Unit 4 Information Technology Lesson 1 Avatars高中英语课件

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L1Avaters

AvataraccountpasswordActivateandShareGuesswhichimageIusetorepresentmyselfinWeChat?

Iusethecartooncharacteravatarinsteadofaphototoprotectmyselfonline.acuteanimalavataranavatarinfancyclothesacartooncharacteravatartoexpressmyselffreelytotrickotherstocreateareal/digitalidentitytoavoidonlinesafetyriskstoprotectmyself……1.Describeyourownavatar.

2.sharethereasonwhyyouuseit.Example-Iuse...asmyavatar-inorderto/because...PredictionQ1:Whatwillbediscussedinthearticle??Whatwouldyouliketolearnaboutavatars?Q2:Avatars

FastReading:ReadforGeneralUnderstandingFromwhataspectsdoestheauthortalkaboutavatars?Matchtheparagraphwiththekeyinformation.AvatarsPara1Para2Paras3-5Para6historypurposes

ofusingavatarsdefinitiondifferentviewsCompletetheinformationbelow.Definition:A_______imagethatrepresentsanInternetuser.History:inthe1980s—appearedin___________computergames.bythelate1990s—usedin___________.digitalrole-playingwebFastReadingchatsCompletetheinformationbelow.Purposes:toexpressoneself:to_______theirnewidentities.totrybeingsomeoneofthe________sex.tocallthemselvesothernames.tohave______________oneavatar.torepresentoneself:acutecat:Ilike________andhavingfun.________characters:I’mareallyfunnyperson.oppositecreatemoreFastReadingthancartoonrelaxingCompletetheinformationbelow.Views:negative:afraidofmeetingpeopleinthe______world.avatarscanbeusedto_______othersonline._______:expectthattheavatarwillactlikearealpersonandtravelaroundbigger,moreexcitingvirtualworlds.FastReadingcheatrealpositiveReadthetextcarefullyandchoosethebestanswer.(1)Whenwereavatarsbeingusedinwebchatslikeinstantmessenger?A．Inthe1980s.

B．Bythelate1990s.C．Nowadays. D．Inthe1970s.(2)Whatdoesapictureofacutecatmean?A．“Ilikerelaxingandhavingfun.” B．“I’mareallyfunnyperson.”C．“I’mtall，youngandnice－looking.” D．“Ilikebeingcreative.”(3)Whocouldseeyouravatars?A．Onlyyourfriends. B．Manypeople.C．Noone. D．Onlyyourfamily.BABCarefulReading(4)Whatpeoplecanuseavatarsdo?A．Actjustlikearealperson.B．Travelaroundbigger，moreexcitingvirtualworlds.C．Helpothersonline.D．Cheatothersonline.(5)Whatisthepurposeofthetext?A．Tointroducesomeinformationaboutavatars.B．Toexpressyourselfusingpictures.C．Tointroducethehistoryofavatars.D．Tointroducedefinitionofavatars.DACarefulReading1.Howdoestheauthorintroduceavatar?2.What’sthegenreofthisarticle?A.NarrativeB.ExpositorywritingC.ArgumentationD.PracticalwritingHeorsheintroducesthedefinition,history,theuseofavatarsandpeople’sviewsaboutavatars.Answerthequestions.ThinkandshareWhatarethefeaturesofanexpositorywriting?Anon-fictiontextwrittenforthepurposeofinformation,explaining,orgivingadditionaldetailstothereaderaboutacertaintopic.Anexpositionisalways_______________________.WhatWhen/Where/Why/WhoHowlogicallystructuredIfIwereAlan(doctor),Iwouldchooseacartoondoctor’scharacterasmyavatartouseatworktoshow....Actually,Iamalsoasportslover....indailylife,IwouldchooseapictureofasportsstarSuBingtiantoexpress...Doyouagreewiththat“theavataryouchoosesaysalotaboutyourpersonality”?Giveexamplestosupportyouropinion.Itseemsdisadvantagesfaroutweighadvantages.Whyaretheystillused?NegativeSomuchtimespentinvirtualworldBeingafraidofmeetingpeopleinrealworldAriskofbeingcheatedPositiveActinglikearealpersonandtravelaroundbigger,moreexcitingvirtualworlds

