Unit 4 Space Exploration Reading 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

Reading Unit 4 Space Exploration unknown world Lead in new energy country’s power new home… Why do human explore space? 美国航空航天局 NASA spent 68 years and 25,383,700,000 dollars in developing space exploration in 2025. 3 However, the earth is still facing…. poverty pollution disease Is Exploring Space A Waste of Time And Money? an issue Yes No Activity 1: Read for clues What kind of text is it? An argumentative essay. What might it show? The benefit of exploring space Step1：Learning and understanding How many parts can we divide this essay into? What are they? Find the three topic sentences that summarize the writer’s arguments about space exploration. Step1：Learning and understanding Activity 2: Read for structure What are the main ideas of the first and the last paragraph? Para. 1 . Para. 2 . Para. 3 . Para. 4 . Para. 5 . Firstly, S.P. has already made a difference in the fight against world hunger. Secondly, it has already promoted technological improvements. Finally, it has helped people to think about and find ways to solve the world’s problems. Different opinions about space exploration In closing, exploring space has many benefits. Introduction Conclusion Body 1 2 3 4 5 Step1：Learning and understanding Activity 2: Read for structure 1. What is the writer’s opinion on space exploration? 2. What has space exploration done for food production? 3. How does space exploration benefit the products that people use nowadays? Activity 3: Read for content Step1：Learning and understanding 4. What did the pictures of Earth from space make people realise? 5. Underline the sentence that repeats the writer’s opinion in the last paragraph. 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 realise how exploring space helps us. make contrast or comparison lack in depth of knowledge, thought use subjective words to state your position 1. What is the writer’s opinion on space exploration? recommendations and advice for farmers 2. What has space exploration done for food production? satellites orbit earth record data transmit data analyze data new material heart monitors other machines everyday products (memory foam pillows and smartphone cameras) space exploration advanced technology high-end products 3. How does space exploration benefit the products that people use nowadays? space exploration an island in a black sea resources are limited & increasing population 4. What did the pictures of Earth from space make people realise? satellites orbit earth record data new material heart monitors other machines everyday products (memory foam pillows and smartphone cameras) space exploration advanced technology high-end products an island in a black sea resources are limited & increasing population transmit data analyze data recommendations and advice for farmers common tense: have/has done In closing, exploring space provides the world with many different benefits. Therfore, it should continue so as to provide new and better solutions to people’s short-term and long-term problems. 5. Underline the sentence that repeats the writer’s opinion in the last paragraph. What’s your opinion on space exploration? Step2：Applying and practicing 表示递进关系：In the first place; first of all; to begin with; firstly What’s more; furthermore; moreover; besides, in addition, meanwhile Finally, last but not least, in the end 表示列举事实：such as; for example/instance; take ... for example   表示解释：that is to say; in other words 表示观点：in one’s opinion, in one’s view, from one’s point of view, as far as I am concerned, as for sb 表示总结：in short; in brief; in conclusion; in a/one word; to sum up; all in all; in general 增强语气：There’ s no doubt that… There’ s no denying that… Activity 4: Think and express 16 Did China waste money and time on space exploration? Step3：Transferring and creating Why can we find solutions to balance long-term problems and short-term problems? Activity 5: Think and discuss Homework 1.Search for more information about the advantages and disadvantages of space exploration. Show your opinions in the next class. 2.Search for China’s achievements in space exploration and organize the information into the table on P47. Lavf58.76.100 Lavf58.20.100 $$