Unit4SpaceExplorationLessonFive:ReadingforWritingLearningobjectives1.Readtheargumentativeessayaboutspaceexploration;2.Studytheorganisationandlanguagefeaturesoftheargumentativeessay;3.Trytowriteanargumentativeessayaboutspaceexploration.Doyouagree? SomescientistsinsistthatspaceexplorationwastestoomuchresourceandthatweshouldpaymoreattentiontotheWorld'spollutionandpovertyissuesratherthanspaceexploration.（以上圖片來自網(wǎng)絡(luò)）Leading-inISEXPLORINGSPACEAWASTEOFTIMEANDMONEY?

ReadingReadtheargumentativeessayaboutspaceexploration.satelliteimageofa

typhoonCountriesaroundtheglobearespendingbillions

ofdollarsandlotsof

timeonvariousspace

missions,whethertoMarsorotherplanets

muchfurther

away.

Somepeoplearguethatwe

shouldstop

wastingtimeandmoneyexploring

space.Instead,weshouldfeed

theworld’spoor

andfindimmediatesolutionsto

otherproblems,

suchaspollutionandfataldiseases.However,

othersfeelthisisashallowviewwhichfailsto

realisehowexploringspacehelpsus.n.地球；世界；地球儀vt.&vi.論證；爭辯；爭論adj.致命的；災(zāi)難性的adj.膚淺的；淺的LearningobjectivesBytheendofthissection,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(diǎn))?However

StructureHowever

GeneralParticularGeneralFirstly

Secondly

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

3Finally,...ConclusionInclosing,...Tip2表示遞進(jìn)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.StructureReadfororganizationandfeatures①②③④⑤Topicsentenceisusuallythefirstorthelastsentence.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Evidence2Supportingdetails1Supportingdetails2Supportingdetails3Argument11.Whatistheauthor’spoint?2.Howdoestheauthordevelophispoint?3.Doyouthinkitisagoodandpersuasiveargumentativeessay?Why?BodyTheauthordevelopshispointbygivingargumentsin3differentaspects.Argument2Argument3...hasalreadymadeadifferenceinthefightagainstworldhunger....hasalreadypromotedtechnologicalimprovementsthatbenefitusall....hashelpedpeopletothinkabouttheworld’sproblemsandeventofindwaystosolvethem.ReadtheargumentativeessayaboutspaceexplorationonPage44.1.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?Itistopresentanideathatexploringspace__________________________________.2.What’stheauthor’sattitudetoexploringspace？

A.Supportive． B.Objective． C.Neutral． D.Negative．

helpsusinmanyways/benefitsusalot√However,othersfeelthisisashallowviewwhichfailstorealisehowexploringspacehelpsus.Readformainidea2.Studytheorganisationandlanguagefeatures(Page45).1.Readthefirstparagraphandunderlinethedifferentopinionsaboutspaceexploration.2.Findthethreetopicsentencesthatsummarizethewriter'sargumentsaboutspaceexploration.3.Underlinethesentencethatrepeatsthewriter'sopinioninthelastparagraph.Readforstructure2-1.Readthefirstparagraphandunderlinethedifferentopinionsaboutspaceexploration.ReadforstructureUsewhatyouhavelearnttowriteaboutyouropinionaboutspaceexploration.IntroductionDifferentviewpointsSomepeoplearguethat...However,others...BodyArgumentsFirstly,...Secondly,...Finally,...Supportingdetails/EvidenceForexample,...ConclusionRephrasingthethesisstatementInclosing,...Therefore,...Exchangedraftswithapartner.Usethechecklisttogivefeedbackonyourpartner’sdraft.Post-writingDoestheintroductionstatethetopic?Doestheintroductionexpressdifferentopinionsaboutthetopic?Doesthebodygiveargumentswithsuitablesupportinginformation?Doestheclosingexpressthewriter’sopinionandendproperly?Arethereanygrammar,spelling,orpunctuationerrors?Getyourdraftbackandreviseit.Presentyouressaytotherestoftheclass.Languagepoints:Importantwordsandphrases(P44)1wastetimedoingsth2findsolutionstoproblems3fataldisease4ashallowview5failtorealise6makeadifference7providerecommendationsforsb8promotetechnologicalimprovements浪費(fèi)時(shí)間做某事找到解決問題的方法膚淺的觀點(diǎn)發(fā)揮重要作用沒