高中英语解读UNIT 3 SEA EXPLORATION

UNIT3SEAEXPLORATIONExpressyouropinionsonseaexplorationToanalyzestheargumentsandevidenceinthetexts.Toexpressyouropinionsonseaexploration.TolearntowriteanargumentativeessaywiththehelpofPEELmethod.Shouldtheseabeexplored?Readthetwotextsandanswerthequestions.Whatisthetexttypeofthetwopassages?Whatarethethreepartsinargumentativeessay?Argumentativeessay.Argument,evidence,restatement/recommendation/acalltoaction.Readthetwotextsbelowandfindtheargumentsandevidenceinthem.argument

evidenceExplorationcausespollution.DeepwaterHorizonoilspillPlasticpollutionMiningforresourcesisdamaging.IthurtstheArctic.Burningfossilfuelsaddstoclimatechange.Text1argument

evidenceOverfishingisanissue.Whalesanddolphinsarehunted.Banned,butsomecountriesstilldoingit.argument

evidenceSeaexplorationisimportantforourfuture.Scientificresearchshipscanhelpaddressimportantissueslikeclimatechange.Understandingmoreabouttheseawillalsohelpusmanageitsresourcesbetter.Newmedicines,foodresourcesandenergy.Predicteventssuchasearthquakes.Text2argument

evidenceWeneednewresourcesforfuturedevelopment.Vastamountsofresourcesmaybeundertheseaandice.Lookatthetwochartsbelowanddecidewhichonesupportswhichtext.Text2Text1Ingroups,discussthefollowingquestionsandtakenotes.1.Whatisyouropinionaboutseaexploration?Doyouagreewithoneargumentmorethantheother?Ithinkseaexplorationisawonderfulidea,becauseeveniftherearenoimmediaterewardsforit,toexploreandfindoutmoreaboutourworldisalwaysagoodthing.2.Hasyouropinionchangedafterreadingthetwotexts?

Whyorwhynot?Yes,myopinionhaschanged.BeforereadingText1,Ididnotknowthatseaexplorationcouldaddtoseapollution,viadeepseadrillingforexample.3.Arethereanyotheraspectsofseaexplorationnotmentionedthatyouthinkareimportant?Wedonotknowwhatwedon’tknow;Weneedtoexploretheoceansothatwecanbetterunderstandissuessuchasacidificationwhichleadstoseawatertobecomemoreacidic,andhowtofighttheseproblems;Studyingtheoceancausesthecreationofnewtechnologiesthatcanhelpusinotherareas.1.Althoughthiswasbannedin1982,somecountriesarestill“murdering”theseintelligentcreatureswithoutmercy.尽管早在1982年就已禁止,但有的国家仍地无情地“谋杀”这些聪明的动物。本句是一个复合句。somecountriesare...是主句；although=though是从属连词，意为“虽然……;尽管……”，引导让步状语从句。(1)用作连词表示“虽然”，两者大致同义，可换用，只是although比though更为正式。Though/Althoughitwasraining,wewentoutside.(2)用作副词although一般不用作副词，而though可用作副词，且一般放在句末(不放在句首)，意为“可是；不过”。It’shardwork;Ienjoyitthough.(3)用于习语在asthough(好像，仿佛)、eventhough(即使，纵然)等固定短语中不能用although。Heisanhonestman,Imustsay,eventhoughIdon’tlikehim.(4)用于倒装though引导的让步状语从句可用部分倒装的形式(注意：倒装后位于句首的名词之前不用冠词)，但although一般不这样用。Childthoughhewas,hedidquitewell.【语境应用】语法填空。1)Wewilltryourbesttomakeit________thoughitishardwork.2)Henodded________thoughhekneweverything

aboutit.evenasmercyn.ifsomeoneshowsmercytheychoosetoforgiveortobekindtosomeonewhotheyhavethepowertohurtorpunish

仁慈；宽恕；恩惠egHe

showednomercyto

hisenemies.

他对敌人毫不仁慈。【归纳】mercy短语atthemercyof任……处置;对……无能为力;任由……摆布begformercy

恳请宽恕

havemercyon/uponsb.

对某人表示怜悯

showmercytosb.

