1. The Light Stuff Douglas Colligan
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2. General Questions What is the light stuff? Pick out the keywords.
Absence of gravity, zero-g, weightlessness
What is the light stuff?
Pick out the keywords.
What type of text is it?
What is the main idea?
How is the text structured?
What is the problem/solution?
Guess the meaning of the words.
Gravity, astronaut, space, technology
Major text types
How to cope with zero-g to…?
Questions about the topic (key words), the text type (narrative, descriptive, expository, persuasive), the text structure and the main idea.
Text Patterns
Details

3. 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
文体 体裁

4. 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
文章结构模式

5. Main ideas of paragraphs
Paragraphs are related to each in different degrees with a part and a whole text.
Para 1
Problem
P 13
Hygiene
Para 2
Analysis
P 14-5
Sleeping
Para 3
Solution
P 16-7
Exercising
段落大意
P 4-7
Wearing
P 18-9
Living
P 8-12
Eating
P 20-1
Evaluation

6. Structural Diagram The Light Stuff 1 Problem 4-7 Wear 8-12 Eat
2 Analysis
13 Hygiene
3-19 Solution
3 General
14-5 Sleep
文章结构示意图
20-21 Evaluation
16-7 Exercise
18-9 Live

7. Vocabulary Guess or explain the meaning. Connective words
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 …
词汇 单词 生词
As some visionaries project, … what to make of the complaint. How well this kind of…
Connective words