1、Reading for Writing P44 新新人教必修人教必修Book 3 Unit 4 Space Exploration Read the argumentative essay about space exploration on page 44. Countries around the globe are spending billions of dollars and lots of time on various space missions, whether to Mars or other Is Exploration Space a Waste of Time and
2、 Money? planets much further away. Some people argue that we should stop wasting time and money exploring space. Instead, we should feed the worlds poor and find immediate solutions to other problems, such as pollution and fatal diseases. However, others feel this is a shallow view which fails to re
3、alise how exploring space helps us. Firstly, exploring space has already made a difference in the fight against world hunger. It has directly resulted in the many satellites that now orbit Earth. A number of the satellites record data on land and weather patterns. Then the data is transmitted to sci
4、entists on Earth. After careful analysis, the scientists can provide useful recommendations and advice for farmers. Secondly, space exploration has already promoted technological improvements that benefit us all. High-end products around the world are made to a higher standard now because of advance
5、d technology which was first created to meet the requirements for space exploration. For example, As a result, space-based science has helped farming in its efforts to grow enough food to feed Earths increasing population. space technologies have helped the research and development of different type
6、s of new material. They have also helped companies make better heart monitors and other machines that doctors regularly use. Today, space technologies are widely used in all kinds of industries, and everyday products such as GPS, memory foam pillows, and smartphone cameras are changing our lives. Fi
7、nally, sending astronauts into space has helped people to think about the worlds problems and even to find ways to solve them. Seeing pictures of our planet as an island in a black sea made people realise that our planets resources are limited. In order to provide for such a rapidly increasing popul
8、ation, scientists are trying to find other planets that could one day be our new home. The greatest attention at present is on Mars because it is closer to Earth. In the future, humans may live on both planets. In closing, exploring space provides the world with many different benefits. Therefore, i
9、t should continue so as to provide new and better solutions to peoples short-term and long-term problems. Study the organisation and language festures. 1. Read the first paragraph and underline the different opinions about space exploration. Study the organisation and language festures. 2. Find the
10、three topic sentenses that summerise the writers arguments about space exploration. Firstly, exploring space has already made a difference in the fight against world hunger. Secondly, space exploration has already promoted technological improvements that benefit us all. Finally, sending astronauts i
11、nto space has helped people to think about the worlds problems and even to find ways to solve them. Study the organisation and language festures. 3. Underline the sentence that repeats the writers opinion in the last paragraph. Mind map Different Opinions We should stop exploring space. Other opinio
12、n: _. Exploring space can help us Different benefits It can _. It promotes _. It helps people _the worlds problem. fight against world hunger technological improments think about Conclusion Exploring space should _.be continued Is exploring space Is exploring space a waste?a waste? Write an argument
13、ative essay about space exploration 议论文是通过摆事实，讲道理，直接表 达作者的观点和主张的文体。 正反观点类议论文是其中的一种，通常 提出某观点或某话题，并对此话题产生 的两种对立观点进行正反两方面的论证， 最后给出自己的看法。 Write an argumentative essay about space exploration 观点类作文 就“探索太空”话题分析评论 一般现在时 第一、第三人称 首段：引入话题，点明观点 中段：支持和反对观点的理由 尾段：表达个人的观点 体裁话题 时态人称 文章架构 核心要点 开门见山点明话题 介绍两种相反观点及其理由
14、 阐述自己的观点 Useful Expressions be in favor of 赞成，支持 be opposed to 反对 result in 导致 as far as I am concerned 在我看来 take.into consideration 把考虑在内 some people argue that. 一些人主张 Different people have different views on. Every coin has two side. Generally speaking, its advantages can be seen as follows. Takin
15、g all factors into consideration, we may come to the conclusion that. Use what you have learnt to write about your opinion about space exploration. 1. Are these arguments for or against exploring space? A. There are a lot of unsolved mysteries on Earth. So why are we going into space to explore? B.
16、It is necessary to find a new home for people in space, as the resourses on Earth will run out. Against Use what you have learnt to write about your opinion about space exploration. D. Exploring space encourages scientists to improve technology that can help people in other ways, too. Now, add your
17、own ideas and write your essay. C. I cannot understand spending all this money on experience research and experiments when so many people need food. Against Sample Writing Everyone gets excited by the news of the most recent space flights, and I too share in peoples sense of awe and wonder at the ph
18、otos from space that we see. Having said that, it is hard to believe that the high cost of space flight is justified so that we can get some lovely pictures. We should be spending our money more wisely, on what people need. I cannot understand spending all this money on expensive research and experi
19、ments when so many people need food. Around the world, millions of people are hungry and dying of starvation. On the other hand, we hear on TV that for as Space Exploration is a Waste of Time and Money little as a dollar a day, a child in Africa can be saved. Considering the billions spent on space
20、travel, it just seems a better investment to feed the hungry. Some people argue that someday we will have to go live in space because the world will be made impossible to live in through pollution. This seems silly. When your house gets dirty, you spend the time and money to clean it up. You dont mo
21、ve house simply because you need to wash your windows or vacuum the floor. In the same way, it makes more sense to use our time and money to take care of our planet, rather than look for a new home. Finally, there are a lot of unsolved mysteries on the earth. So why are we going into space to explor
22、e? There are still many things to discover in the ocean depths and the Antarctic. But we do not even have to go that far: Science has yet to unlock all the mysteries of the atom, and there are many realms of technology that we are just beginning to understand and explore. In the end, it just does not seem a very wise investment to go to space. We have too many needs here on the earth to be wasting our effort on space exploration.
