UNIT 4 Section Ⅰ TOPIC TALK & LESSON 1 AVATARS-【高考领航】2023-2024学年高中英语必修第二册同步核心辅导与测评（北师大版）

话题语境 核心素养 　　我们在网络上使用的虚拟形象，属于科技发展与信息技术创新以及“信息安全”主题，语境为人与社会中的科学与技术。该主题语境主要包括科技发展与信息技术创新、科学精神、信息安全等。通过本单元的学习，学生将对科技发展和信息技术创新有新的认知；同时在语言能力、文化意识、思维品质和学习能力等方面得到融合发展。 思维品质：锻炼学生的总结概括能力。 学习能力：通过浏览和扫读等阅读技巧，总结出文章每段的中心句和全文的整体段落结构。 文化意识：通过探讨虚拟形象的发展与功能，让学生认识到虚拟形象与人物性格及创造力的关系，并引导学生正确使用虚拟形象，提升网络社交的安全意识。 语言能力：积累并且活学活用虚拟形象有关的词汇、短语和句型；能够描绘虚拟形象的利弊；掌握过去将来时态和定语从句。 随着电脑网络的普及应用，网络虚拟世界成为人们生活的一个重要组成部分。有人认为虚拟世界一无是处，但事实并非如此。 Virtual Worlds Are Also Useful For Children A research report says that virtual worlds can be important places where children practice what they will do in real life.The research was done with children using the BBC's Adventure Rock virtual world, aimed at those aged 6－12.①It surveyed and interviewed children who were the first to test the game. The online world is a theme island built for the BBC's children channel by Belgian game maker Larian.Children explore the world alone but they use message boards to share what they find and what they do in the different creative studios in virtual space. ②At times children were explorers and they were social climbers eager to connect with other players.Some were power users looking for more information about how the virtual space really worked.The children could try all kinds of things without having to be afraid of the consequences that would follow if they tried them in the real world.They learned many useful social skills and played around with their identity in ways that would be much more difficult in real life. 【词海淘宝】 1．virtual worlds　虚拟世界 2．identity n. 身份 【翻译句子】 1．It surveyed and interviewed children who were the first to test the game. 该项研究中所调查和采访的孩子都是第一次参加测试游戏。 2．At times children were explorers and they were social climbers eager to connect with other players. 有时孩子们是探险家，他们是社交攀岩者，渴望与其他玩家建立联系。 Section Ⅰ　TOPIC TALK & LESSON 1 AVATARS Ⅰ.重点单词 (一)词义匹配 1．enable　A．to do sth. to make sb. believe sth. which is not true 2．convenience B．a scientific test that is done to study what happens 3．impact C．to make it possible for