UNIT4SPACEEXPLORATIONPresentanargumentaboutspaceexplorationUNIT4SPACEEXPLORATIONToreadtheessayaboutspaceexplorationandanswerthequestions.Tolearntheorganizationandlanguagefeatures.Towriteaboutopinionsaboutspaceexploration.I'dlovetoknow...Well,I'dreallyliketofindout..I'mmostcuriousabout...I'mverykeentoknow...Ihopeyouwon'tmindmeaskingabout...Iwonderhow\what\why..I'dparticularlyliketoknow...I'mmostinterestedtodiscover...Iwishtoknow...Beforeyouread,lookatthetitleandshareyouropinionsaboutthequestionwithyourpartner.Isexploringspaceawasteoftimeandmoney?Matchthewordswithcorrectmeanings.aroundobjectwithamapoftheEarthdrawnonit;theworldmeasuringonlyashortdistancefromthetoptothebottom;notshowinganyunderstandingofimportantorseriousmattersaregularlyrepeatedarrangementofshapes,colors,

soundsorwordstocarefullywatch/checkasituationinordertoseehowitchangesmonitor,globe,pattern,shallowglobeshallowpatternmonitorresultinginsomeone'sdeath;havingaverybadeffectacarefulexaminationofsth.inordertounderstanditbetterhappeningeveryhour/week/monthetc.,usuallywiththesameamountoftime;happening/doingsth.veryoftenanevent/situationthatpeopledon’tunderstand/can’texplainbecausetheydon’tknowanalysis,regular,fatal,mysteryfatalanalysisregularmysteryReadtheargumentativeessayaboutspaceexplorationandanswerthequestions.1.Whyaresomepeopleagainstspaceexploration?Becausetheythinkitisawasteoftimeandmoney,andthatweshouldfeedtheworld’spoorandfindimmediatesolutionstootherproblems,suchaspollutionandfataldiseases,instead.2.Whathasspaceexplorationdoneforfoodproduction?Satellitesstudylandandweatherpatterns.Thesestudieshelpfarmersgrowmorecropsandwarnthemaboutnaturaldisastersbeforetheyoccur.3.WhatdidthepicturesofEarthfromspacemakepeoplerealise?Theymadepeoplerealisethatourplanet'sresourcesarelimited.4.Howdoesspaceexplorationbenefittheproductsthatpeopleusenowadays?Advancedtechnologydevelopedforspaceexplorationhaspromotedtechnologicalimprovementsthatbenefitsusallbyallowingproductstobemadetoahigherstandard.Studytheorganizationandlanguagefeatures.1.Readthefirstparagraphandunderlinethedifferentopinionsaboutspaceexploration.2.Findthethreetopicsentencesthatsummarisethewriter'sargumentsaboutspaceexploration.3.Underlinethesentencethatrepeatsthewriter'sopinioninthelastparagraph.IntroductionParagraph1DifferentviewpointsThethesisstatementBodyParagraph2Argument1Supportingdetails/EvidenceParagraph3Argument2Supportingdetails/EvidenceParagraph4Argument3Supportingdetails/EvidenceConclusionParagraph5Rephrasingthethesisstatement1.Readthefirstparagraphandunderlinethedifferentopinionsaboutspaceexploration.Somepeoplearguethatweshouldstopwastingtimeandmoneyexploringspace.However,othersfeelthisisashallowviewwhichfailstorealisehowexploringspacehelpsus.2.Findthethreetopicsentencesthatsummarisethewriter'sargumentsaboutspaceexploration.Firstly,exploringspacehasalreadymadeadifferenceinthefightagainstworldhunger.Secondly,spaceexplorationhasalreadypromotedtechnologicalimprovementsthatbenefitusall.Finally,sendingastronautsintospacehashelpedpeopletothinkabouttheworld’sproblemsandeventofindwaystosolvethem.3.Underlinethesentencethatrepeatsthewriter'sopinioninthelastparagraph.Inclosing,exploringspaceprovidestheworldwithmanydifferentbenefits.MainpurposesoftheargumentativeessayToconvinceorpersuade1.toagreewithanopinion;2.todefendanopinion;3.toattackanopinionyoubelievetobemisguiding,untrueorwrong.FeaturesTheargumentativewritingmusttakeacontroversial(arguable)issuetoanopendebate.1.twosides:proponents—fortheissueopponents—againsttheissue2.Thewritingmusttakeasideofanissue.3.Thewritingshouldbelogicalandpersuasivewiththemodel“should”.