat觀點二.Frommypointofview,個人觀點.WritingUsefulexpressionsPara1.Introducethetopic介紹主題Wehadadiscussionaboutwhetheritisnecessaryto...We’vehadasurveyonhow...Thereisanintensedebateon…Thereisawidespreadconcernovertheissuethat+主題

人們普遍擔憂關于……的問題Nowadays,主題

isbecomingincreasinglypopular/serious.

現(xiàn)在，……變得越來越流行/嚴重Withthedevelopmentof……,moreandmorepeoplechoosetodo+主題隨著……的發(fā)展，越來越多的人選擇做……WritingPara2.Stateyouropinion闡明觀點(1)人們對此有不同看法。Theopinionsconcerningthishottopicvaryfrompersontoperson.Peopletakedifferentattitudestowards/holddifferentopinionsonthisproblem/thisissue.Opinionsaredividedonthisissue.Opinionsaremainlydividedintotwogroups.Differentpeople,however,havedifferentopinionsonthismatter.人們認為……Some/Mostholdtheopinionthat...

一些/大多數(shù)認為……Some/Mostareinfavoroftheideathat...

一些/大多數(shù)贊成……的觀點Peoplewhoarefor/againsttheideathinkthat...

支持/反對這個想法的人認為……Somepeopleholdtheviewthat...whileothersarguethat...

有些人認為……而另一些人認為……WritingPara3.Drawaconclusion+Stateyouropinion總結(jié)+自己觀點Fromtheir/mypointofview,therearethreefactorscontributingtothisattitude/problem,whichareasfollows.在我看來，導致這種態(tài)度/這個問題的原因有三個，具體如下。Personally(speaking)...Inmyopinion...Asforme...Formypart...AsfarasI’mconcerned...Frommypointofview...WritingUsefultransitionalwords表示遞進關系：Inthefirstplace;firstofall;tobeginwith;firstlyWhat’smore;furthermore;moreover;besides;What’sworse;tomakemattersworse;worsestill表示列舉事實：suchas;forexample/instance;take...forexample;

表示解釋：thatistosay;inotherwords表示觀點：inone’sopinion,inone’sview,fromone’spointofview,asfarasIamconcerned,asforsb,personallyWriting表示總結(jié)：inshort;inbrief;inconclusion;ina/oneword;tosumup;allinall;onthewhole;ingeneralThroughthediscussion,weallthinkthat...Everythinghasitsadvantagesanddisadvantages./Eachcoinhastwosides.增強語氣：There’

snodoubtthat…There’

snodenyingthat…Writing假定你是李華，最近你班舉行了一次班會，班會的主題是：太空探索的意義。請結(jié)合下表內(nèi)容，用英語給校報寫一篇短文，客觀地介紹討論的情況并表達你自己的觀點。贊同者反對者1．獲得新的知識；2．從太空取得新資源；3．擴大人類的生存空間。1．耗資巨大；2．宇航員的安全問題。注意：1．詞數(shù)80左右；2．可以適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。WritingOuterSpaceExplorations，YESorNO?

Wehadanargumentoverwhetheritisnecessarytocarryoutouterspaceexplorationsataclassmeetingthe