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课件网) Learning objectives 1. Read the argumentative essay about space exploration; 2. Study the organisation and language features of the argumentative essay; 3. Try to write an argumentative essay about space exploration. Unit 4 Space exploration Sputnik 1(旅伴一号) launched by the USSR(苏联) on Oct. 4, 1957 Yuri Gagarin, the first person in the world to go into space Neil Armstrong, the first astronaut to step on the moon Is Exploring Space a Waste of Time and Money Reading for writing It took 10 years and 15,000,000,000 yuan to send the manned spacecraft Shen Zhou XVI to space. skimming What genre of the article A. argumentation（议论文） B. narration（记叙文） C. expository writing A. argumentation（议论文） An argumentation is a piece of writing that gives an opinion on a topic by reasoning with arguments. ‘s 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. Para. 1 Activity 1: Read and Answer Underline two different opinions. What’s the author’s opinion 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. Para. 1 Activity 1: Read and Answer Why does the author use the word “shallow” However, others feel this is a shallow view which fails to realise how exploring space helps us. Para. 1 Activity 1: Read and Answer thesis statement（中心观点） Tip 1: Using words implied with subjective mood can show the author’s opinion. Activity 2: Read and Find Why does the author hold the statement that exploring space helps us (three reasons) Activity 2: Read and Find Firstly Secondly Finally arguments（分论点） Tip 2: Applying sequence words can make a passage more logical. Activity 2: Read and Find How does space exploration benefit humans Satellites record_____ → Scientist analyse data and provide useful_____ → Farmers are able to grow _____ Space technologies have helped to creat new_____→ Companies make better_____ Seeing pictures of our planet makes people realise that our planet’s _____ are _____. Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 data advice enough food material products resources limited Activity 3: Read and Think What’s the function of the blue parts supporting evidence ( 支持性论据） Acti ... ...
