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Reading for writing
Is Exploring Space a Waste Of Time And Money?
Preview
billions of 数十亿
waste time/money doing 浪费时间/金钱干某事
the solution to sth./doing sth. ....的解决办法
make a difference 对...产生影响
result in 导致
a number of 大量，许多
be transmitted to 被传送到...
as a result 所以，结果是
in one's efforts to do sth. 努力做某事
meet the requirement 满足要求
provide for sth. 提供生活所需
at present 目前
be close to 靠近
in closing 最后
1.What can you see in the picture?
2.Where do you think the picture was taken?
3.Who do you think took this picture?
4.Do you know anything about NASA?
lead in
1 Why are some people against space exploration?
2 What has space exploration done for food production?
3 What did the pictures of Earth from space make people realise?
4 How does space exploration benefit the products that people use nowadays?
Read the argumentative essay about space exploration and answer the questions.
P44 1
Possible answers.
1. Why are some people against space exploration?
2. What has space exploration done for food production?
Because they think it is a waste of time and money, and that we should feed the world's poor and find immediate solutions to other problems, such as pollution and fatal diseases, instead.
Satellites study land and weather patterns. These studies help farmers grow more crops and warn them about natural disasters before they occur.
3. What did the pictures of Earth from space make people realise?
4. How does space exploration benefit the products that people use nowadays?
They made people realise that our planets resources are limited.
Advanced technology developed for space exploration has promoted technological improvements that benefits us all by allowing products to be made to a higher standard.
Possible answers.
Analysing
Study the organisation and language features.
Go through para1 and find out people’s different opinions
Which opinion is the writer for?
Read for different opinions
Countries around the globe are spending billions of dollars and lots of time on various space missions, whether to Mars or other planets much further away. Some people argue that we should stop wasting time and money exploring space. Instead, we should feed the world’s poor and find immediate solutions to other problems, such as pollution and fatal diseases. However, others feel this is a shallow view which fails to realise how exploring space helps us.
Some people’s opinion
The writer thinks exploring space is not a waste of time or money, instead it helps us.
Others’ opinion
para1
Para2
Para3
Para4
Para5
Study the organisation
Exploring space has already made a difference in the fight against world hunger.
Space exploration has already promoted technological improvements that benefit us all.
Sending astronauts into space has helped people to think about the world's problems and even to find ways to solve them.
This is a shallow view which fails to realize now exploring space helps us.
Exploring space provides the world with many different benefits.
Find out the main idea for each paragrah
1）Which is the structure of the passage?
Read for structure
Structure
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Structure
However
General
Particular
General
Firstly
Secondly
Finally
In closing
Thesis statement
Argument1
Firstly, ...
Argument 2
Secondly , ...
Argument 3
Finally , ...
Conclusion
In closing, ...
Tip2 表示递进关系的过渡词：what’s more, as well, moreover, besides, furthermore, in addition, what’s worse , apart from that etc.
Tip3 表示总结的过渡词：on the whole, in a word, to sum up, in short, in conclusion, in brief, from what I have said above etc.
Analyse the Structure
2）Analyse the structure
Detail -reading para2
? It has directly __________ the many satellites that now orbit Earth
resulted in
? A number of the satellites record data on land and ____________________.
weather patterns
?Then the data _______________ scientists on Earth.
?After careful analysis, the scientists can provide useful ________________ _____________________
?As a result, space-based science _________________ in its efforts to grow _____________ to feed Earth' s increasing population.
is transmitted to
recommendations
has helped farming
enough food
and advice for farmers
1) Read para 2 and then fill in the blanks.
reasoning in time order
2). What transitional words are used here
to show the reasoning process?
Detail -reading para2
Detail -reading para2
1). How does space exploration benefit the products that people use nowadays?
2). In what area has it helped? What method does the writer use to tell us it？
Secondly, space exploration has already promoted technological improvements that benefit us all.
High-end products around the world are made to a higher standard now because of advanced technology which was first created to meet the requirements for space exploration.
In different types of new material, in medical area, all kinds of industries and everyday products.
By giving examples.
Tip4 transitional words to give an example：for example, for instance, such as, like, take… for example / instance
Using these to list different areas (examples)
Detail -reading para3
1). What are the world’s problems?
2). How has space exploration helped to find ways to solve them?
Finally, sending astronauts into space has helped people to think about the world's problems and even to find ways to solve them.
The world’s problems are that our planet’s resources are limited and the population is increasing rapidly.
Scientists are trying to find other planets for humans to live on by exploring space.
Detail -reading para4
Mind map
Introduction:
Different Opinions
We should stop exploring space.
Other opinion: ________________________.
Exploring space can help us
Main
Body
Different benefits
It can _______________________.
