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 UNIT 4 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY By the end of this period, students will be able to: read and talk about avatars and what they say about you; read for general understanding; read for specific information and understand words in context. CONTENTS Pre-reading I While-reading II Post-reading III Sentences analysis IV Pre-reading 1. What are avatars? 2. What kind of picture do you use as your avatar online? a cute animal avatar a cartoon character avatar an avatar in fancy cloths 3. Why did you choose it as your avatar? I use ... as my avatar because ... to express myself freely to trick others to create a real/digital identity to avoid online safety risks to protect myself Definition of avatars. History of avatars. Purposes of using avatars. Views on avatars. While-reading Activity 1 Fast-reading for main ideas Para. 1 1．What’s the function of the first paragraph? A．To give you some examples. B．To tell how important it is to create avatars. C．To introduce the topic. D．To describe how to create avatars. √ Activity 2 Careful-reading for details 2. What are avatars? Avatars are _____________________, a key part of how people use the Internet to communicate and express themselves. digital identities/images How did avatars develop? The first simple 2D avatars appeared in role-playing computer games. Avatars had been used in web chats. By the late 1990s In the 1980s Para. 2 1. For what purpose does the author mention people calling themselves “Andy” instead of “Anna”？ A. To show avatars give people freedom to express themselves differently. B. To show some people don’t like their real selves. C. To show some people are powerful to do anything. D. To show there are many choices for avatars. √ Paras. 3-5 3. When a person chooses an avatar, he is more likely to ______________ A. Choose something very serious. B. Choose something very different. C. Choose something having a lot in common with them. D. Choose something the Internet rec