Unit4ReadingforwritingPresentanargumentaboutspaceexplorationAnargumentativeessayisatypeofcompositionwhereyouhavetopresentyourviewandattempttoconvinceothersthatyourfactsandargumentsarecorrect.Yourviewshouldbebackedupbyafewfacts,examples,statistics,reasonsandlogics.

1.Whyaresomepeopleagainstspaceexploration?2.Whathasspaceexplorationdoneforfoodproduction?3.Howdoesspaceexplorationbenefittheproductsthatpeopleusenowadays?4.WhatdidthepicturesofEarthfromspacemakepeoplerealise?Readthepassageandanswerthequestions.ReadingComprehension1.Findoutthemainideaofeachparagraph.Para.1:_______________________________________________________

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_________________________Presentanargumentwhetherexploringspaceisawasteoftimeandmoney.Exploringspacehasmadeadifferenceinthefightagainstworldhunger.Spaceexplorationhasalreadypromotedtechnologicalimprovementsthatbenefitus.Sendingastronautsintospacehasfurtheredunderstandingoftheworld’sproblemsandfiguringoutwaystosolvethem. FastreadingDrawaconclusionthatexploringspaceisofgreatbenefit,soweshouldcontinue.anargumentaboutintroducingdifferentbenefitsofexploringspace.2.Themainideaofthepassageisabout___________________________

___________________________________Carefulreading1.Whyaresomepeopleagainstspaceexploration?2.Whathasspaceexplorationdoneforfoodproduction?3.Howdoesspaceexplorationbenefittheproductsthatpeopleusenowadays?4.WhatdidthepicturesofEarthfromspacemakepeoplerealise?

Theythinkspaceexplorationwastestimeandmoneyandhumansshouldfeedthepoorandfindsolutionstootherproblems,suchaspollutionandfataldiseases.Spaceexplorationhasresultedinmanysatellites,whichcanrecorddataonlandandweatherpatterns.Thesestudieshelpfarmersgrowmorecropsandwarnthemaboutnaturaldisastersbeforetheyoccur.Theymadepeoplerealisethatourplanet'sresourcesarelimited.Advancedtechnologydevelopedforspaceexplorationhaspromotedtechnologicalimprovementsthatbenefitsusallbyallowingproductstobemadetoahigherstandard.Para.1Para.2Para.4Para.3Fillintheblanksandcatchthestructureofthepassage.DifferentopinionsaboutspaceexplorationSomepeoplearguethatweshouldstopexploring,whileothersfeelthisisa1.________view.shallowDifferentbenefitsofexploringspaceIthas2._______________inthefightagainstworldhunger.Ithas3.________technologicalimprovements.Ithelpspeople4.__________theworld’sproblems.madeadifferencepromotedthinkaboutDrawaconclusionExploringspaceshould5._________.continueStructureHowever

GeneralParticularGeneralFirstly

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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.StructureReadfororganizationandfeaturesMainideaofpara1¶5Structure

Para1:However,othersfeelthisisashallowviewwhichfailstorealizehowexploringspacehelpsus.Para5:Inclosing,exploringspaceprovidestheworldwithmanydifferentbenefits.However

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FinallyInclosingTip4:Inconclusion,thewriterrepeatshisopinion.Readfororganizationandfeatures?Thenthedata_______________scientistsonEarth.1.Howdoesexploringspacehelptofightagainstworldhunger?2.Whattransitionalwordsareusedheretoshowthereasoningprocess??Ithasdirectly__________themanysatellitesthatnoworbitEarth.resultedin?Anumberofthesatellitesrecorddataonlandand_____________.weatherpatterns?Aftercarefulanalysis,thescientistscanprovideuseful_____________________________________?Asaresult,space-basedscience_______________initseffortstogrow_______________tofeedEarth'sincreasingpopulation.

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recommendationshashelpedfarmingenoughfoodandadviceforfarmersreasoningintimeorder1.Howdoesspaceexplorationbenefittheproductsthatpeopleusenowadays?2.Inwhatareahasithelped?Whatmethoddoesthewriterusetotellusit？High-endproducts...helpcompaniesmakebettermonitors...everydayproducts...Tip5:

transitionalwordstogiveanexample：forexample,forinstance,suchas,like,take…forexample/instanceUsingthesetolistdifferentareas(examples)Bygivingexamples.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80左右；2．可以適當增加細節，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詞匯清單核心短語應用詞匯：1.argue:arguewithsb.about/oversth.;arguefor;argueagainst;arguethat...2.shallow:ashallowargument3.limit:setalimitto/on;Therebeno/alimit/arelimitsto/on;limit...to...;belimitedto4.closing:inclosing;closingdate;closingtime;get/beclosetothesolutionto;makeadifference;resultin;anumberof;asaresult;provideforsb.;atpresent;runout認知詞匯:

fatal,analysis,high-end,regularly,foam,pillow,smartphone拓展詞匯：regularly→regular;limited→limit→limitation→limitless;closing→close;attach→attachment

Summary

Withthedevelopmentofmoderntechnologyandeconomy,thelivingstandardofthepeopleisimprovingdaybyday.Thisleadstoaverycommonphenomenon:moreandmorewastecannotbeprocessedeffectively,____________aseriesofproblems,suchasenvironmentalpollutionandwasteof____________.OnJuly1stShanghaiintroducedstricttrash-sortingregulationsthatareexpectedtobeusedasamodelforthecountry.Residentsmustdividetheirwasteintofourseparatecategoriesincludinghazardouswaste,_________waste,householdfoodwasteandresidualwaste.Thenthrowthemintospecificpublicbinsatscheduledtimes.Alotofresidentscannot__________theclassificationstandardbecausetheylackrelativeknowledge.Thegovernmenthasmade________measures__________ensuretheresidentstofollowtheregulations.Forexample,________arearrangedtomonitorresidents’behavior.However,someresidents_____________itandconsideritasa_____oftheirlife.resultinginresourcesrecyclablefigureoutattachedsoastomonitorsargueagainstlimitlimit;attach;resultin;monitor;figureout;argueagainst;soasto;recycle;resourceExerciseⅠ選詞填空1.一些人認為太空探索是值得的。(argue,beworthytobedone)________________________________________________________________________2.衛星在預報天氣和通信上發揮了重要作用，這使得我們的生活更加便利。(makeagreatdifference)________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3.太空技術已經幫助生產了很多用以提升我們日常生活的高端產品。(high-endproduct)________________________________________________________________________4.探索太空不僅能夠拓展我們的視野，并且滿足我們對于宇宙的好奇心。(notonly,butalso)__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Somepeoplearguethatspaceisworthytobeexplored.Satelliteshavemadeagreatdifferenceinweatherforecastandcommunication,whichmakeourlifemoreconvenient.Spacetechnologyhashelpedproducemanyhigh-endproductsthatimproveourdailylives.Exploringspacecannotonlyextendourhori