The Light Stuff
Douglas Colligan
General Questions
1. What is the light stuff?
2. Pick out the keywords.
3. What type of text is it?
4. What is the main idea?
5. How is the text structured?
6. What is the problem/solution?
7. Guess the meaning of the words.
Absence of gravity, zero-g, weightlessness
Gravity, astronaut, space, technology
Major text typesHow to cope
with zero-g to…?
Text Patterns
Details
Four Major Text Types
Narration
Description
Exposition
Argumentation
记叙文 a movie描述文 a picture说明文 a lecture议论文 a debate
Major Text Patterns
Sequence / time
Space
Compare-contrast
Advantage-dis.
Cause-effect
Problem-solution
Sub-topics
顺序、时间空间比较 - 对比利弊因果问题 - 解决话题
Main ideas of paragraphs
Para 1 ProblemPara 2 AnalysisPara 3 Solutio
nP 4-7 Wearing
P 8-12 Eating
P 13 Hygiene
P 14-5 Sleepin
g P 16-7 Exercisin
gP 18-9 Living P 20-1 Evaluatio
n
• Paragraphs are related to each in different degrees with a part and a whole text.
Structural Diagram
TheLightStuff
2 Analysis
20-21 Evaluation
3-19 Solution
1 Problem
3 General
18-9 Live
16-7 Exercis
e
13 Hygien
e
8-12 Eat
4-7 Wear
14-5 Sleep
Vocabulary
Guess or explain the meaning.
Cocoon, weird, outfit, meticulously, elasticized pleats, vengeance, congeal, gobbets, chili, utensil, engorge, numb, hygiene, suction, squirt, scrub, globule, strap, laden, exhale, billow, ingenious treadmill, regiment, anchor, hover, perspiration, tone, bizarre, unscrew, screwdriver, bolt, brace, somersault, stoop, quasi-fetal slouch, flotsam …As some visionaries project,… what to make of the complaint. How well this kind of… Connecti
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words