1. Unit 3 Word Power Stopping bad habits

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 1. _____________ ________________ of staying up too late! Get out the habit / break the habit

9. 2. _______________ _________________ chocolate and other sugary foods! Stay away from / keep away from/ give up

10. 3. __________ watching TV all day long! Stop/quit

11. 4. _____________________________ of spitting in public! Get out of the habit/ break the habit

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

13. 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.

14. Types of abbreviations: Acronym: a pronounceable abbreviation Initialism: an abbreviation pronounced letter by letter General abbreviation: a shortened form of a very familiar word

15. Answers: General abbreviations: info eve memo Acronyms: UNESCO NASA scuba Initialisms: CD HTML CCTV