Ex. 4 стр. 244 (Lesson 12)


Задание:

Exercise 4. Comment on the following statement.

Space exploration ought to be abandoned (откладываться) until more important problems of mankind have been solved.

One point of view : Space exploration is very expensive; food production is far more important than Mars studies or Moon walks; it is immoral to spend huge sums of money on space exploration while millions of people suffer hunger (голод); space exploration is useless anyway because we can't colonize other planets; it would be much better to colonize, for example, the Sahara before trying to colonize the Moon or Mars; mankind must not waste its resources.

A contrary point of view: Space exploration is of great significance for scientific and technological development; space exploration gives man new knowledge that he can use for other purposes; we may find 10,000 things to do on the ISS that nobody has thought of or even imagined.

Решение:

At first sight, it might really seem that space exploration is a very expensive and unnecessary business, while millions of people suffer hunger. But I do not agree with this point of view. Space exploration is of great significance for scientific and technological development. I believe that soon mankind will find in space a new energy source that will solve the energy problem once and for all. Also, one should not forget that the Earth is still the only place where mankind can exist. But there is always a threat of a meteorite falling on Earth. That is why we need space exploration in order to have the opportunity to live not only on Earth.