(
课件网) By the end of this class, you will be able to: Learning objectives 1. get the main idea and structure of the text. 2. learn the features of argumentative essay. 3. write an argumentation. How much money has China spent on its space program Lead-in Summary of Key Figures Program/Initiative Investment Time Period Key Achievements Manned Space Program ~390 billion RMB 1992–2012 Shenzhou missions, rendezvous docking Tiangong Space Station ~500 billion RMB 2021–present Independent space lab, modular design Commercial航天 Market 2.5 trillion RMB (projected) By 2025 Satellite launches, reusable rockets Annual Maintenance (Tiangong) ~4.4 billion USD Ongoing Efficient operations using ion thrusters NASA may spend 24,801,500,000 dollars in 2022. It has taken 65 years to develop space exploration. Lead-in However...... poverty hunger pollution disease 01 However...... The earth is still facing poverty, hunger, pollution, disease...... Is exploring space a waste of time and money Lead-in Skim for the text type A. argumentation（议论文） B. narration（记叙文） C. travel journal A. argumentation（议论文） Q1.What is the type of the passage reading An argumentation：adopt a standpoint and argue in favour of it. What is the structure of the text A C D B Read for the structure Para 1 Read and underline the different opinions about space exploration. Countries around the globe are spending billions of dollars and a lot 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 realize how exploring space helps us. against for Part. 1: Introduction 1. Different oppinions. 2. Thesis statements. 中心论点 / 主旨句 Tip1: To make our article more objective, we should express different opinions about the topic. Find the main idea of each paragraph.（2-4） Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Firstly, exploring space has already made a difference in the fight against world hunger. Secondly, space exploration has already promoted technological improvements that benefit us all. Finally, sending astronauts into space has helped people to think about the world's problems and even to find ways to solve them. Part 2: Benefits pf space exploration. Tip 2:To make our article more logical , we should use some linking words. How does exploring space help to fight against world hunger 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 _____ and _____ for _____. As a result, space-based science _____in its efforts to grow _____ to feed Earth' s incr ... ...
