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Topic: Is the risks of space travel worth
the benefits?
主题：太空旅行的风险是否值得？
Exam structure:
1.
Pro Opening
Arguments(One Speaker)
2.
Con Opening Arguments(One Speaker)
3.
Pro
Rebuttal(One Speaker)
4.
Con Rebuttal(One Speaker)
5.
Open
Discussion(Anyone in the group may speak)-Groups
will be given one overall grade, however, any
student
who speaks will gain extra
points. Exams are scored on clarity and volume of
speech, teamwork, and content(did
you
use sound arguments to make your point. )
考试结构：
1.
开场辩论（一位发言者）
2.
开场辩论（一名发言者）
3.
赞成反驳（一位发言者）
4.
反驳（一位发言人）
5.
公开讨论（小组中任何人都可以
发言）
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小组将被给予一个整体等级，然而，任何一个会说话的
学生都会
得到额外的分数。考试的清晰度和音量，团队合作和内容（你用正确的论点来表
达你的观点）。
Section
1-relevance
（
40
）
Full Relevance Formed two fully
research arguments con or pro
Section 2-Speed, Diction, and Voice
Control (40)
All Requirements exceeded:
clear,concise, strong voice control, and good
diction 100% of time.
Section 3-group work and Individual
Contribution(20)
Scoring Data: (Points
added here for individuals who spoke.)
Group worked well together and formed
English arguments that were valid and tangible.
第一节：相关性（
40
）
完全相关；形成两个完整研究的正反方论点
< br>第二节：速度、措辞和语音控制（
40
）
所有满足要求：清晰，简洁，强大的语音控制，以及良好的措辞，利用
100%
的时间。
第三节：小组工作和个人贡献（
20
）
评分数据：（为发言的人加上分数）。
小组合作得很好，形成了有效且有形的英语论证。
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题目
Space travel has been possible for some
time and some people think space tourism could be
developed in
the future. To what extent
do you think this is a
positive
or
negative
development?
本题需要讨论的核心问题是：你赞
同还是反对太空旅行（
space travel
）？这个问题
，当然是人见人殊，
没有统一的意见。比如，有些人赞同太空旅行，因为太空旅行能够让
我们看到地球人见不到的东西，大大
开阔我们的视野，同时，太空旅行还有助于我们去发
现地球之外的适合居住的星球，这个实在太重要了，
因为地球毁灭是迟早的事情。然而，
也一定有人反对太空旅行，因为一旦开启太空旅行，人类即将破环宇
宙，从而破坏地球；
而且，现在的太空旅行技术还不过关，太空旅行过于危险。当然，就这个题目而言，
考生
完全可以做双边讨论，即先讨论太空旅行的好处（比如扩大视野，发现地球之外的新大陆），然后讨
论太空旅行潜在的危险（比如太空污染，技术短板），最后得出自己的结论（如太空旅行的确是有益处
的，
但我们一定要注意保护太空生态，同时提高技术，确保太空旅行的安全性）。
本篇学生习作基本按照题目要求完成了论证，作者具有表达思想的基
本能力，但在词汇使用和句型使
用方面有不少失当之处，有些地方表达令人费解，因此，
其得分被降至
5
分段。如果该学生稍微注意表达
的清晰度和语法的正确性，完全可以达到
6
分甚至更高
分数。
修改后全文
As we all
know, people are always curious about space and
expecting to travel in space. Now, inspired by
space technology, some ambitious
explorers have extended their eyes beyond the
earth. But there are still a few
key
problems which may prevent space travel from
becoming a reality. So I'm holding a negative view
on the
future of space travel.
In modern society, some
businessmen have built numerous tourist sites for
economic benefits, considering
little
of the ecological balance, so that a lot of
damages have been done to the natural environment.
Now,
universe, a kind of new resource
in some people
’
s eyes, has
great potential benefits especially in terms of
space
tourism, which will certainly
attract many profit-seeking businessmen. Yet if
the space travel is developed on a
large scale before we have gained a
full understanding of the universe, the ecology of
the universe will be
seriously upset.
Then what is at stake will not be one or two
tourist sites, but the entire earth.
As space tourism has just started
recently, the security issues of space flight
should also be taken into
consideration. In the space travel, the
tourists must be able to withstand the unbearable
loud noise, the
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overwhelming vibration, the strong
radiation, the physiological effect of
weightlessness, to mention just a few.
However, the current science and
technology cannot guarantee everything is without
risk. Therefore, space
tourism may pose
great pressure on people
’
s
health. Moreover, ordinary passengers are not
possibly trained as
astronauts, so
psychologically and physiologically, they may not
be suitable to do space travelling.
To sum up, space travel is detrimental
to the universe environment and may have a lot of
risks out of our
control, so basically
I hold a negative view on its future. I think
space travel is possible only when we have a
better
understanding of the universe
and meanwhile a strong technological support.
