Unit4ReadingforwritingPresentanargumentaboutspaceexplorationAnargumentativeessayisatypeofcompositionwhereyouhavetopresentyourviewandattempttoconvinceothersthatyourfactsandargumentsarecorrect.Yourviewshouldbebackedupbyafewfacts,examples,statistics,reasonsandlogics.

1.Whyaresomepeopleagainstspaceexploration?2.Whathasspaceexplorationdoneforfoodproduction?3.Howdoesspaceexplorationbenefittheproductsthatpeopleusenowadays?4.WhatdidthepicturesofEarthfromspacemakepeoplerealise?Readthepassageandanswerthequestions.Studytheorganisationandlanguagefeatures.1.Readthefirstparagraphtounderlinethetopicbeingdiscussedandthedifferentopinionsaboutit2.Findthethreetopicsentencesthatsummarisethewriter'sargumentsaboutspaceexploration.3.Underlinethesentencethatrepeatsthewriters’opinioninthelastparagraph.spaceexplorationECOSOCYouthForum2021Countriesaroundtheglobearespendingbillionsofdollarsandlotsoftimeonvariousspacemissions.Nowadays,themainthreatstoourwell-beingarethedamagedenvironment,hunger,fataldiseasesandsoon.Shouldwespendsomuchtime,moneyandevenlivestoexplorespace?Isexploringspaceawasteoftimeandmoney?Duringspaceexploration,therearehighriskswhichmaycausedeathsordisasters.Skimthepassagequicklyand

workoutthestructureWhatistheauthor’spoint?2.Howdoestheauthordevelophispoint?3.Doyouthinkitisagoodandpersuasiveargumentativeessay?Why?Readthepassagecarefullyand

answerthequestions.BodyIntroductionConclusion1.Whatistheauthor’spoint?2.Howdoestheauthordevelophispoint?3.Doyouthinkitisagoodandpersuasiveargumentativeessay?Why?someothersIntroductionConclusionBodyTheauthorarguesthatexploringspacehasbenefittedusalotthusitshouldcontinue.Argument11.Whatistheauthor’spoint?2.Howdoestheauthordevelophispoint?3.Doyouthinkitisagoodandpersuasiveargumentativeessay?Why?BodyTheauthordevelopshispointbygivingargumentsin3differentaspects.Argument2Argument3...hasalreadymadeadifferenceinthefightagainstworldhunger....hasalreadypromotedtechnologicalimprovementsthatbenefitusall....hashelpedpeopletothinkabouttheworld’sproblemsandeventofindwaystosolvethem.properconjunctions(logicalwords)3.Doyouthinkitisagoodandpersuasiveargumentativeessay?Why?FirstlySecondlyFinallysomeothersThenAfterAsaresultForexamplealsoTodayInordertoInthefutureclearstructureAdvantage1InclosingAdvantage3parallelsentencesAdvantage2...hasalreadymadeadifferenceinthefightagainstworldhunger....hasalreadypromotedtechnologicalimprovementsthatbenefitusall....hashelpedpeopletothinkabouttheworld’sproblemsandeventofindwaystosolvethem.Reducecarbonfootprint4WriteanesssayaboutyouropinionsonlivingonMARS

Q1Willithappeninthefuture?Ifyes,whenandwhy?Ifno,whynot?Q2advantagesanddisadvantages?Q3IsitagoodideaforsomepeopletomovetoMarsforgood

whyorwhynot?Q4WouldyouliketoliveonMars?whyorwhynot?Ithink/believethatitwillhappenbecause......;hightechnologylife;work;study;environment;health;relationship

Allinall,itwouldliketoliveonMarsbeacuse;Iwon’tleaveearth...adaptto;earthculture...SomehumanswanttoimmigratetoMarstoescapethepollutionandpopulationgrowthonEarth.Butinmyopinion,livingonMarswillnothappeninthefuture,becauseEarthstillhavealotundevelopedspaceforustouse.

TherearemanydisadvantagesoflivingonMars.

