Unit4 Information Technology Lesson 1 Avatars 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语北师大版（2019）必修第二册

U4 L1 Avatars Activate and Share 1. What kind of avatar do you use online: a photo of yourself, a cartoon image or somthing else? Why did you choose it? a cute animal avatar a cartoon character avater to trick others to avoid online satety risks an avater in fancy clothes to express myself freely to create a real / digital identity to protect myself Example I use a cartoon character avatar instead of a photo to protect myself online. Activate and Share 2. You are going to read a article about avatars. What would you like to learn from it? Write down your questions in the diagram. Avatar Read and Explore 3. Read the article. Check how many of your questions in Activity 2 are answered. Underline the answers in the text. The avatar you choose says a lot about you. The article will help you understand your choice of avatars better. Read and Explore 4. Read the article again. Complete the imformation below. Avatars Details Defination A digital image that represents an Internet user. History 1980s Late 1990s Purposes of using avatars To express oneself To represent oneself Views Negative Positive Read and Explore 4. Read the article again. Complete the imformation below. Avatars Details Defination A digital image that represents an Internet user. History 1980s The first simple 2D avatars appeared in role-playing computer games. Late 1990s Avatars were being used in web chats. Purposes of using avatars To express oneself vatars give people lots of room for creativity. The avatars people choose say a lot about their personality. Avatars say a lot about what people want to look like. To represent oneself People have different avatars for different situations. People make their avatars look better than they do in real life. Read and Explore 4. Read the article again. Complete the imformation below. Avatars Details Views Negative People spend so much time in virtual worlds that they are becoming afraid of meeting people in the real world. They can also use avatars to cheat others online. Positive People look forward to a time when their avatar will act just like a real person and travel around bigger, more exciting virtual worlds. Pair work 5. Ask and answer questions about avatars using the information in Activity 4. Then introduce avatars to your partners. 1. What is an avatar? 2. How have avatars developed over decades? 3. How do people use avatars? 4. What are people’s views on the use of avatars? 1. What is an avatar? Pair work 1. What is an avatar? An avatar is the digital identity you use online. 2. How have avatars developed over decades? The first simple 2D avatars appeared in role-playing computer games in the 1980s. By the late 1990s, they had been used in web chats. Nowadays, avatars are everywhere. Pair work 3. How do people use avatars? People can choose an avatar from a selection of ready-made images, or create their own images. People use avatars to express themselves. Avatars give people lots of room for creativity. The avatars people choose say a lot about their personality. Avatars say a lot about what people want to look like. People also use avatars to present themselves. People have different avatars for different situations. People make their avatars look better than they do in real life. Pair work 4. What are people’s views on the use of avatars? Some users worry that they are spending too much time in virtual worlds and the use of several avatars can also be a risk. Others view avatars in a more positive light. They look forward to a time when their avatar will act like a real person and travel around bigger, more exciting virtual worlds. Group Work Think and share: 1. What does the writer mean by “the avatar you choose says a lot about your personality”? Do you agree with the writer? Give examples to support your opinion. 2. Can you give examples of the risks of using avatars? What can you do to prevent such risks? “The avatar you choose says a lot about your personality” may mean that most people create avatars that have similar features to their personalities and look more or less like them and act like them. We must be careful when surfing online. Thank You $$