Unit4InformationTechnology

Lesson1AvatarsUnit4InformationTechnology

Period1Period1學(xué)生頭像1學(xué)生頭像2學(xué)生頭像3學(xué)生頭像4avatars學(xué)生頭像1學(xué)生頭像2學(xué)生頭像3學(xué)生頭像4avatarsBrainstormLookatthescreenshotofourWeChatgroup,describeyouravatarandsharethereasonwhyyouuseit.Example:Iuse____________asmyavatarinorderto/because_____________________________.BrainstormLookatthescreenshPredictionWhatwouldyouliketolearnaboutavatars?Writedownyourquestions.PredictionWhatwouldyoulikeReadforGeneralUnderstandingFromwhataspectsdoestheauthortalkaboutavatars?AvatarsPara1Para2Paras3-5Para6KeyInformationintroduction/definitionhistoryuses/purposesofavatarsdifferentviewsReadforGeneralUnderstandingReadforDetailedInformationHowdoestheauthorexplaineachaspectwithdetails?avatarsPara1Para2Paras3-5Para6DetailsKeyInformation1.Toexpressandgiveroomforcreativity2.Toshowpersonality3.Tomovearoundandtalkintroduction/definitionhistoryuses/purposesofavatarsdifferentviewsReadforDetailedInformationHDiscussionandDeepThinkingWhydopeopleobviouslymaketheiravatarslookbetterthantheydoinreallife?Doyouagreewiththewriterthat“theavataryouchoosesaysalotaboutyourpersonality”?Giveexamplestosupportyouropinion.Arethereanyrisks

ofusingavatars?Anyexamples?HowshouldweuseavatarsinasaferandhealthierwayontheInternet?Anysuggestions?DiscussionandDeepThinkingWhHomeworkCreateanavatarforoneofthestudents/teachersinourclass.Introduceitnexttime.Whowouldyougiveitto?Whatdoesitlooklike?Whydidyoudecidetocreateitthisway?HomeworkCreateanavatarforoPeriod2Period2ReviewandPracticeCompletetheshorttextwithinformationfromthereading.Theanswerscanbeonewordormore.Avatarsaredigital1__________thatyouusetorepresentyourselfonline.Youcanchooseanavatarfrom2_____________ofready-madeimages,or3________________________.Althoughavatarshaven’tbeenaroundforlong,theyarewidelyused.identitiesaselectioncreateyourownimagesReviewandPracticeCompletethReviewandPracticeAvatarsletyou4______________andgiveyou5______________________.Buttheuseofavatarshasalsocaused6________.Someusersworrythattheyarespendingtoomuchtime7______________thattheyarebecomingafraidofmeetingpeopleintherealworld.Theuseofseveralavatarscanalsobe8_____,aspeoplecanuseavatarsto9_________________.However,manypeopleseeavatarsin10___________________.expressyourselflotsofroomforcreativityconcernsinvirtualworldsariskcheatothersonlineamorepositivelightReviewandPracticeAvatarsletLanguageLearningWorkinpairsandaskthefollowingquestionsaboutthechangeofavatars.Writedowntheanswersfromthetext:1)Inthepast,likethe1980s,whatwaspeople’spredictionaboutfutureavatars?2)Whenpeoplestartedcreatingavatars,whatwastheirplan?3)Sincewhendidpeoplestarttohavemorethanoneavatar?LanguageLearningWorkinpairsLanguageLearning1)Yetveryfewpeopleknewthatfutureavatarswouldhavesuchawidevarietyofformsanduses.2)Whenpeoplestartedcreatingtheirownavatars,theydiscoveredthattheyweregoingtohavethepowertocreatenewidentitiesthatdidnotlookoractliketheirrealselvesatall.3)Also,manyInternetusersrealizedthattheiravatarswouldbeseenbymanypeople,notjusttheirfriends.Form:_____________________Function:_____________________________________LanguageLearning1)YetveryfeLanguageLearningWhat’stherelationshipbetweenpast,presentandfuture?Drawatimeline.LanguageLearningWhat’sthereLanguageinUseThinkaboutwhatchangeshastechnologybroughttoourlives.Makealistoffourchangesingroupsanddescribethechangesbyusingpastfuturetense.Example:Inthepast,Ineverthoughtthatwewould…Inthepast1)

