Unit 3 Word Power Stopping bad habits. Read the passage in Part A and try to find out the bad habits that Daniel has. And identify the verbs and the.

Unit 3 Word Power

Stopping bad habits

Read the passage in Part A and try to find out the bad habits that Daniel has.

And identify the verbs and the verb phrases that have the same meaning as the verb stop.

The bad habits that Daniel has:

Eating food containing too much sugar;

eating snacks late at night;

sleeping until noon at the weekend;

going to fast food restaurants and eating too much junk food;

drinking too many soft drinks

the verbs or verb phrases that mean “to stop”

stay away from,

get out of the habit,

keep away from,

break the habit,

quit

give up

Lucy is asking some of her friends to stop their bad habits. Look at the pictures below and help her make suggestions using the words or phrases in Part A.

1. _____________ ________________ of staying up too late!

Get out the habit / break the habit

2. _______________ _________________ chocolate and other sugary foods!

Stay away from / keep away from/ give up

3. __________ watching TV all day long!

Stop/quit

4. _____________________________ of spitting in public!

Get out of the habit/ break the habit

Abbreviations

• TV, CD, AIDS, HIV, SOS, UN, USA, CCTV, PRC, .com,…

• Read the article in Part A on page 39 and find out how many kinds of abbreviations are given in this article and the differences between these types.

Types of abbreviations:

Acronym:

a pronounceable abbreviation

Initialism:

an abbreviation pronounced letter by

letter

General abbreviation:

a shortened form of a very familiar word

• Answers:

• General abbreviations: info eve memo

• Acronyms: UNESCO NASA scuba

• Initialisms: CD HTML CCTV