Unit 4 Space Exploration Reading for Writing & Assessing Your Progress课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版必修第三册

人教版（2019）必修三 Unit 4 Space Exploration Reading for Writing & Assessing Your Progress Reading for Writing Present an argument about space exploration Learning objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: read an argumentative essay about space exploration; grasp the organisation and language features of the argumentative essay; write an argumentative essay about the value of space exploration; cooperate with group mates actively through checking your essays together. Brainstorming Lead-in What do you think of space exploration? Is it worth spending so much time and money? Or is it a waste of time and money? Read the argumentative essay about space exploration and answer the questions. Pre-writing 1. Why are some people against space exploration? 2. What has space exploration done for food production? 3. What did the pictures of Earth from space make people realise? 4. How does space exploration benefit the products that people use nowadays? Because they think it is a waste of time and money, and that we should feed the world’s poor and find immediate solutions to other problems, such as pollution and fatal diseases, instead. Satellites study land and weather patterns. These studies help farmers grow more crops and warn them about natural disasters before they occur. They made people realise that our planet’s resources are limited. Advanced technology developed for space exploration has promoted technological improvements that benefits us all by allowing products to be made to a higher standard. Study the organisation and language features. Read the first paragraph and underline the different opinions about space exploration Find the three topic sentences that summarise the writer’s arguments about space exploration. Underline the sentence that repeats the writer’s opinion in the last paragraph. IS EXPLORING SPACE A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY? Introduction Para. 1 Body Para. 2-4 Conclusion Para. 5 different viewpoints P2 Rephrasing the thesis stateme