Unit4 Space Exploration Reading for writing 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

Unit 4 Space Exploration argumentative essay 1 The earth is still facing challenges poverty hunger pollution disease Is exploring space a waste of time and money? Why? 2 学习目标： 1. 学习议论文的结构和语言特征 2. 能够揣摩作者的观点、态度 3. 掌握文章的意思 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. 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. 练习1 画出关于太空探索(space exploration) 的不同观点 第一段：介绍主题+不同的观点 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. 练习2 画出3个主题句（总结作者对space exploration的论点） 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 is transmitted to scientists on Earth. After careful analysis, the scientists can provide useful recommendations and advice for farmers. As a result, space-b