Unit3Protectingourselves●WordPowerStep1BrainstormingBoysandgirls,inthissectionyouwilllearnsomewordsandphrasesthatmeant‘tostopbadhabits’,andsomeabbreviations.Youwillalsoreadtwopassagesaboutthesetwotopicsandafterthatyouwillbeabletolearnhowtotalkaboutstoppingbadhabitsandthedifferenttypesofabbreviationsaswellashowtopronouncetheseabbreviations.T:InWelcometotheunit,wediscussedwhathabitsarebadhabits.Canyourememberanyexamplesofbadhabits?S:Yes!Forexamples,watchingtoomuchTVorstaringatacomputerscreenfortoolong;smoking;spittinginthestreet;drinkingtoomuchfizzydrinksandeatingtoomuchdeep-friedfood,etc.T:Youhaveagoodmemory!Thenwhatcanwedotostopthesebadhabits?S:…(Getthestudentstodiscussingroupsandthencollecttheiranswers.)T:Ifwedonotusetheverb‘stop’beforebadhabits,whatotherverbsorverbphrasescanweuseinsteadofit?Let’sreadtheinstructionsofPartAonpage38tohavealook.Step2Vocabularylearning1.ReadthepassageandtrytofindoutthebadhabitsthatDanielhas.Identifytheverbsandtheverbphrasesthathavethesamemeaningastheverb‘stop’.Underlinethemwhilereading.ThebadhabitsthatDanielhas:Eatingfoodcontainingtoomuchsugar;Eatingsnackslateatnigh;Sleepinguntilnoonattheweekend;Goingtofastfoodrestaurantsandeatingtoomuchjunkfood;DrinkingtoomanysoftdrinksTheverbsorverbphrasesthatmean‘tostop’(abadhabit):Stayawayfrom;Getoutofthehabit;Keepwayfrom;Breakthehabit;Quit;Giveup用心爱心专心Thesynonymsforstoppingbadhabitscanbedividedintodifferentgroups.Stayawayfromandkeepawayfromcanbeusedinterchangeablyandarefollowedbyaperson,placeorobject.Forexample:stayawayformInternetcafesorkeepawayfromthosenaughtychildren.Giveupcanbefollowedbyeitheranoun,forexample,giveupcigarettes,orthe–ingformofaverb:giveupsmoking.Getoutofthehabitandbreakthehabitarealsointerchangeableandcanbefollowedbyoforthe–ingformofaverb.Forexample,getoutthehabitofdrinkingwineeverynightorbreakthehabitofgoingtobedtoolate.Stopandquitcanbeusedinterchangeablyandarealwaysfollowedbyaverb–ingform:stopeatingsweetsorquittalkingonthephonesomuch.Allthesesynonymsforstoppingbadhabitsaregenerallyusedincolloquiallanguage.2.Afterreadingtheguidelinesandlisteningtomyexplanations,IamsureyoucanfinishPartBindividually.Trytouseasmanywordsandphrasesthatcanbeused.Answers:(1)Getoutofthehabit/Breakthehabit(2)Stayawayfrom/Keepawayfrom/Giveup(3)Stop/Quit(4)Getoutofthehabit/BreakthehabitStep3VocabularyextensionNowlet’slookatsomespecialwordsontheblackboard:TV,CD,AIDS,HIV,SOS,UN,USA,CCTV,PRC,.com,…Thesewordsarecalledabbreviations.Theycanbereadletterbyletter,andsometimestheycanbereadaswords.ReadthearticleinPartAonpage39andfindouthowmanykindsofabbreviationsaregiveninthisarticleandthedifferencesbetweenthesetypes.(Writethefollowingontheblackboard)Typesofabbreviations:Acronym:apronounceableabbreviationInitialism:anabbreviationpronouncedletterbyletterGeneralabbreviation:ashortenedformofaveryfamiliarwordNowcometopartBtocompletethecategory.Raiseanyquestionsyouhavewhiledoingit.Answers:Generalabbreviations:infoevememoAcronyms:UNESCONASAscubaInitialisms:CDHTMLCCTVStep4:ReadingWords:347times:5'30''IreallylovemyjobbecauseIenjoyworkingwithsmallchildrenandlikethechallengesandawardsfromthejob.Ialsothinkmyworkisimportant.TherewasatimewhenIthoughtIwouldneverhavethatsortofcareer.Iwasn’tanexcellentstudentbecauseIdidn’tdomuchschoolwork.InmyfinaltermIstartedthinkingwhatImightdoandfoundIdidn’thavemuchtooff...