Unit 4 Information Technology Lesson 1 课件-高中英语北师大版（2019）必修第二册

Unit4InformationTechnologyLesson1AvatarsWarming-upWhatdoes“avatar”mean?Anavatarisapersonalizedgraphicalillustrationthatrepresentsacomputeruser,oracharacteror

alterego(另一个我)thatrepresentsthatuser.Anavatarcanberepresentedeitherinthree-dimensional

form(forexample,ingamesorvirtualworlds)orintwo-dimensional

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(图像)inInternetforumsandvirtualworlds.Whatisanavatar?Digitalidentities,knownasavatars,areakeypartofhowpeopleusetheInternettocommunicateandexpressthemselves.Warming-upLookatthescreenshotofourclassWeChatgroup,chooseoneortwoavatarsandguesswhoitsuseris,thentrytofindyourclassmates

andtalkwithher/himaboutyouravatars.Describeyouravatarandsharethereason/storywhyyouadoptit.GuessandTalkExample:Iused/adopted__________asmyavatarinorderto/because____________.Iuseacartooncharacteravatarinsteadofaphototoprotectmyselfonline.Pre-readingYouaregoingtoreadanarticleaboutavatars.Whatwouldyouliketolearnfromit?Writedownyourquestionsinthediagram.AvatarsDefinitionHistoryViewsUsesDesignMeaning...While-readingReadthearticleandcheckhowmanyofyourquestionsareanswered.Thearticlemainlytalksaboutthefollowingaspects.Introduction/definitionWhatisanavatar?Anavataristhedigitalidentityoneusesonline.

AdigitalimagethatrepresentsanInternetuser.AvatarsHistory/developmentUses/purposesofavatarsDifferentviewsPeopleuseavatarsto________________.While-readingReadthearticleagain.Completetheinformationbelow.Thefirstsimple2Davatarsappearedinrole-playingcomputergames.Avatarswerebeingusedinwebchatslikeinstantmessenger.TheAvatarsyouchoosesaysalotaboutyourpersonalityandavatarsletyouexpressyourself.Avatarsgiveyouroomforcreativity.Peoplecancreateavatarsandcreatenewidentitiesthatdonotlookoractliketheirrealselves.Peoplespendsomuchtimeinvirtualworldsthattheyarebecomingafraidofmeetingpeopleintherealworld.Peoplelookforwardtoatimewhentheiravatarswillactlikearealpersonandtravelaroundbigger,moreexcitingvirtualworlds.Post-readingCompletethefollowingparagraphwiththewordsbelow.personality,selection,creativity,source,page,hairstyles,fancy,images,charactersIreadanarticleaboutavatarsonaweb1_____yesterday.Itwasinformativeandinteresting.Iagreewithitsayingthatyourchoiceofavatarssaysalotaboutyour2__________.Ichosemyavatarfroma3_______ofready-made4_______.Sheisoneofmyfavoritecartoon5__________.Ilikeherbecausesheiskindandhelpful.pagepersonalityselectionimagescharactersPost-readingpersonality,selection,creativity,source,page,hairstyles,fancy,images,charactersMycousinWangMingisverycreative.Hefindsthatavatarsgivehimlotsofroomfor6__________.Hehascreatedseveralavatarsfordifferentoccasions.Hedressedthemin7________clotheswithbeautiful8__________andtheyallactmoreorlesslikehim.Butthearticlewarnsthattheuseofseveralavatarscanbea9________ofrisk.creativityfancyhairstylessourceSpeakingPairWorkAskandanswerquestionsaboutavatarsusingtheinformationinthetable.Thenintroduceavatarstoyourpartner.1.Whatisanavatar?2.Howhaveavatarsdevelopedoverdecades?3.Howdopeopleuseavatars?4.Whatarepeople’sviewsontheuseofavatars?SpeakingWorkingroupsanddiscussthefollowingquestions.1.Whydopeopleobviouslymaketheiravatarslookbetterthantheydoinreallife?2.Whatdoesthewritermeanby“theavataryouchoosesaysalotaboutyourpersonality”?Doyouagreewiththewriter?Giveexamplestosupportyouropinion.3.Canyougiveexamplesoftherisksofusingavatars?Whatcanwedotopreventsuchrisks?AssignmentOrganizeyourgroupdiscussionintoashortpassage.Trytousenewly-learntexpressionsasmanyaspossible.Notes1.Theycoulddresstheiravatarsin_____clothes,ortheycouldtrybeingsomeoneoftheoppositesex,andcallthemselves“Andy”insteadof“Anna”!fancyfancyadj.异常复杂的；精致的；绚丽的；昂贵的Harrytookmetoafancy

restaurantforouranniversary.哈里带我去一家高级餐厅庆祝我们的结婚纪念日。Whatdoyoufancy

doing,anyway?你想做什么呢?fancyv.想要；想做

fancydoingsth.设想做某事；想象做某事；喜欢做某事Notes2.Mostpeoplecreateavatarsthathavesimilarfeaturestotheir

personalitiesandthatlook___________likethemandactlikethem.moreorlessmoreorless有几分；约；大概Iwasmeetingthesechapswhoweremostlymoreorlessmyownage.我见到了这帮小伙子，他们多数和我年龄相仿。Isuspectthatheismoreorlessinvolvedintheaffair.我怀疑他和这件事多少有些牵连。Notes3.Inmostwebchats,peoplechooseanavatarfrom____________

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