Unit4SpaceExploration---ReadingforWriting

Whatdoyouexpectfromspaceexplorationin2050?Iexpecttodo...Iexpectthat...…Sofar,RussiaandtheUSAhavealreadyhelpedmanypeoplerealizetheirdreamforspacetravel,varyingfromtheastronautstotheordinarypeople.Wouldyoutraveltospaceifyouhadachance?Why?I’dloveto,since...I’mdyingforit,because......It’snotapriorityforme,because...It’samazing,but......1WhatarethereasonsformakinghomesonMars?

2WhatarethechallengesandsolutionsofmakinghomesonMars?

3Whatistheproject

ofmakinghomesonmars?

structure

Para1Para2-3Para4PresentanargumentaboutspaceexplorationAnargumentativeessayisatypeofcompositionwhereyouhavetopresentyourviewandattempttoconvinceothersthatyourfactsandargumentsarecorrect.Yourviewshouldbebackedupbyafewfacts,examples,statistics,reasonsandlogics.

1.Whyaresomepeopleagainstspaceexploration?2.Whathasspaceexplorationdoneforfoodproduction?3.Howdoesspaceexplorationbenefittheproductsthatpeopleusenowadays?4.WhatdidthepicturesofEarthfromspacemakepeoplerealise?Readthepassageandanswerthequestions.Studytheorganisationandlanguagefeatures.1.Readthefirstparagraphtounderlinethetopicbeingdiscussedandthedifferentopinionsaboutit2.Findthethreetopicsentencesthatsummarisethewriter'sargumentsaboutspaceexploration.3.Underlinethesentencethatrepeatsthewriters’opinioninthelastparagraph.spaceexplorationReadformainidea1.Mainideaofeachparagraph.2.Whichisthestructureofthepassage?GeneralParticularGeneralDifferentopinionsaboutspaceexploration3.Whatstyleisthispassage?narrativeB.expositionC.argumentationTip1:Argumentationisthetypeofwritinginwhichwriterstrytoencouragereaderstoaccepttheirpointofviewonacontroversial(有爭論的，有爭議的）issue.ReadforstructureISEXPLORINGSPACEAWASTEOFTIMEANDMONEY?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Evidence2Supportingdetails1Supportingdetails2Supportingdetails3MaxisinterviewingCaptainBrownabouthislifeinspace.Listentotheinterviewandfillintheblanks.1.I’vegottenusedtofloatingaroundjust_______________________.2.Wedon’thaveto_______inspace.Wechoosewhatwe___________beforewe

gotospace,andthenthefoodis________________forus.Wejusthaveto_____________________it.3.Iknowastronauts____________inspacesincethewaterwould

__________,soI’dlovetoknowhowyou___________________.wearingshortsandaT-shirtcookwanttoeatpreparedandstoredheatthefoodandenjoycannotshowerfloatawaykeepyourselvescleanMaxisinterviewingCaptainBrownabouthislifeinspace.Listentotheinterviewandfillintheblanks.4.

Weuse___________________.Andwebrushourteeth______________

wedoon

Earth.Butastronautsusually_____________________.5.Iwastherefor____________________.

Iwasusuallybusy

________________________.6.WhenIwasfree,I________________.I

also____________.Myfavouritethingtodo,though,wasto______________________

withmyfamily.morethanfivemonthsasoapytoweltowashthesamewayasswallowtheirtoothpastedoingdifferentexperimentsplayedtheguitarplayedchesshavemyweeklyvideocallListentotheinterviewagainandanswerthequestions.1.WhatdidCaptainBrownusuallywearinsidethestation?6.Whatdidhelookforwardtomostduringhisstayinspace?2.Howdidhepreparehisfoodinspace?3.Howdidhekeephimselfcleaninspace?5.Howdidhedoduringhisfreetime?4.Howdidhespendmostofhistimeinspace?

HeworeshortsandaT-shirt.Thefoodwaspreparedandstoredforhim.Hejusthadtoheatthefoodandenjoyit.Heusedasoapytoweltowash.

Hewasoftenbusydoingdifferentexperiments.Heplayedtheguitarandchess.Helookedforwardtohavingaweeklyvideocallwithhisfamily.

Q3Theproject

ofmakinghomesonMars?

1whatismanyexperts’attitudetowardtheorganization’sprojectofsendingthefirsthumanstoMARS?A:optimisticB:pessimisticC:indifferentD:puzzled2whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardslivingonMARS?A:optimisticB:pessimisticC:indifferentD:puzzledmaywellhappenalotsoonerthanmostpeoplebelieveMyattitudetolivingonMARSispessimistic.1changingtheenvironmentofdesertsonEarth

2changingtheenvironmentofdesertsonMarz

VS

MoreeffortsshouldbeputintoprotectingtheEarth.SummaryIntroductionPara1DifferentviewpointsThethesisstatementBodyPara2Argument1Supportingdetails/EvidencePara3Argument2Supportingdetails/EvidencePara4Argument3Supportingdetails/EvidenceConclusionPara5RephrasingthethesisstatementSomepeoplearguethat...Instead,…should….However,othersfeel….Firstly,…Ithasdirectlyresultedin…Then,…After…Asaresult,….Secondly,…h(huán)asalreadypromoted….Forexample,…also…Today,…and…Finally,…h(huán)ashelped…andeven……madepeoplerealize…Inorderto…Inclosing,…provides…with…SummaryArethes