Unit4SPACEEXPLORATIONReadingforWritingIsexploringspaceawasteoftimeandmoney?Whatkindofpassageisit?A.Anarration.B.Anargumentativeessay.

C.Anexposition.D.Anovel.BPre-readingTheconquestofspaceisworththeriskoflife.征服太空值得冒生命危險。GusGrissomInthehistoryofNASA'sspaceflights,GusGrissomstandsoutasoneofthefirstmentoorbittheEarthandwasonthecareertracktobecomeanApolloastronautboundfortheMoonatthetimeofhisdeathin1967intheApollo1fire.Readformainidea1.Mainideaofeachparagraph.2.Whichisthestructureofthepassage?GeneralParticularGeneralDifferentopinionsaboutspaceexploration3.Whatstyleisthispassage?narrativeB.expositionC.argumentationTip1:Argumentationisthetypeofwritinginwhichwriterstrytoencouragereaderstoaccepttheirpointofviewonacontroversial(有爭論的，有爭議的）issue.ReadforstructureLearningobjectivesBytheendofthissection,youwillbeableto:readanargumentativeessayaboutspaceexploration;grasptheorganisationandlanguagefeaturesoftheargumentativeessay;writeanargumentativeessayaboutthevalueofspaceexploration;cooperatewithgroupmatesactivelythroughcheckingyouressaystogether.Readformainidea1.Mainideaofeachparagraph.2.Whichisthestructureofthepassage?GeneralParticularGeneralDifferentopinionsaboutspaceexploration3.Whatstyleisthispassage?narrativeB.expositionC.argumentationTip1:Argumentationisthetypeofwritinginwhichwriterstrytoencouragereaderstoaccepttheirpointofviewonacontroversial(有爭論的，有爭議的）issue.ReadforstructureReadthefirstparagraphandunderlinethedifferentopinionsaboutspaceexploration.differentopinionsReadfororganizationandfeaturesQ:Whichsentenceisthethesisstatement(論文觀點)?However

StructureHowever

GeneralParticularGeneralFirstly

Secondly

FinallyInclosingThesisstatement(論文觀點)Argument1Firstly,...Argument2Secondly,...Argument

3Finally,...ConclusionInclosing,...Tip2表示遞進關(guān)系的過渡詞：what’smore,aswell,moreover,besides,furthermore,inaddition,what’sworse,apartfromthatetc.Tip3表示總結(jié)的過渡詞：onthewhole,inaword,tosumup,inshort,inconclusion,inbrief,fromwhatIhavesaidaboveetc.StructureReadfororganizationandfeaturesArgument11.Whatistheauthor’spoint?2.Howdoestheauthordevelophispoint?3.Doyouthinkitisagoodandpersuasiveargumentativeessay?Why?BodyTheauthordevelopshispointbygivingargumentsin3differentaspects.Argument2Argument3...hasalreadymadeadifferenceinthefightagainstworldhunger....hasalreadypromotedtechnologicalimprovementsthatbenefitusall....hashelpedpeopletothinkabouttheworld’sproblemsandeventofindwaystosolvethem.StructureHowever

GeneralParticularGeneralFirstly

Secondly

FinallyInclosingThesisstatement(論文觀點)Argument1Firstly,...Argument2Secondly,...Argument

3Finally,...ConclusionInclosing,...Tip2表示遞進關(guān)系的過渡詞：what’smore,aswell,moreover,besides,furthermore,inaddition,what’sworse,apartfromthatetc.Tip3表示總結(jié)的過渡詞：onthewhole,inaword,tosumup,inshort,inconclusion,inbrief,fromwhatIhavesaidaboveetc.StructureReadfororganizationandfeaturesMainideaofpara1¶5Structure

Para1:However,othersfeelthisisashallowviewwhichfailstorealizehowexploringspacehelpsus.Para5:Inclosing,exploringspaceprovidestheworldwithmanydifferentbenefits.However

Firstly

Secondly

FinallyInclosingTip4:Inconclusion,thewriterrepeatshisopinion.Readfororganizationandfeatures?Thenthedata_______________scientistsonEarth.1.Howdoesexploringspacehelptofightagainstworldhunger?2.Whattransitionalwordsareusedheretoshowthereasoningprocess??Ithasdirectly__________themanysatellitesthatnoworbitEarth.resultedin?Anumberofthesatellitesrecorddataonlandand_____________.weatherpatterns?Aftercarefulanalysis,thescientistscanprovideuseful_____________________________________?Asaresult,space-basedscience_______________initseffortstogrow_______________tofeedEarth'sincreasingpopulation.

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recommendationshashelpedfarmingenoughfoodandadviceforfarmersreasoningintimeorder①②③④⑤Topicsentenceisusuallythefirstorthelastsentence.Pickoutthetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.ISEXPLORINGSPACEAWASTEOFTIMEANDMONEY?Countriesaroundtheglobearespendingbillions

ofdollarsandlotsoftimeonvariousspace

missions,whethertoMarsorotherplanets

muchfurtheraway.Somepeoplearguethatwe

shouldstopwastingtimeandmoneyexploring

space.Instead,weshouldfeedtheworld'spoor

andfindimmediatesolutionstootherproblems

suchaspollutionandfataldiseases.

However

othersfeelthisisashallowviewwhichfailsto

realisehowexploringspacehelpsus.n.地球，世界vt.&vi.爭吵,辯論adj.淺的；膚淺的Readingfordetails12DifferentpointsSomepeoplearguethatweshouldstopwastingtimeandmoneyexploringspace.Othersfeelthisisashallowviewwhichfailstorealizehowexploringspacehelpsus.TopicsentenceView1View2Firstly,

exploringspacehasalreadymadea

differenceinthefightagainstworldhunger.It

hasdirectlyresultedinthemanysatellitesthat

noworbitEarth.

Anumberofthesatellites

recorddataonlandandweatherpatterns.Thenthedataistransmittedtoscientistson

Earth.Aftercarefulanalysis,thescientists

canprovideusefulrecommendationsand

adviceforfarmers.

Asaresult,

space-based

sciencehashelpedfarminginitseffortsto

growenoughfoodtofeedEarth'sincreasing

population.Readingfordetailsn.方式，形式；模式Evidence1Supportingdetails1Supportingdetails2Supportingdetails3Secondly,

space

exploration

has

already

promotedtechnological

improvementsthat

benefitusall.High-endproductsaroundthe

worldaremadetoahigherstandardnow

becauseofadvancedtechnologywhichwasfirst

createdtomeettherequirementsforspace

exploration.

Forexample,spacetechnologies

havehelpedtheresearchanddevelopmentof

differenttypesofnewmaterial.Theyhavealso

helpedcompaniesmakebetterheartmonitors

andothermachinesthatdoctorsregularlyuse.Today,spacetechnologiesarewidelyusedin

allkindsofindustries,andeverydayproducts,

suchasmemoryfoampillowsandsmartphone

cameras,arechangingourlives.Readingfordetailsn.監(jiān)控器，監(jiān)測器Evidence2Supportingdetails1Supportingdetails2Supportingdetails3Usewhatyouhavelearnttowriteaboutyouropinionaboutspaceexploration.IntroductionDifferentviewpointsSomepeoplearguethat...However,others...BodyArgumentsFirstly,...Secondly,...Finally,...Supportingdetails/EvidenceForexample,...ConclusionRephrasingthethesisstatementIn