1、Unit 3 Protecting ourselvesWord power,Can you say out any examples of bad habits?,Read the passage and try to find out the bad habits that Daniel has.,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 d

2、rinks,The verbs or verb phrases that mean to stop (a bad habit): Stay away from; Get out of the habit; Keep way from; Break the habit; Quit; Give up,The synonyms for stopping bad habits can be divided into different groups. Stay away from and keep away from can be used interchangeably and are follow

3、ed by a person, place or object. For example: stay away form Internet cafes or keep away from those naughty children.,Give up can be followed by either a noun, for example, give up cigarettes, or the ing form of a verb: give up smoking. Get out of the habit and break the habit are also interchangeab

4、le and can be followed by of or the ing form of a verb. For example, get out the habit of drinking wine every night or break the habit of going to bed too late.,Stop and quit can be used interchangeably and are always followed by a verb ing form: stop eating sweets or quit talking on the phone so mu

5、ch.,Answers to Part B: (1) Get out of the habit/ Break the habit (2) Stay away from/ Keep away from/ Give up (3) Stop/ Quit (4) Get out of the habit/ Break the habit,Now lets look at some special words on the blackboard: TV, CD, AIDS, HIV, SOS, UN, USA, CCTV, PRC, .com, These words are called abbrev

6、iations. They can be read letter by letter, and sometimes they can be read as words.,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