对某人表示怜悯

withoutmercy

残忍地，毫不留情地

merciful

adj.仁慈的；宽大的bemercifulto/towardssb对某人仁慈【语境应用】用适当的介词填空。1)Theyshowedmercy________theirenemies.2)Theshipwas________themercyofthestorm.3)Shegotonherkneesandbegged________mercy.onatfor2.Theseaishometolife,nothumanbeings’possessions.海洋是生命的家园，而不是人类的私产。possessionn.somethingthatyouownorhavewithyouataparticulartime个人财产

ifsomethingisinyourpossession,youownit,oryouhaveobtaineditfromsomewhere拥有；控制egHehadsoldallhispossessionsandleftthecountry.Thehousehasbeeninthefamily’spossessionsincethe1500s.beinpossessionof拥有……（主语为人）beinthepossessionof(sb)=beinone’spossession（某物）被（某人）拥有comeintoone’spossession为某人所拥有take/comeintopossessionof占有；拥有possessv.占有，拥有；控制，支配【语境应用】根据汉语意思补全下面句子（每空一词）。1)这伙人被逮住了，人赃俱获。Thegangwascaught________________________

stolen

goods.2)离开宾馆时请记得随身携带好你的私人物品。Pleaseremembertotakeallyour___________________

withyouwhenyouleavethehotel.3)Jack是个好孩子，他有很多好品质。Jackisagoodboyand_____________________

________.inpossessionof

personalpossessions

possessesmanygoodqualitiesBasedonyournote,writeanargumentativeessayonseaexploration,expressingyouropinionswithsupportingfacts.1)Thefollowingquestionsmayhelpyou.Whatisthepurposeofseaexploration?Howdoesseaexplorationhelpustoprotectthesea?Howdoesseaexplorationcausedamagetothesea?Isthereagoodbalancebetweenprotectionandexploitation?PointWhatpointdoyouwanttomake?Evidence

Whatfactsandexamplescanyoufindtosupport

yourpoint?Howreliablearethesources?Explanation

Explainhowthefactssupportyouropinionand

showotheropinionstobeincorrect.LinkConnectthispointtothenextpoint,orbacktothe

mainpointoftheessayorparagraph.2)UsethePEELmethodtohelpstructureyourargument.3)Writeyourdraftandexchangeitwithapartner.

Usethechecklisttohelpeachotherrevisethedrafts.YesNoIsthepointclearenough?Arethereanyexamplesorfactsthatsupporttheargumentstrongly?Isthereanyexplanationonhowtheevidencesupportstheopinion?Aretheresomeconnectiveslinkingonepointtoanother?4)Getyourfeedbackandreviseyourdraft.审题定调1.确定体裁:本次写作是一篇议论文，内容涉及海洋生物保护。2.确定人称:本文要用第三人称。3.确定时态:时态以一般现在时为主。好词积累1.varietiesof各种各样的2.dieout灭绝3.ontheonehand...ontheotherhand一方面…,另一方面……4.asamatteroffact/infact/actually事实上5.takemeasures采取措施6.keepthebalanceof保持……的平衡7.makegreatefforts努力高级句式1.众所周知，海底有各种各样的资源。(as引导的非限制性定语从句)Asweallknow,therearevarietiesofresourcesunderthesea.

2.只有提高人们保护环境的意识,努力防止污染,才能解决这个

问题。(倒装句)Onlybyraisingpeople’sawarenessofprotectingthe

environmentandmakinggreateffortstopreventpollution

cantheproblembesolved.Eventhoughtheoceansmakeupabout70%oftheearth’ssurface,morethan80%oftheoceansremainunexplored.Whilesomepeoplesaythatweshouldnotexploretheoceans,theirreasoningisnotverysound.Exploringisnotthesameasexploiting.Whenweexploreaplace.Wegojusttoseeandunderstandwhatisthere.Weshouldexploretheocean,firstandforemost,becausewedonotknowwhatwedonotknow.Wethoughtweknewmanyabouttheocean,butwewerewrong.Therecouldbelifeformsintheocean,forexample,thatfitnoneoftheneatcategorieswehaveforlifewhilewehavenocluethattheyevenexist.Thisbringsupthesecondpoint.Wealreadyknowmanythingsabouttheocean,butweneedtolearnmore.Agoodexampleisoceanacidification.Weknowthatitiscausingcoraltodie.Weknowthatusinglessfossilfuelwouldcausetheprocesstoslowdown.However,weneedtolearnmoretofindouthowtostopit.Weneedmoreresearchtoseewhatisgoingon,andtocomeupwithplansandsolutions.Finally,todothisresearch,wehavetoenteranextremeenvironmentnotveryfriendlytohumans.Thisrequiresthedevelopmentofnewtechnologiesthatcanalsobenefitusinotherareas.Forexample,inmanyways,thedeepoceanresemblesouterspace.Thetechnologiescanbenefiteachother.Foranotherinstance,thetechnologyofamechanicalarmtocollectsampleswithhasbeenusedinfactoriesanddevelopmentofartificiallimbsforhumans.Allinall,therearemanygoodreasonstoexploretheoceans.Ifwecareaboutscience,aboutprotectingouroceans,andaboutdevelopin