内容正文:
Reading for writing
Space Exploration
Reading for Structure
1 What genre is this article?
2 What is the issue(议题)?
3 What is the argument of the writer?
It’s an argumentative essay.
Is exploring space a waste or not?
Exploring space helps us a lot.
4 What grounds of argument are there?
Three grounds are provided.
5 What is the conclusion of the writer?
Exploring space provides the world with many different benefits.
Which is the structure of the passage?
A B C D
3
Introduction
body
body
body
Conclusion
Introduction: General
Grounds of argument: Specific
Conclusion: General
4
Para1
Para2
Para3
Para4
Para5
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.
Some people argue that we should stop.... However, others feel this is a shallow view...
In closing, exploring space provides the world with many different benefits.
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
Different viewpoints
Ground 1
Ground 2
Ground 3
5
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
It is to present an idea that exploring space
__________________________________.
2. What’s the author’s attitude to exploring
space?
A. Supportive. B. Objective.
C. Neutral. D. Negative.
helps us in many ways / benefits us a lot
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However, others feel this is a shallow view which fails to realise how exploring space helps us.
Read for comprehension
Para 2 Firstly, exploring space has already made a difference in the fight against world hunger.
It has directly resulted in the many satellites that now orbit Earth. A number of the satellites record data on land and weather patterns. Then the data i