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__________________LanguageinUseThinkaboutwhaLanguageinUseCompletethefollowingsentencesusingpastfuturetense.Inthe1990s,fewpeopleknewthat_________________________________________.Whencomputerswereinvented,itwasbelievedthat____________________________________.Inthepastfewyears,usersofsmartphonesrealisedthat____________________________________.TheconvenienceoftheInternetmadeInternetusersdiscoverthat_______________________.Whenavatarsfirstappearedinthe1980s,fewpeoplebelievedthat___________________________.LanguageinUseCompletethefoCreativeWritingSupposeyouwereattheageoften,howwouldyoufancyyourlifeinthefuturewiththehelpoftechnology?Completethestorybyusingpastfuturetense.Example:WhenIwasten,Ibelievedthatanyonewhocoulduseacomputerwouldbecomethemostintelligentpersoninthefuture.IfanciedthatIwouldhaveabeeper,liketheonemyfatherhad.IthoughtthatIwasgoingtobuyarobottohelpwithmyhomeworkandexams.CreativeWritingSupposeyouweHomeworkWriting—

“_______inthepast,presentandfuture”.Youcanalsousepastfuturetensetoshowthechanges.HomeworkWriting—“_______intThankYouThankYou20讀一本好書，就是和許多高尚的人談話讀書時，我愿在每一個美好思想的面前停留，就像在每一條真理面前停留一樣。書籍是在時代的波濤中航行的思想之船，它小心翼翼地把珍貴的貨物運送給一代又一代。好的書籍是最貴重的珍寶是唯一不死的東西。書籍使人們成為宇宙的主人。書中橫臥著整個過去的靈書不僅是生活，而且是現(xiàn)在、過去和未來文化生活的源泉。書籍把我們引入最美好的社會，使我們認(rèn)識各個時代的偉大智者。書籍便是這種改造靈魂的工具。人類所需要的，是富有啟發(fā)性的養(yǎng)料。而閱讀，則正是這種養(yǎng)料。不敢妄為些子事，只因曾讀數(shù)行書。只是對于一件事情很長時間很熱心地去考慮罷了。只要愿意學(xué)習(xí)，就一定能夠?qū)W會一個愛書的人，他必定不致缺少一個忠實的朋友一個良好的導(dǎo)師一個可愛的伴侶一個優(yōu)婉的安慰者。讀書當(dāng)將破萬卷；求知不叫一疑存。讀書如吃飯，善吃者長精神，不善吃者長疾瘤。讀書不趁早，后來徒悔懊。讀書是易事，思索是難事，但兩者缺一，便全無用處。讀書何所求?將以通事理。偉大的成績和辛勤勞動是成正比例的，有一分勞動就有一分收獲，日積月累，從少到多，奇跡就可以創(chuàng)造出來。敏而好學(xué)，不恥下問。不學(xué)，則不明古道，而能政治太平者未之有也。若不抽出時間來創(chuàng)造自己想要的生活，你最終將不得不花費大量的時間來應(yīng)付自己不想要的生活。社會上要想分出層次，只有一個辦法，那就是競爭，你必須努力，否則結(jié)局就是被壓在社會的底層。身后還有那么多期許的目光，怎么可以輕易放棄。什么叫做失敗？失敗是到達(dá)較佳境地的第一步。什么時候也不要放棄希望，越是險惡的環(huán)境越要燃起希望的意志。生活呆以是甜的，也可以是苦的，但不能是沒味的。你可以勝利，也可以失敗，但你不能屈服。人生四然：來是偶然，去是必然，盡其當(dāng)然，順其自然。人生舞臺的大幕隨時都可能拉開，關(guān)鍵是你愿意表演，還是選擇躲避。