134 Partn IWritingan"Essall
OriginalPassage 3
Source:ALettertotheEditorwrittenbyCoryBrunish,whichappearedon
page 9 oftheFebruary16,2004,issueofTimemagazine.WhyshouldwespendvastamountstoreachMarswhenthereisa veryhigh
chanceofitsnotprovidinganythingthatwouldimproveourlothereonEarth?
Whynotallocatethosebillionsfor"homeimprovement"?Thinkoftheprogress
thatcouldbemadeincuringcancer,AIDS,andotherdiseases;incleaning
ourwater,air,andsoil;andinfeedinghungrynations.Whyconfrontthehazards
ofouterspacewhenweshouldbefightinghomelessness,poverty,and
unemploymentonEarth?NotesYourParaphraseOriginalPassage 4
Source:Page 48 ofa nine-pagemagazinearticlewrittenbyJeffreyKluger.The
articleappearedonpages42-50intheJanuary26,2004,issueofTimemaga-
zine.Thetitleofthearticleis "MissiontoMars:FirsttheRoverLands,andNow
BushWantstoSendPeople.WeCanDoItEvenFasterThanPlanned,butHere
Is WhatIt WillTake."
Speedis everythingonthewaytoMarsandnotonlybecausea seven-month
tripina confinedspacecanbetorturous.Thebiggerproblemis thatit canbe
lethalbecauseofradiationexposureindeepspace,wheretheabsenceofEarth's
magneticfieldleavesastronautsfarmoreexposedtodeadlycosmicenergythan
theyareinorbitoronthewaytothemoon.NotesYourParaphrase