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Debate Week
Debate Topic: Should Governments Spend Less Money on Space Exploration?
Understanding the topic:
let’s take a look at an article that supports space exploration and one that opposes it.
Vocabulary:
pay off: (v.) the eventual result makes the initial effort worth it
fuel: (v.) stimulate, encourage, help develop
mitigate: (v.) make a problem less severe
asteroid: (n.) rocky objects that orbit around the sun and sometimes go off path because of planets’ gravitational influence or collisions.
dire: (adj.) extremely serious or urgent
by-product: (n.) an unintended (but often positive) product or result of a process
memory foam: (n.) material that is sensitive to pressure and moulds to the shape of something pressed against it (often mattresses).
Other keywords that might be useful:
technological advancement: (n.) improvement in technology.
medical breakthrough: (v.) major discovery in the medical field.
immediate needs: (n.) matters that need to be addressed urgently.
space debris: (n.) fragments of defunct satellites and rockets that are caught in a planet’s orbit.
practical impact: (n.) real-world consequences; impacts that immediately change life on Earth.
cost-benefit: (n.) the relationship between the necessary cost and the quality or relevancy of results produced.