Firstly,wewouldneedalotofenergyandthousandsofyearstoterraformMars.AndthatresourceandtimewouldbemucheasiertobeusedonEarthtomakeabetterhome.Inaddition,

livingonMarsforgood

couldcausementalhealthproblems.ItisnotonlybecauseoftheinadaptationtotheenvironmentofMarz,butalsothemissingoftheearthcultureandvarioushumanrelationships.

Allinall,Iwouldnotliketolive

onMars

becauseIhavealreadyadaptedtotheenvironmentandcultureonearth.hopingthatourhumanswillfocusontheprotectionofearthQ1Q2Q3Q44WriteanesssayaboutyouropinionsonlivingonMARS

Q1Willithappeninthefuture?Ifyes,whenandwhy?Ifno,whynot?Q2advantagesanddisadvantages?Q3IsitagoodideaforsomepeopletomovetoMarsforgood

whyorwhynot?Q4wouldyouliketoliveonMars?whyorwhynot?9Ithink/believethatitwillhappenbecause......life;work;study;environment;health;relationship

allinall,itwouldliketoliveonMarsbeacuse;Iwon’tleaveearth...adaptto;earthculture...Para1Para2Para2Para3贊同者反對者1．獲得新的知識；2．從太空取得新資源；3．擴大人類的生存空間。1．耗資巨大；2．宇航員的安全問題。寫作訓練假設你是李華，最近,你班同學就“太空是否值得探索”這一話題展開了一場討論。請結合下表內(nèi)容，用英語給校報寫一篇文章，介紹班上同學們討論的情況并表達你自己的觀點。注意：1．詞數(shù)80左右；2．可以適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。導入主題在前幾天的班會上，我們進行了討論，認為進行太空探索是必要的。闡述正方觀點1.獲得新知識；2.從太空取得新資源；3.擴大人類未來的生存空間。你的觀點agreeordisagree?Reason?Structure闡述反方觀點1.耗資巨大；2.宇航員的安全問題。①核心詞匯/短語獲得...的新知識取得新資源

解決能源短缺問題

擴大人類生存空間

浪費金錢

值得做

gain/acquirenewknowledgehaveaccesstonewresourcessolvetheproblemofenergyshortagesexpandthelivingspaceforhumanbeingsbeawasteofmoneyItisworthwhiletodo②

完成句子介紹討論話題

Recently,ourclasshadadiscussiononwhetherspaceisworthexploring.Ourclasshadaheateddiscussionwhosetopiciswhetherit’snecessarytocarryoutspaceexplorations.Ourclassholddifferentopinionsonwhetherspaceisworthexploring.最近我們班進行了一場關于...的討論是否有必要開展太空探索激烈的

Someofusthink

it’simportanttoexplorespacebecausewecan

acquirenewknowledgeaboutouterspace.

Meanwhile,wemayhaveaccesstonewresources,thussovlingtheproblemofenergyshortages.What’smore,theexplorationcouldpossiblyexpandnewlivingspaceforhumanbeingsinthenearfuture.我們中有人認為同時陳述觀點1陳述觀點2However，othersarestronglyagainstit.However，othersholdadifferentopinion.

Theyarguethat

spaceexplorationisawasteoftimeandmoney.

Besides，itisverydangerousforastronautstofinishtheirmissioninouterspace強烈反對持有不同的觀點他們認為

Recently,ourclasshadadiscussiononwhetherspaceisworthexploring.

Someofusthink

it’simportanttoexplorespacebecausewecan

acquirenewknowledgeaboutouterspace.Meanwhile,wemayhaveaccesstonewresources,thussovlingtheproblemofenergyshortages.What’smore,theexplorationcouldpossiblyexpandnewlivingspaceforhumanbeingsinthenearfuture.However，othersholdadifferentopinion.Theyarguethat

spaceexplorationisawasteoftimeandmoney.

Besides，itisverydangerousforastronautstofinishtheirmissioninouterspace.Inmyopinion,exploringspacecanbeniftpeopleinotherwayssuchasagricultureandmedicine,soitisworthwhiletospentthemoneyandtime.Para1:介紹討論話題Para2陳述不同觀點Para3表明自己觀點Homework:

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