ReadingforwritingUnit4SpaceExplorationActivity1Readingforcomprehension1 Whyaresomepeopleagainstspaceexploration?2 Whathasspaceexplorationdoneforfoodproduction?3 WhatdidthepicturesofEarthfromspacemakepeoplerealise?4 Howdoesspaceexplorationbenefittheproductsthatpeopleusenowadays?Possibleanswers.1 Whyaresomepeopleagainstspaceexploration?2 Whathasspaceexplorationdoneforfoodproduction?Becausetheythinkitisawasteoftimeandmoney,andthatweshouldfeedtheworld'spoorandfindimmediatesolutionstootherproblems,suchaspollutionandfataldiseases,instead.Satellitesstudylandandweatherpatterns.Thesestudieshelpfarmersgrowmorecropsandwarnthemaboutnaturaldisastersbeforetheyoccur.3 WhatdidthepicturesofEarthfromspacemakepeoplerealise?4 Howdoesspaceexplorationbenefittheproductsthatpeopleusenowadays?Theymadepeoplerealisethatourplanetsresourcesarelimited.Advancedtechnologydevelopedforspaceexplorationhaspromotedtechnologicalimprovementsthatbenefitsusallbyallowingproductstobemadetoahigherstandard.Possibleanswers.ReadtheargumentativeessayaboutspaceexplorationonPage44.1.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?Itistopresentanideathatexploringspace__________________________________.2.What’stheauthor’sattitudetoexploringspace？

A.Supportive． B.Objective． C.Neutral． D.Negative．

helpsusinmanyways/benefitsusalot√However,othersfeelthisisashallowviewwhichfailstorealisehowexploringspacehelpsus.Readformainidea3Underlinethesentencethatrepeatsthewriter'sopinioninthelastparagraph.1Readthefirstparagraphandunderlinethedifferentopinionsaboutspaceexploration.2Findthethreetopicsentencesthatsummarisethewriter'sargumentsaboutspaceexploration.Studyingtheorganisationandlanguagefeatures.3P452Whichisthe

structureofthepassage?ReadforstructureABCD

(:paragraph1)Introduction

Mainbody

Mainbody

Mainbody

ConclusionGeneralSpecificGeneralReadforstructureMainideaforeachparagraphPara1Para2Para3Para4Para5Firstly,exploringspacehasalreadymadeadifferenceinthefightagainstworldhunger.Secondly,spaceexplorationhasalreadypromotedtechnologicalimprovementsthatbenefitusall.Finally,sendingastronautsintospacehashelpedpeopletothinkabouttheworld'sproblemsandeventofindwaystosolvethem.SomepeoplearguethatweshouldstopHowever,othersfeelthisisashallowview...Inclosing,exploringspaceprovidestheworldwithmanydifferentbenefits.IntroductionBodyConclusionDifferentviewpointsThethesisstatementArgument1+Supportingdetails/EvidenceArgument2+Supportingdetails/EvidenceArgument3+Supportingdetails/EvidenceRephrasingthethesisstatementHowever

Firstly

Secondly

FinallyInclosingReadforstructurePara102Tip1:

Tomakeourarticlemoreobjective,weshouldexpressdifferentopinionsaboutthetopic.Readthefirstparagraphandunderlinethedifferentopinionsaboutspaceexploration.1...thinkthat..2...pointoutthat...3...holdtheideathat..4...declarethat..5...suggestthat..

Para2

Firstly,exploringspacehasalready

madea

difference

inthefight

against

worldhunger.It

hasdirectly

resultedin

themanysatellitesthat

noworbitEarth.

Anumberof

thesatellitesrecorddataonlandandweatherpatterns.Thenthedataistransmittedtoscientistson

Earth.Aftercarefulanalysis,thescientists

canprovideusefulrecommendationsand

adviceforfarmers.

Asaresult,space-based

sciencehashelpedfarminginitseffortsto

growenoughfoodtofeedEarth'sincreasing

population.首句即主題句ByexplainingwhyHowdidtheauthorshowthesupportingdetails?

Para3

Secondly,spaceexplorationhasalreadypromoted

technologicalimprovementsthatbenefitusall.

High-endproductsaroundtheworldaremade

toahigherstandardnowbecauseof

advanced

technologywhichwasfirstcreatedtomeetthe

requirementsforspaceexploration.

Forexample

spacetechnologieshavehelpedtheresearch

anddevelopmentofdifferenttypesofnew

material.Theyhavealsohelpedcompaniesmakebetterheart

monitors

andothermachinesthat

doctorsregularlyuse.Today,spacetechnologies

arewidelyusedinallkindsofindustries,and

everydayproductssuchasGPS,memoryfoam

pillows,andsmartphonecamerasarechanging

ourlives.首句即主題句Bygivingexamples;Howdidtheauthorshowthesupportingdetails?

Para4

Finally,sendingastronautsintospacehashelped

peopletothinkabouttheworld'sproblemsand

eventofindwaystosolvethem.Seeingpictures

ofourplanetasanislandinablackseamadepeoplerealisethatourplanetsresourcesare

limited.Inordertoprovideforsucharapidlyincreasingpopulation,scientistsaretryingto

findotherplanetsthatcouldonedaybeournew

home.Thegreatestattentionatpresentison

MarsbecauseitisclosertoEarth.Inthefuture

humansmayliveonbothplanets.首句即主題句BydescribingfactsHowdidtheauthorshowthesupportingdetails?

Para5

Inclosing,

exploringspaceprovidestheworld

withmanydifferentbenefits.Therefore,it

shouldcontinuesoastoprovidenewandbetter

solutionstopeople'sshort-termandlong-termproblems.尾段再次重申主題，首尾呼應(yīng)TipsonwritinganargumentativeessayWhenwritinganarguementativeessay,weshould:1.Expressdifferentopinionsaboutthetopic2.Usesomelinkingwords3.Providesuitablesupportinginformation4.Expressouropinionandendintheclosingpartproperly1. Aretheseargumentsfororagainstexploringspace?Puttheminthetablebelow.Thenaddyourownideasandwriteyouressay.ATherearealotofunsolvedmysteriesonEarth.Sowhyarewegoingintospacetoexplore?BItisnecessarytofindanewhomeforpeopleinspace,astheresourcesonEarthwillrunout.CIcannotunderstandspendingallthismoneyonexpensiveresearchandexperimentswhensomanypeopleneedfood.DExploringspaceencouragesscientiststoimprovetechnologythatcanhelppeopleinotherways,too.Usewhatyouhavelearnttowriteaboutyouropinionaboutspaceexploration.P453ForspaceexplorationAgainstspaceexplorationBItisnecessarytofindanewhomeforpeopleinspace,astheresourcesonEarthwillrunout.DExploringspaceencouragesscientiststoimprovetechnologythatcanhelppeopleinotherways,too....ATherearealotofunsolvedmysteriesonEarth.Sowhyarewegoingintospacetoexplore?CIcannotunderstandspendingallthismoneyonexpensiveresearchandexperimentswhensomanypeopleneedfood....1.countries__________________(全球)arespendingbillionsofdollarsandlotsoftimeonvariousspace______(任務(wù))，whethertoMars____otherplanet.2.wastetimeandmoney_________(explore)space.3.致命的疾病4.othersfeelthisisashallowviewwhichfailt