Unit4SpaceExplorationLessonFive:ReadingforWritingLearningobjectives1.Readtheargumentativeessayaboutspaceexploration;2.Studytheorganisationandlanguagefeaturesoftheargumentativeessay;3.Trytowriteanargumentativeessayaboutspaceexploration.Doyouagree? SomescientistsinsistthatspaceexplorationwastestoomuchresourceandthatweshouldpaymoreattentiontotheWorld'spollutionandpovertyissuesratherthanspaceexploration.（以上圖片來自網絡）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；災難性的adj.膚淺的；淺的Para1Para2Para3Para4

Para5Firstly,exploringspacehasalreadymadeadifferenceinthefightagainstworldhunger.Secondly,spaceexplorationhasalreadypromotedtechnologicalimprovementsthatbenefitusall.Finally,sendingastronautsintospacehashelpedpeopletothinkabouttheworld'sproblemsandeventofindwaystosolvethem.SomepeoplearguethatweshouldstopHowever,othersfeelthisisashallowview...Inclosing,exploringspaceprovidestheworldwithmanydifferentbenefits.IntroductionBodyConclusionDifferentpointsDifferent

benefitsTosummarizetheargumentTorepeatthepointPickoutthetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.Fast-reading1.Whatcanyouseeinthepicture?2.Wheredoyouthinkthepicturewastaken?3.Whodoyouthinktookthispicture?4.Doyouknowanythingabout

NASA?spiralrainbandReadthefirstparagraphandunderlinethedifferentopinionsaboutspaceexploration.differentopinionsReadfororganizationandfeaturesQ:Whichsentenceisthethesisstatement(論文觀點)?However

StructureHowever

GeneralParticularGeneralFirstly

Secondly

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

3Finally,...ConclusionInclosing,...Tip2表示遞進關系的過渡詞：what’smore,aswell,moreover,besides,furthermore,inaddition,what’sworse,apartfromthatetc.Tip3表示總結的過渡詞：onthewhole,inaword,tosumup,inshort,inconclusion,inbrief,fromwhatIhavesaidaboveetc.StructureReadfororganizationandfeaturesThevalueofspaceexploration.NationalsecurityanddefenseTechnologicalinnovationEconomicdevelopmentMonitoringoftheenvironmentSpacemutation(誘變)breedingBeidouNavigationSatelliteSystem

…EducationalandculturalinfluencePhilosophicalquestionswhoweare,wherewecamefrom,andwherewearegoingImprovementsinagricultureExlpoitation(開發(fā))ofresourcesDevelopmentoftourism…Theemergenceofnewdisciplines(學科)ThestimulationofhumancreativityTheexplorationoftheoriginofhumanbeings…Whyaresomepeopleagainstspaceexploration?Theythinkitisawasteoftimeandmoney,andthatweshouldfeedtheworld’spoorandfindimmediatesolutionstootherproblems,suchaspollutionandfataldiseases.Becausearoundtheworld,millionsofpeoplearehungryanddyingofstarvation.WehearonTVthatforaslittleasadollaraday,achildinAfricacanbesaved.Somepeoplearguethatweshouldstopexploringspace.Opinion:againstArgumentsupportingdetails/evidenceLiu

CixinTheWanderingEarth?TheThree-BodyProblem.……Theopinionsofsomefamouspeopleaboutspaceexploration.LiuCixintalkstoMoonmanBuzzAldlin:Spaceisthere,sowemustgo.Exploredifferentopinionsonspaceexploration.JustlikewhypeoplekeepchallengingMountQomolangma,eventhoughweknowthatit’sdangerous,thecuriosityandbraverywilldriveusforward.Argumentsupportingdetails/evidenceAretheseargumentsfororagainstexploringspace?Puttheminthetablebelow.Thenaddyourownideasandwriteyouressay.While-writingTherearealotofunsolvedmysteriesonEarth.Sowhyarewegoingintospaceto

explore?Itisnecessarytofindanewhomeforpeopleinspace,astheresourcesonEarthwillrunout.Icannotunderstandspendingallthismoneyonexpensiveresearchandexperiments

whensomanypeopleneedfood.Exploringspaceencouragesscientiststoimprovetechnologythatcanhelppeoplein

otherways,too.ForspaceexplorationAgainstspaceexplorationArgument11.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.ReadforstructurePost-reading

Readandfill.Different

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benefits

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exploring

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conclusionSome

people

argue

that

we

should

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exploring,

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