Unit 4 Reading for Writing 课文翻译及知识点+课文语法填空学案-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

IS EXPLORING SPACE A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY? 探索太空是否浪费时间和金钱？ 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. 无论是去火星还是其他更遥远的星球，世界各国都在花费数十亿美元和大量时间在各种太空使命上。Some people argue that we should stop wasting time and money exploring space有人认为我们应该停止浪费时间和金钱来探索太空。. Instead, we should feed the world’s poor and find immediate solutions to other problems, such as pollution and fatal diseases. 相反，我们应该为世界上的穷人提供食物，并立即解决其他问题，例如污染和致命疾病。 However, others feel this is a shallow view which fails to realise how exploring space helps us.然而，其他人则认为这是一个肤浅的观点，没有意识到探索太空对我们的帮助。 知识点： 1. around the globe 全球 2. spend …on 花费…在…上 3. argue that 主张 4. solution to …的解决办法 5. fail to do 失败做某事 Firstly, exploring space has already made a difference in the fight against world hunger. 首先，探索太空在在消除世界饥饿的斗争中发挥了作用。It has directly resulted in the many satellites that now orbit Earth. 它直接影响现在绕地球飞行的许多卫星。 A number of the satellites record data on land and weather patterns. 许多卫星记录着陆地和天气模式的数据。Then the data is transmitted to scientists on Earth. 然后，这些数据被传送到地球上的科学家。After careful analysis, the scientists can provide useful recommendations and advice for farmers. 经过仔细分析，科学家们可以为农民提供有用的建议。 As a result, space-based science has helped farming in its efforts to grow enough food to feed Earth’s increasing population.因此，太空技术帮助农业努力种植足够的食物来养活地球上不断增长的人口。 知识点： 1. make a difference 产生影响 2. transmit to 运输到 3. provide sth. for sb 提供某人某物 4. as a result 因此 Secondly, space exploration has already promoted technological improvements that benefit us all. 其次，太空探索促进了造福于我们所有人的技术进步。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. 由于先进的技术首次被提出以满足太空探索的需求，因此现在世界各地的高端产品都达到了更高的标准。 For example, space technologies have helped the research and development of different types of new material. 例如，太空技术有助于研究和开发不同类型的新材料。 They ha