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课件网) Leading-in Look at the pictures and learn about the advantages and disadvantages of space exploration. Do you think exploring space is a waste of time and money Why Thinking Unit4 Reading for writing Present an argument about space exploration An argumentative essay is a type of composition where you have to present your view and attempt to convince others that your facts and arguments are correct. Your view should be backed up by a few facts, examples, statistics, reasons and logics. 1. Why are some people against space exploration 2. What has space exploration done for food production 3. How does space exploration benefit the products that people use nowadays 4. What did the pictures of Earth from space make people realise Read the passage and answer the questions. Skim the passage quickly and work out the structure. 1 5 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 1.What is the author’s point 2.How does the author develop his point 3.Do you think it is a good and persuasive argumentative essay Why Read the passage carefully and answer the questions. Body Introduction Conclusion 1.What is the author’s point 2.How does the author develop his point 3.Do you think it is a good and persuasive argumentative essay Why some others Introduction Conclusion Body The author argues that exploring space has benefitted us a lot thus it should continue. Argument1 1.What is the author’s point 2.How does the author develop his point 3.Do you think it is a good and persuasive argumentative essay Why Body The author develops his point by giving arguments in 3 different aspects. Argument2 Argument3 ...has already made a difference in the fight against world hunger. ...has already promoted technological improvements that benefit us all. ...has helped people to think about the world’s problems and even to find ways to solve them. proper conjunctions (logical words) 3.Do you think it is a good and persuasive argumentative essay Why Firstly Secondly Finally some others Then After As a result For example also Today In order to In the future clear structure Advantage1 In closing Advantage3 parallel sentences Advantage2 ...has already made a difference in the fight against world hunger. ...has already promoted technological improvements that benefit us all. ...has helped people to think about the world’s problems and even to find ways to solve them. Study the organisation and language features. 1. Read the first paragraph to underline the topic being discussed and the different opinions about it 2. Find the three topic sentences that summarise the writer's arguments about space exploration. 3. Underline the sentence that repeats the writers’ opinion in the last paragraph. space exploration Language features Some people argue that However, others feel this is a shallow view.... Firstly, Secondly, Finally, First of all, above all, to start with, what's more, besides, in addition, apart from that, last but not least In closing, in s ... ...
