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

ve

words