It promotes ___________________.
It helps people __________the
world's problem.
fight against world hunger
technological improvements
think about
Conclusion
Exploring space should
___________.
be continued
Is exploring space a waste of time and money?
Write an argumentative essay about
space exploration
议论文是通过摆事实，讲道理，直接表达作者的观点和主张的文体。
正反观点类议论文是其中的一种，通常提出某观点或某话题，并对此话题产生的两种对立观点进行正反两方面的论证，最后给出自己的看法。
Write an argumentative essay about
space exploration
观点类作文
就“探索太空”话题分析评论
一般现在时
第一、第三人称
首段：引入话题，点明观点
中段：支持和反对观点的理由
尾段：表达个人的观点
体裁话题
时态人称
文章架构
核心要点
开门见山点明话题
介绍两种相反观点及其理由
阐述自己的观点
Can you give some expressions you can use in an argumentative?
Topic/introduction:
Some people think that … while others hold the view that…
in one's opinion, in one's view, from one's point of view,
from one's perspective…
Body: supporting details
first, second, third, fourth…; firstly, secondly, thirdly…
first of all, at first, to begin with, to start with...
in the second place, besides, what's more, last but not least, apart from that, for example…
finally, at last…
Closing:
in closing, in a word, to conclude, now I can safely come
to the conclusion that+从句…
1 Are these arguments for or against exploring space? Put them in the table below. Then add your own ideas and write your essay.
A. There are a lot of unsolved mysteries on Earth. So why are we going into space to explore?
B. It is necessary to find a new home for people in space, as the resources on Earth will run out.
C. I cannot understand spending all this money on expensive research and experiments when so many people need food.
D. Exploring space encourages scientists to improve technology that can help people in other ways, too.
Use what you have learnt to write about your opinion about space exploration.
P45 3
For space exploration
Against space exploration
B It is necessary to find a new home for people in space, as the resources on Earth will run out.
D Exploring space encourages scientists to improve technology that can help people in other ways, too.
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A There are a lot of unsolved mysteries on Earth. So why are we going into space to explore?
C I cannot understand spending all this money on expensive research and experiments when so many people need food.
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最近,你班同学就“太空探索是否值得”这一话题展开了一场讨论。请你根据下表提供的信息,用英语写一篇短文介绍讨论的情况。
30%的同学认为
70%的同学认为
1.不值得探索
2.离我们及我们的日常生活太遥远
3.浪费金钱。这些金钱本可用来解决地球上的饥饿、污染等问题
1.值得探索
2.已使用卫星进行通信传播、天气预报
3.有望解决地球人口问题、地球能源短缺问题
注意:1.词数100左右;
2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Writing
(1)精彩开头
①对于探索宇宙不同的人有不同的观点。
Different people have different ideas about space exploration.
②我认为人类应该探索宇宙。
I hold the view that mankind should explore space.
Different people look at the question in differ-ent ways.
③不同的人对这个问题有不同的看法。
(2)正文佳句
①百分之六十的人认为探索太空会对我们有益，然而另一方面，百分之四十的人认为它浪费了 大量的时间和金钱。
②我认为探索宇宙有很多优点，第一,它在抗击世界世界性饥饿的战斗中发挥了作用。第二，它让我们认识到地球的资源是有限的。
Writing
60% of the people hold the view that exploringspace will benefit us,on the other hand, 40% think it wastes lots of time and money.
I think there are many advantages in exploring space.
First,it has made a difference in the fight against world hunger. Second, it made us realize that our earth's resourcess are limited.
Writing
(2)正文佳句
③另一方面，其余的人反对这个计划，因为它可能会导致一些不好的影响。
On the other hand,the rest of the people are against the plan because it may result in somebad effects.
(3)余味结尾
①我坚信，探索太空不仅能够使我们了解宇宙的起源，而且能够帮助我们更好地在未来生存下去。
I hold the belief that space exploration not only enables us to understand how the universe began but also helps us survive well into the future.
I think we should spend more time and money exploring space so as to provide new and bettersolutions to people's short- term and long-term problems.
②为了给人类的短期和长期问题提供更新和更好的解决方法，我认为我们应该花更多的时间和金钱来探索太空。
Writing
Recently,students in our class have had a discussion on whether space is worth exploring.
30% of us think space exploration is not worthwhile, They think space is too far away from us and our daily life. And the money spent on space exploration can be used to solve the earth's problems such as starvation and pollution.
On the other hand, 70% think spaceis worth exploring because we have benefited a lot from it, such as using satellites for communication and weather forecast. What’s more, with further space research, we may solve the population problem by moving to other planets one day. Also, space research will enable us to find new sources to solve the problem of energy shortages on the earth.

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