WeareallnowconnectedbytheInternet,likeneuronsinagaintbrain.—StephenHawking

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FocusonLanguageimagen.fancyadj.identityn.havingalotofdecorationorbrightcolours,ormadeinacomplicatedwayapictureonthescreenofatelevision,cinema,orcomputerthecharacteristicofoftenchangingandbeingdifferent

theirnameorwhotheyarevarietyn.Matchthewordwithitsmeaninginstantadj.sensibleadj.creativityn.selectionn.reasonable,practical,andshowinggoodjudgmenttheabilitytouseyourimaginationtoproducenewideas,makethingsetchappeningorproducedimmediatelymade,done,seenetcontheInternetoronacomputer,ratherthanintherealworldthecarefulchoiceofaparticularpersonorthingfromagroupofsimilarpeopleorthingsvirtualadj.Thesedigitalidentities,knownasavatars,areakeypartofhowpeopleusetheInternettocommunicateandexpressthemselves.这些数字身份，被称为虚拟形象，这是人们利用互联网进行交流和表达自己的关键部分。known过去分词作后置定语修饰identities，表示identities和know之间是被动关系。Practice:Thehouse_____(build)lastyearismeantforteachers.2.Georgehasapreferenceforthegift_______(buy)byhismother.builtbought偏爱；对……有偏好命中注定，专门为…准备Youcancreateyourownimageandanewpersonality.

创造者创造的作品有创造性的创造性CreatorCreationCreativeCreativityBythelate1990s,theyhadbeenusedinwebchatslikeinstantmessenger.20世纪90年代末，它们（虚拟形象）被用于网络聊天，如即时通讯。过去完成时表示在过去某一动作以前已经发生或完成了的动作（即过去的过去）表示动作在过去某一时间之前开始，一直延续到过去的这一时间，而且还可能继续下去的动作。常用时间状语有：bythen,bytheendof,until,before…1.Hesaidthathe__________(be)abroadforthreeyears.2.JustasIgottotheschoolgate,IrealizedI_________(leave)mybookinthecafe.3.Silk____________(become)oneoftheprimarygoodstradedalongtheSilkRoadbyabout100BC(大约公元前100年).hadbeenhadlefthadbecomeBythelate1990s,theyhadbeenusedinwebchatslikeinstantmessenger.instantcoffee速溶咖啡instantsoup速食汤instantnoodle方便面instantn.amoment片刻，顷刻；foraninstant一瞬间(指动作持续的时间)inaninstant立即，马上(指动作不久将发生)Ittookonlyaninstantforhimtoreact.Thepaindisappearedinaninstant.Janepausedforaninstantandthensteppedinside.instantn.assoonassomethinghappen某一时刻theinstant一……就……表示“一……就……”的词汇：immediately,assoonas,on/upondoing…egShewokeuptheinstantthephonerang.Youcanalsouseavatarsthatmovearoundandtalkwhenyoutypeinyourmessage.

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adj.典型的Inmostwebchats,peoplechooseanavatarfromaselectionofready－madeimages,orcreatetheirownimages精选的v.select现成的However,otherusersviewavatarsinamorepositivelight.n.观点，意见，看法，想法;风,美景进入视野据某人看来ComeintoviewInone’sviewSomeusersworrythattheyarespendingsomuchtimeinvirtualworldsthattheyarebecomingafraidofmeetingpeopleintherealworld.so…that或such…that“如此…以致于”，引导结果状语从句。so+adj./adv.+that…so+adj.+a/an+c.n.+that…so+many/few(少)+pl.n.+that…so+much/little(少)+u.n.+that…Heran_____quicklythatweallcouldn’tcatchupwithhim.Theyare_____interestingbooksthatweallenjoyreadingthem.sosuchsuch+a/an+adj.+c.n.+that…such+adj.+pl.n.+that…such+adj.+u.n.+that…Readthesentencesandtellwhichpartreferstothepastandwhichreferstothefutureinthepast.（ex.8）1.Yet,veryfewpeopleknewthatfutureavatarswouldhavesuchawidevarietyofformsanduses.2.ManyInternetusersrealizedthattheiravatarswouldbeseenbymanypeople,notjusttheirfriends.3.Whenpeoplestartedcreatingtheirownavatars,theydiscoveredthattheyweregoingtohavethepowertocreatenewidentitiesthatdidno