Unit 4 Information Technology Lesson 1 Avatars 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语北师大版（2019）必修第二册

Lesson 1 Avatars Period 1 account password Avatars Sports/movie star Default Cartoon character Scenery Cute animal Lead-in avatars Now describe your own avatar and share the reason why you use it. Example: I use____________ as my avatar in order to/ because _________________________. Show your own avatar Prediction We are going to read an article about avatars.Read and try to conclude the passage into four parts. Avatars Para 1 Para 2 Paras 3-5 Para 6 introduction /definition history uses/purposes of avatars different views Fast reading General introduction Read para1 and answer what is the definition of the avatar? A digital identity that you use to represent yourself online. Read for development Read para2 and answer how have avatars developed over decades? A. They were used in web chats by the late 1980s. B. They appeared in computer games in the 1990s. C. There have been avatars since computers appeared. D. From computer games to online chat. D Read for purposes Read para3-5 and answer why people use avatars? to express to represent Why Careful-reading Avatars Details Purposes of using avatars (Paras.3-5) Express People discovered they were going to have the ______ to create new ______. Avatars give people lots of room for _______. Represent The avatar you choose says a lot about your ___________. power identities creativity personality Read for views spend too much time in virtual worlds VS be afraid of meeting people in the real world a risk of being cheated Avatars will act like a real person and travel around bigger, more exciting virtual worlds. Positive Negative Step 3 Post-reading (5mins) Avatars are digital identities that you use to represent yourself online. You can choose an avatar from a selection of ready-made images,or create your own imagines. Although avatars haven't been around for long,they are widely used. Avatars let you express yourself and give you lots of room for creativity.But the use of avatars has also cause