議論文議論文的結構一般具有以下特征：1)文章第一段以清晰簡潔的中心句(thesisstatement)提出明確的觀點；2)文章的開端、主體內容和結論之間具有清晰的邏輯關系和過渡；3)主體內容部分的段落要提供支持性論據(包括事實性的、邏輯性的、數據性的和引用的論據)4)結論部分會基于前面所提供的論據重申觀點。議論文中通常也會呈現反方觀點，同時會提出相關論據加以反駁，以證明已方觀點的正確性。ArgumentativeWritingIntroductionBody(Evidence—specificexamples)Conclusion(resultingstatement)Expressyouropinionclearlyinatopicsentence.Giverelevantandaccuratereasonsorfactsasevidencetosupportyourthesis.Reinforcethethesis.“總-分-總”論述結構。先提出論點，后從幾個方面論述，最后歸納總結。However引出作者自己的觀點。議論文要關注每一段的首句，尤其是體現文本結構的銜接詞(firstly,secondly,finally,inclosing）。IntroductionBodyConclusionUsewhatyouhavelearnttowriteaboutyouropinionaboutspaceexploration.Aretheseargumentsfororagainstexploringspace?Andaddyourownideasandwriteyouressay.ATherearealotofunsolvedmysteriesonEarth.Sowhyarewegoingintospacetoexplore?BItisnecessarytofindanewhomeforpeopleinspace,astheresourcesonEarthwillrunout.CIcannotunderstandspendingallthismoneyonexpensiveresearchandexperimentswhensomanypeopleneedfood.DExploringspaceencouragesscientiststoimprovetechnologythatcanhelppeopleinotherways,too.againstagainstforforParagraph1:Opinion:(fororagainst)______________________Paragraph2:Argument1:________________________________Supportingdetails/Evidence:________________Paragraph3:Argument1:________________________________Supportingdetails/Evidence:________________Paragraph4:Argument1:________________________________Supportingdetails/Evidence:Paragraph5:Conclusion:________________________________OutlineExchangedraftswithapartner.Usethechecklisttogivefeedbackonyourpartner'sdraft.Doestheintroductionstatethetopic?Doestheintroductionexpressdifferentopinionsaboutthetopic?Doesthebodygiveargumentswithsuitablesupportinginformation?Doestheclosingexpressthewriter'sopinionandendproperly?Arethereanygrammar,spelling,orpunctuationerrors?Getyourdraftbackandreviseit.SpaceExplorationisaWasteofTimeandMoneyEveryonegetsexcitedbythenewsofthemostrecentspaceflights,andItooshareinpeople'ssenseofaweandwonderatthephotosfromspacethatwesee.Havingsaidthat,itishardtobelievethatthehighcostofspaceflightisjustifiedsothatwecangetsomelovelypictures.Weshouldbespendingourmoneymorewisely,onwhatpeopleneed.Icannotunderstandspendingallthismoneyonexpensiveresearchandexperimentswhensomanypeopleneedfood.Aroundtheworld,millionsofpeoplearehungryanddyingofstarvation.Ontheotherhand,wehearonTVthatforaslittleasadollaraday,achildinAfricacanbesaved.Consideringthebillionsspentonspacetravel,itjustseemsabetterinvestmenttofeedthehungry.Somepeoplearguethatsomedaywewillhavetogoliveinspacebecausetheworldwillbemadeimpossibletoliveinthroughpollution.Thisseemssilly.Whenyourhousegetsdirty,youspendthetimeandmoneytocleanitup.Youdon'tmovehousesimplybecauseyouneedtowashyourwind