Unit4+Information+Technology+Lesson+1+Avatars 高中英语北师大版（2019）必修第二册

U4L1AvatarsActivateandShare1.Whatkindofavatardoyouuseonline:aphotoofyourself,acartoonimageorsomthingelse?Whydidyouchooseit?acuteanimalavataracartooncharacteravatertotrickotherstoavoidonlinesatetyrisks

anavaterinfancyclothestoexpressmyselffreelytocreateareal/digitalidentitytoprotectmyselfExampleIuseacartooncharacteravatarinsteadofaphototoprotectmyselfonline.ActivateandShare2.Youaregoingtoreadaarticleaboutavatars.Whatwouldyouliketolearnfromit?Writedownyourquestionsinthediagram.AvatarReadandExplore3.Readthearticle.CheckhowmanyofyourquestionsinActivity2areanswered.Underlinetheanswersinthetext.Theavataryouchoosesaysalotaboutyou.Thearticlewillhelpyouunderstandyourchoiceofavatarsbetter.ReadandExplore4.Readthearticleagain.Completetheimformationbelow.AvatarsDetailsDefinationAdigitalimagethatrepresentsanInternetuser.

History1980sLate1990sPurposesofusingavatarsToexpressoneselfTorepresentoneselfViewsNegativePositiveReadandExplore4.Readthearticleagain.Completetheimformationbelow.AvatarsDetailsDefinationAdigitalimagethatrepresentsanInternetuser.

History1980sThefirstsimple2Davatarsappearedinrole-playingcomputergames.Late1990sAvatarswerebeingusedinwebchats.PurposesofusingavatarsToexpressoneselfvatarsgivepeoplelotsofroomforcreativity.Theavatarspeoplechoosesayalotabouttheirpersonality.Avatarssayalotaboutwhatpeoplewanttolooklike.TorepresentoneselfPeoplehavedifferentavatarsfordifferentsituations.Peoplemaketheiravatarslookbetterthantheydoinreallife.ReadandExplore4.Readthearticleagain.Completetheimformationbelow.AvatarsDetailsViewsNegativePeoplespendsomuchtimeinvirtualworldsthattheyarebecomingafraidofmeetingpeopleintherealworld.Theycanalsouseavatarstocheatothersonline.PositivePeoplelookforwardtoatimewhentheiravatarwillactjustlikearealpersonandtravelaroundbigger,moreexcitingvirtualworlds.Pairwork5.AskandanswerquestionsaboutavatarsusingtheinformationinActivity4.Thenintroduceavatarstoyourpartners.1.Whatisanavatar?2.Howhaveavatarsdevelopedoverdecades?3.Howdopeopleuseavatars?4.Whatarepeople’sviewsontheuseofavatars?1.Whatisanavatar?Pairwork1.Whatisanavatar?Anavataristhedigitalidentityyouuseonline.2.Howhaveavatarsdevelopedoverdecades?Thefirstsimple2Davatarsappearedinrole-playingcomputergamesinthe1980s.Bythelate1990s,theyhadbeenusedinwebchats.Nowadays,avatarsareeverywhere.Pairwork3.Howdopeopleuseavatars?Peoplecanchooseanavatarfromaselectionofready-madeimages,orcreatetheirownimages.Peopleuseavatarstoexpressthemselves.Avatarsgivepeoplelotsofroomforcreativity.Theavatarspeoplechoosesayalotabouttheirpersonality.Avatarssayalotaboutwhatpeoplewanttolooklike.Peoplealsouseavatarstopresentthemselves.Peoplehavedifferentavatarsfordifferentsituations.Peoplemaketheiravatarslookbetterthantheydoinreallife.Pairwork4.Whatarepeople’sviewsontheuseofavatars?Someusersworrythattheyarespendingtoomuchtimeinvirtualworldsandtheuseofseveralavatarscanalsobearisk.Othersviewavatarsinamorepositivelight.Theylookforwardtoatimewhentheiravatarwillactlikearealpersonandtravelaroundbigger,moreexcitingvirtualworlds.GroupWorkThinkandshare:1.Whatdoesthewritermeanby“theavataryouchoosesaysalotaboutyourpersonality”?Doyouagreewiththewriter?Giveexamplestosupportyouropinion.2.Canyougiveexamplesoftherisksofusingavatars?Whatcanyoudotopreventsuchrisks?“Theavataryouchoosesaysalotaboutyou