Unit+4+Information+Technology+Lesson+1+Avatars+Reading 高中英语北师大版2019必修第二册

Unit4InformationTechnologyLesson1AvatarsWarming-upWhatkindofavatardoyouuseonline?Why?acuteanimalavataranavatarinfancyclothesacartooncharacteravatartoexpressmyselffreelytotrickotherstocreateareal/digitalidentitytoavoidonlineriskstoprotectmyselfPre-readingYouaregoingtoreadanarticleaboutavatars.Whatwouldyouliketolearnfromit?Writedownyourquestionsinthediagram.AvatarsDefinitionHistoryViewsUsesDesignMeaning...While-readingReadforstructure!Thearticlemainlytalksaboutthefollowingaspects.Introduction/definitionPart1Para1Part2Para2AvatarsHistory/developmentUses/purposesofavatarsDifferentviewsPart4Para6Part3Paras3-5

Whatisthetypeofthetext?A.Anexpositoryessay（说明文）B.AdescriptiveessayC.AnarrativeessayD.Anargumentative（议论文）What'sattitudeoftheauthorinthearticle?A.subjectiveB.indifferent(漠不关心的)C.neutral（中立的）D.uninteresting/ɪkˈspɑːzətɔːri/While-readingReadthearticleagain.Completetheinformationbelow.Thefirstsimple2Davatarsappearedinrole-playingcomputergames.Avatarswerebeingusedinwebchatslikeinstantmessenger.TheAvatarsyouchoosesaysalotaboutyourpersonalityandavatarsletyouexpressyourself.Avatarsgiveyouroomforcreativity.Peoplecancreateavatarsandcreatenewidentitiesthatdonotlookoractliketheirrealselves.Peoplespendsomuchtimeinvirtualworldsthattheyarebecomingafraidofmeetingpeopleintherealworld.Peoplelookforwardtoatimewhentheiravatarswillactlikearealpersonandtravelaroundbigger,moreexcitingvirtualworlds.Readformoredetails!1.Whatisanavatar?2.Howhaveavatarsdevelopedoverdecades?3.Howdopeopleuseavatars?4.Whatarepeople’sviewsontheuseofavatars?definitionnegativeviewsandpositiveviewshistorypurposesofusingavatarsPost-readingAn

avatar

is

the

digital

identityyou

use

online.1.Whatisanavatar?2.Howhaveavatarsdevelopedoverdecades?The

first

simple

2D

avatars

appeared

in

role-playing

computer

games

in

the

1980s.

By

thelate

1990s,they

had

been

used

in

web

chats.

Nowadays,

avatars

are

everywhere.3.Howdopeopleuseavatars?

Peoplecanchooseanavatarfromaselectionofready-madeimages,orcreatetheirownimages.Peopleuseavatarstoexpressthemselves.Theyuseavatarstocreatenewidentitiesthatdidnotlookoractliketheirrealselves.Theyalsohavedifferentavatarsfordifferentsituations.Peoplealsouseavatarstopresentthemselves.Theyuseorcreateavatarsthathavesimilarfeaturestotheirpersonalitiesandthatlookmoreorlesslikethemandactlikethem.Butpeopleobviouslymaketheiravatarslookbetterthantheydoinreallife.4.Whatarepeople’sviewsontheuseofavatars?Some

users

worry

that

they

are

spending

too

much

time

in

virtual

worlds

and

the

useofseveral

avatars

can

also

be

a

risk.

Others

view

av