众所周知，人们总是对空间好奇，期望在太空中旅行。现在，受太空技术的启发，一些雄心勃勃的
探
险家们将目光延伸到了地球之外。但仍有一些关键问题可能阻碍太空旅行成为现实。所
以我对太空旅行的
未来持否定态度。
在现代社会中，一些商人为了经济利益而建造了无数的旅游景点，很少考虑到生态平衡，从而对自然
环境造成了很大的损害。现在，宇宙作为一种新的资源，在一些人看来，具有巨大的潜在优势，特别是
在
空间旅游方面，必将吸引许多营利性商人。然而，如果太空旅行是在我们对宇宙有充分
了解之前大规模发
展的，那么宇宙的生态将受到严重的破坏。那么，岌岌可危的将不是一
个或两个旅游景点，而是整个地球。
航天旅游刚刚起步，航天
安全问题也应予以考虑。在太空旅行中，游客必须能够承受不可忍受的喧嚣、
压倒的振动
、强烈的辐射、失重的生理效应，仅举几例。然而，当前的科学技术不能保证一切都没有风险。
< br>因此，太空旅游可能给人们的健康带来巨大的压力。此外，普通乘客不可能被训练为宇航员，因此在心理< /p>
和生理上，他们可能不适合做太空旅行。
总而言之，太空旅行对宇宙环境是有害的，并且可能有很多风险超出我们的控制，所以基本上我对它
的未来持否定态度。我认为只有当我们对宇宙有了更好的了解，同时也有强大的技术支持时，太空旅 行才
是可能的。
Astronomy helps us
understand who we are, where we come from, and
where we are going. It
’
s
human
nature to wonder about the big
questions. It helps giving meaning to our lives.
--l West,astronomer
天文学帮助我们了
解我们是谁，我们来自何方，以及我们将走向何方。对这些大问题感到好奇是人类
的天性
。它有助于赋予我们生命的意义。
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In January 2018, the
British Virgin Galactic consortium spacecraft
completed the latest test in which the joint
spacecraft successfully separated from
the mother ship at 15000 meters and returned to
the port by gliding and
landing. Virgin
Galaxy provides the world's cheapest space flight
experience, with a trip of only $$250 thousand (1
million 600 thousand yuan). More than
700 people have already booked the service.
2018
年一月，英国维珍银河的联合体太空飞船完成了最新一次的试验，试
验中，联合体飞船与母船在
15000
米高空成功分离，
并以滑翔降落的方式成功返回母港。
维珍银河提供的堪称世界上最便宜
太空飞行体
验，一趟行程仅需要
25
万
美元（
160
万人民币）。目前已经有超过
700
人预订了这一服务，
Britain's billionaire Richard Bryson.
Virgin Galactic, founded by Bryson, has been
promoting the relatively
cheap space
tour. 250 thousand dollars, Virgin Galactic has
sold 680 space tickets.
英国亿万富豪理查德·布莱森。布
莱森创立的
维珍
银河公司，则一直大力推广相对廉价的太空游。
25
万美元，维珍银河公司已卖出
68
0
张太空船票。
Reducing
the cost is the key to expanding the space tourism
market, and the safety risk of space flight can
not be ignored. In response to the high
risk of space tourism, the Federal Aviation
Administration has introduced
the first
regulations on space tourism, which has not forced
the space tourism company to ensure the safety of
passengers. The reason is that space
tourism is still in its infancy; in space tourism,
the body of tourists must be
able to
pass through At the same time, it must be able to
withstand the conditions of strong radiation, long
time
weightlessness and so on, and
improve the comfort of the vehicle. It is also an
important factor for the
development of
space tourism.
降低费用是扩大太空旅游市场的关键；太空飞行的
安全风险
依然无法忽视。针对太空旅游的高风险性，
美国联邦航空局
已出台了第一部针对太空旅游
业务
的条例，该条例暂时没有强制要求太空旅游公司保证旅
客
人身
安全，
理由
是太空旅
游尚处于起步阶段；在太空旅游的过程中，游客的
身体
必须要能
经受得起火箭
起飞时的巨大噪音、振动、过载等种种考验，同时，还必须能够耐受强辐射
、长时间失重等状况，提高运
载工具的舒适性，也是开拓太空旅游的重要因素。
Although the realization of
space tourism still faces many problems, it is
still believed that, with the
development of space technology, the
With the progress of science and
technology, space tourism will be more and more
close to us. In the near
future, the
launch capacity of the people will gradually
increase, the comfort of the lift will be greatly
improved,
and with the increase of
carrying capacity, large-scale space travel will
also be realized.
尽管实现
太空旅游
仍然面临着许多问题，但是，人们依然相信，随着
空间技术
的发展，在不远的将来，
太空旅游“平民化”将成为现实。
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