Unit 3 Sea Exploration Using language 写作课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第四册

UNIT 3 SEA EXPLORATION Express your opinions on sea exploration To analyzes the arguments and evidence in the texts. To express your opinions on sea exploration. To learn to write an argumentative essay with the help of PEEL method. Should the sea be explored? Read the two texts and answer the questions. What type of articles do the two passages belong to? What are the three parts in argumentative essay? Argumentative essay. Argument, evidence, restatement/ recommendation/ a call to action. Listen to the two texts below and find the arguments and evidence in them. Text 1 argument evidence Exploration causes pollution. Mining for resources is damaging. Overfishing is an issue. Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Plastic pollution. It hurts the Arctic. Burning fossil fuels adds to climate change. Whales and dolphins are hunted. Banned, but some countries still doing it. Read and think Text 1 Should The Sea Be Explored? When people talk of exploring the sea more, they usually mean exploiting it. Sea exploration has caused many problems and will continue to cause more. More exploration means more pollution. The Deepwater Horizon spilled over 200 million gallons of oil into the sea in 2010. Plastic pollution is also bad, killing many birds and fish, and has even been found in our tap water. argument evidence 1 facts Should The Sea Be Explored? Text 1 Mining for resources is very damaging, especially in the Arctic. Because of climate change, there is less ice now, which means we can look for more fossil fuels further north. But if we burn these, the ice will melt more and this negative cycle will continue. Climate change is warning us that something is very wrong. Overfishing is another problem. Whales and dolphins are also hunted for their meat or for so-called research. Although this was banned in 1982, some countries are still “murdering” these intelligent creatures without mercy. The sea is home to life, not human beings’ poss