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The Light Stuff Douglas Colligan Contemporary College English Companion Reader 现代大学英语阅读3 创思英语：http://www.tronest.cn 英语阅读课件英语专业泛读课件

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

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

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

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

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

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