人生最精彩的不是實現(xiàn)夢想的一瞬間，而是堅持夢想的過程。人與人之間的差距，是天生就這么大，還是因為不能狠下心來逼自己日出東海落西山，愁也一天，喜也一天；遇事不鉆牛角尖，人也舒坦，心也舒坦。如果你堅信自己最優(yōu)秀，那么你就最聰明。如果你真心選擇去做一件事，那么全世界都是幫助你的。頭腦是日用品，而不是裝飾品。我要的未來，要靠我自己去拼。想成功就要和成功者的思想、腳步和時間重疊。想干的人永遠(yuǎn)在找方法，不想干的人永遠(yuǎn)在找理由。要感謝痛苦與挫折，它是我們的功課，我們要從中訓(xùn)練，然后突破，這樣才能真正解脫。要糾正別人之前，先反省自己有沒有犯錯。也許終點只有絕望和失敗，但這絕不是停止前行的理由。一個人的快樂，不是因為他擁有的多，而是因為他計較的少。一個人只有親眼看到自己傷疤的時候才知道什么是痛，什么是對與錯。一個一味沉溺于往事的人，是不能張開雙臂去擁抱今天的。一切事無法追求完美，唯有追求盡力而為。這樣心無壓力，出來的結(jié)果反而會更好有人說，世界上最美的是夢，最長的是路；最易做的是夢，最難走的是路。愿你像那石灰，別人越是澆你冷水，你越是沸騰。真正懂得微笑的人，總是容易獲得比別人更多的機(jī)會。如果缺少破土面出并與風(fēng)雪拼搏的勇氣，種子的前途并不比落葉美妙一分。生活會辜負(fù)努力的人，但不會一直辜負(fù)努力的人。失敗的歷程也是成功的歷程。時間會告訴你一切真相。有些事情，要等到你漸漸清醒了，才明白它是個錯誤；有些東西，要等到你真正放下了，才知道它的沉重。實現(xiàn)自己既定的目標(biāo)，必須能耐得住寂寞單干。輸在猶豫，贏在行動。樹苗如果因為怕痛而拒絕修剪，那就永遠(yuǎn)不會成材。13.在我們的生活中，如果沒有了書籍，就好像小鳥在天空中飛翔時斷了翅膀一樣，永遠(yuǎn)不能前進(jìn)。戰(zhàn)士的意志要象礁石一樣堅定，戰(zhàn)士的性格要像和風(fēng)一樣溫柔。站起來的次數(shù)能夠比跌倒的次數(shù)多一次，你就是強(qiáng)者。真正的愛，應(yīng)該超越生命的長度、心靈的寬度、靈魂的深度。真正的強(qiáng)者不是沒有眼淚的人，而是含著眼淚奔跑的人。只會幻想而不行動的人，永遠(yuǎn)也體會不到收獲果實時的喜悅。志堅智達(dá)言信行果，失敗的盡頭是成功努力的終點是輝煌。志在峰巔的攀登者，不會陶醉在沿途的某個腳印之中竹根——即使被埋在地下無人得見，也決然不會停止探索而力爭冒出新筍?？傄幸粋€人要贏，為什么不能是我。最堅固的捆綁是習(xí)慣。最可怕的不是有人比你優(yōu)秀，而是比你優(yōu)秀的人還比你更努力。最有希望的成功者，并不是才干出眾的人而是那些最善利用每一時機(jī)去發(fā)掘開拓的人。昨天如影——記住你昨天的挫折和失敗的教訓(xùn)；今天如畫——美好的生活、快樂和幸福的人生要靠你自己去描繪；明天如夢——珍惜今天,選擇好自己的目標(biāo)，努力地為自己的明天去尋求和拼搏。不曾揚帆，何以至遠(yuǎn)方。不論你在什么時候開始，重要的是開始之后就不要輕言放棄。不去耕耘，不去播種，再肥的沃土也長不出莊稼，不去奮斗，不去創(chuàng)造，再美的青春也結(jié)不出碩果。不要盤算太多，要順其自然。該是你的終會得到。成功也就不會太遠(yuǎn)了。趁著年輕，不怕多吃一些苦。這些逆境與磨練，才會讓你真正學(xué)會謙恭。不然，你那自以為是的聰明和藐視一切的優(yōu)越感，遲早會毀了你。成功的法則極為簡單，但簡單并不代表容易。成功的秘訣就是每天都比別人多努力一點。生命如自助餐廳，要吃什么菜自己選擇。生命像流水，這些不快的事總要過去，如果注定一輩子要這么過，再不開心也沒有用。如果你看到前面的陰影，別怕，那是因為你背后有陽光。如果為了安全而不和大海在一起，船就失去了存在的意義。山高路遙不足懼，最怕貪圖安逸心。少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。猶如一條船,每人都要有掌舵的準(zhǔn)備。生活對于智者永遠(yuǎn)是一首昂揚的歌，它的主旋律永遠(yuǎn)是奮斗。金錢難買健康，健康大于金錢，金錢難買幸福，幸福必有健康，生命的幸福不在名利在健康，身體的強(qiáng)壯不在金錢在運動！盡管人生有那么多的徒勞無功，夢想，我還是要一次次全力以赴。經(jīng)過大海的一番磨礪，卵石才變得更加美麗光滑。就算全世界都說我漂亮，但你卻說我不漂亮，那么我就是不漂亮。可怕的是，比你優(yōu)秀的人比你還要努力?？照劜蝗鐚嵏伞ｕ獠胶尾幌蚯靶?。

