UsingLanguageⅡ

Expressyouropinionsonseaexploration;Teachingobjectives:;discovernewspecies;Pre-reading:Discussion;Advantagesofseaexploration;Disadvantagesofseaexploration;While-reading;Lookatthetwochartsbelowanddecidewhich

onesupportswhichtext.;Ingroups,discussthefollowingquestionsand

takenotes.;2.Hasyouropinionchangedafterreadingthetwotexts?

Whyorwhynot?;3.Arethereanyotheraspectsofseaexplorationnot

mentionedthatyouthinkareimportant?;Writing:;Basedonyournote,writeanargumentative

essayonseaexploration,expressingyour

opinionswithsupportingfacts.;UsethePEELmethodtohelpstructureyourargument.;;;Somepeoplethink/believethat...,otherargue/claimthat...

Theopposite/reverseis...

Obviouslyithasbothadvantagesanddisadvantages．

...hasmanyadvantages.Forexample...

However,justaseverycoinhastwosides,...hasitsdisadvantages．

Itplay(s)animportantrole／partin...

Withthedevelopmentofoureconomyandsociety，pollutionismoreandmoreserious．;Fromwhathasbeendiscussedabove,wecandrawtheconclusionthat...

Itishightimethat...

Weshouldtakemeasurestocontroltherapidlyincreasingworldpopulation．

Thegovernmentdecidedtotakestrongmeasuresagainst...

Itisnecessarythatstepsshouldbetakento...

Thereisnoeasymethod,but...mightbeofsomehelp.

Tosolvetheabove-mentionedproblem,wemust...

Insummary,ifwecontinuetoignoretheabove-mentionedissue,moreproblemswillcropup.;;forexample,thatfitnoneoftheneatcategorieswehaveforlifewhilewehavenocluethattheyevenexist.

Thisbringsupthesecondpoint.Wealreadyknowmanythingsabouttheocean,butweneedtolearnmore.Agoodexampleisoceanacidification.Weknowthatitiscausingcoraltodie.Weknowthatusinglessfossilfuelwouldcausetheprocesstoslow