讀一本好書，就是和許多高尚的人談話讀書時，我愿在每一個美好思21Unit4InformationTechnology

Lesson1AvatarsUnit4InformationTechnology

Period1Period1學(xué)生頭像1學(xué)生頭像2學(xué)生頭像3學(xué)生頭像4avatars學(xué)生頭像1學(xué)生頭像2學(xué)生頭像3學(xué)生頭像4avatarsBrainstormLookatthescreenshotofourWeChatgroup,describeyouravatarandsharethereasonwhyyouuseit.Example:Iuse____________asmyavatarinorderto/because_____________________________.BrainstormLookatthescreenshPredictionWhatwouldyouliketolearnaboutavatars?Writedownyourquestions.PredictionWhatwouldyoulikeReadforGeneralUnderstandingFromwhataspectsdoestheauthortalkaboutavatars?AvatarsPara1Para2Paras3-5Para6KeyInformationintroduction/definitionhistoryuses/purposesofavatarsdifferentviewsReadforGeneralUnderstandingReadforDetailedInformationHowdoestheauthorexplaineachaspectwithdetails?avatarsPara1Para2Paras3-5Para6DetailsKeyInformation1.Toexpressandgiveroomforcreativity2.Toshowpersonality3.Tomovearoundandtalkintroduction/definitionhistoryuses/purposesofavatarsdifferentviewsReadforDetailedInformationHDiscussionandDeepThinkingWhydopeopleobviouslymaketheiravatarslookbetterthantheydoinreallife?Doyouagreewiththewriterthat“theavataryouchoosesaysalotaboutyourpersonality”?Giveexamplestosupportyouropinion.Arethereanyrisks

ofusingavatars?Anyexamples?HowshouldweuseavatarsinasaferandhealthierwayontheInternet?Anysuggestions?DiscussionandDeepThinkingWhHomeworkCreateanavatarforoneofthestudents/teachersinourclass.Introduceitnexttime.Whowouldyougiveitto?Whatdoesitlooklike?Whydidyoudecidetocreateitthisway?HomeworkCreateanavatarforoPeriod2Period2ReviewandPracticeCompletetheshorttextwithinformationfromthereading.Theanswerscanbeonewordormore.Avatarsaredigital1__________thatyouusetorepresentyourselfonline.Youcanchooseanavatarfrom2_____________ofready-madeimages,or3________________________.Althoughavatarshaven’tbeenaroundforlong,theyarewidelyused.identitiesaselectioncreateyourownimagesReviewandPracticeCompletethReviewandPracticeAvatarsletyou4______________andgiveyou5______________________.Buttheuseofavatarshasalsocaused6________.Someusersworrythattheyarespendingtoomuchtime7______________thattheyarebecomingafraidofmeetingpeopleintherealworld.Theuseofseveralavatarscanalsobe8_____,aspeoplecanuseavatarsto9_________________.However,manypeopleseeavatarsin10___________________.expressyourselflotsofroomforcreativityconcernsinvirtualworldsariskcheatothersonlineamorepositivelightReviewandPracticeAvatarsletLanguageLearningWorkinpairsandaskthefollowingquestionsaboutthechangeofavatars.Writedowntheanswersfromthetext:1)Inthepast,likethe1980s,whatwaspeople’spredictionaboutfutureavatars?2)Whenpeoplestartedcreatingavatars,whatwastheirplan?3)Sincewhendidpeoplestarttohavemorethanoneavatar?LanguageLearningWorkinpairsLanguageLearning1)Yetveryfewpeopleknewthatfutureavatarswouldhavesuchawidevarietyofformsanduses.2)Whenpeoplestartedcreatingtheirownavatars,theydiscoveredthattheyweregoingtohavethepowertocreatenewidentitiesthatdidnotlookoractliketheirrealselvesatall.3)Also,manyInternetusersrealizedthattheiravatarswouldbeseenbymanypeople,notjusttheirfriends.Form:_____________________Function:_____________________________________LanguageLearning1)YetveryfeLanguageLearningWhat’stherelationshipbetweenpast,presentandfuture?Drawatimeline.LanguageLearningWhat’sthereLanguageinUseThinkaboutwhatchangeshastechnologybroughttoourlives.Makealistoffourchangesingroupsanddescribethechangesbyusingpastfuturetense.Example:Inthepast,Ineverthoughtthatwewould…Inthepast1)

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__________________LanguageinUseThinkaboutwhaLanguageinUseCompletethefollowingsentencesusingpastfuturetense.Inthe1990s,fewpeopleknewthat_________________________________________.Whencomputerswereinvented,itwasbelievedthat____________________________________.Inthepastfewyears,usersofsmartphonesrealisedthat____________________________________.TheconvenienceoftheInternetmadeInternetusersdiscoverthat_______________________.Whenavatarsfirstappearedinthe1980s,fewpeoplebelievedthat___________________________.LanguageinUseCompletethefoCreativeWritingSupposeyouwereattheageoften,howwouldyoufancyyourlifeinthefuturewiththehelpoftechnology?Completethestorybyusingpastfuturetense.Example:WhenIwasten,Ibelievedthatanyonewhocoulduseacomputerwouldbecomethemostintelligentpersoninthefuture.IfanciedthatIwouldhaveabeeper,liketheonemyfatherhad.IthoughtthatIwasgoingtobuyarobottohelpwithmyhomeworkandexams.CreativeWritingSupposeyouweHomeworkWriting—

“_______inthepast,presentandfuture”.Youcanalsousepastfuturetensetoshowthechanges.HomeworkWriting—“_______intThankYouThankYou41讀一本好書，就是和許多高尚的人談話讀書時，我愿在每一個美好思想的面前停留，就像在每一條真理面前停留一樣。書籍是在時代的波濤中航行的思想之船，它小心翼翼地把珍貴的貨物運送給一代又一代。好的書籍是最貴重的珍寶是唯一不死的東西。書籍使人們成為宇宙的主人。書中橫臥著整個過去的靈書不僅是生活，而且是現(xiàn)在、過去和未來文化生活的源泉。書籍把我們引入最美好的社會，使我們認(rèn)識各個時代的偉大智者。書籍便是這種改造靈魂的工具。人類所需要的，是富有啟發(fā)性的養(yǎng)料。而閱讀，則正是這種養(yǎng)料。不敢妄為些子事，只因曾讀數(shù)行書。只是對于一件事情很長時間很熱心地去考慮罷了。只要愿意學(xué)習(xí)，就一定能夠?qū)W會一個愛書的人，他必定不致缺少一個忠實的朋友一個良好的導(dǎo)師一個可愛的伴侶一個優(yōu)婉的安慰者。讀書當(dāng)將破萬卷；求知不叫一疑存。讀書如吃飯，善吃者長精神，不善吃者長疾瘤。讀書不趁早，后來徒悔懊。讀書是易事，思索是難事，但兩者缺一，便全無用處。讀書何所求?將以通事理。偉大的成績和辛勤勞動是成正比例的，有一分勞動就有一分收獲，日積月累，從少到多，奇跡就可以創(chuàng)造出來。敏而好學(xué)，不恥下問。不學(xué)，則不明古道，而能政治太平者未之有也。若不抽出時間來創(chuàng)造自己想要的生活，你最終將不得不花費大量的時間來應(yīng)付自己不想要的生活。社會上要想分出層次，只有一個辦法，那就是競爭，你必須努力，否則結(jié)局就是被壓在社會的底層。身后還有那么多期許的目光，怎么可以輕易放棄。什么叫做失敗？失敗是到達(dá)較佳境地的第一步。什么時候也不要放棄希望，越是險惡的環(huán)境越要燃起希望的意志。生活呆以是甜的，也可以是苦的，但不能是沒味的。你可以勝利，也可以失敗，但你不能屈服。人生四然：來是偶然，去是必然，盡其當(dāng)然，順其自然。人生舞臺的大幕隨時都可能拉開，關(guān)鍵是你愿意表演，還是選擇躲避。人生最精彩的不是實現(xiàn)夢想的一瞬間，而是堅持夢想的過程。人與人之間的差距，是天生就這么大，還是因為不能狠下心來逼自己日出東海落西山，愁也一天，喜也一天；遇事不鉆牛角尖，人也舒坦，心也舒坦。如果你堅信自