UNIT4InformationTechnology

Lesseon1AvatarsWarming-upWhatdoes“avatar”meanAnavatarisapersonalizedgraphicalillustrationthatrepresentsacomputeruser,oracharacteror

alterego(另一個我)thatrepresentsthatuser.Anavatarcanberepresentedeitherinthree-dimensional

form(forexample,ingamesorvirtualworlds)orintwo-dimensional

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(圖像)inInternetforumsandvirtualworlds.WhatisanavatarDigitalidentities,knownasavatars,areakeypartofhowpeopleusetheInternettocommunicateandexpressthemselves.Warming-upLookatthescreenshotofourclassWeChatgroup,chooseoneortwoavatarsandguesswhoitsuseris,thentrytofindyourclassmatesandtalkwithher/himaboutyouravatars.Describeyouravatarandsharethereason/storywhyyouadoptit.GuessandTalkExample:Iused/adopted__________asmyavatarinorderto/because____________.Iuseacartooncharacteravatarinsteadofaphototoprotectmyselfonline.InwhatwaydoyouusethemWhydoyouusethemLead-in_____________________________WeChatTikTokDingTalkQQWhatkindofavatardoyouuseonlineWhydoyouchooseit1.Whatkindofavatarsdoyou

useonline?Comicimage

Beautifulscenerycuteanimal2.WhydoyouchooseitAsfarasIamconcerned,Iuse

asmyavatarinorderto/because_______.TocreatearealidentityToavoidonlinesafetyrisksToprotectmyselfTotrickothersToexpressmyselffreelyAvatars虛擬形象Theavataryouchoosesaysalotaboutyou.Thearticlewillhelpyouunderstandyourchoiceofavatarsbetter.sayvt表明（某人的性格或某物的特質(zhì)）是sayalotabout充分表明了Activity1

Fast-readingformainideasPara.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5Para.6Matchthemainideawitheachparagraph.A.Nowadays,avatarsareeverywhere.B.Thehistoryofavatars.C.WhatareavatarsD.Differentviewsonavatars.E.Avatarsarecreatedtoexpressthemselves.F.Avatarsarecreatedtoshowtheirpersonalities.WhatisthetexttypeofthepassageA.Narration(記敘文).B.Argumentativeessay(議論文).C.Expositorywriting(說明文).D.Practicalwriting(應(yīng)用文).Definitionofavatars.

Historyofavatars.

Purposesofusingavatars.Viewsonavatars√1.

Whenyouareonline,youcanbeanyoneoranything.Youcancreateyourownimageandanewpersonality.Thesedigitalidentities,knownasavatars,areakeypartofhowpeopleusetheInternettocommunicateandexpressthemselves.過去分詞短語做定語賓語從句，做介詞of的賓語Para.1Thesedigitalidentities,knownasavatars,areakeypartofhowpeopleusetheInternettocommunicateandexpressthemselves.后置定語，修飾Thesedigitalidentities,和它是動賓關(guān)系how引導(dǎo)的賓語從句，作介詞of的賓語不定式作目的狀語Activity3

Analyzethekeypointsofthetext2.Thefirstsimple2Davatarsappearedinrole-playingcomputergamesinthe1980s.Yet,veryfewpeopleknewthatfutureavatarswouldhavesuchawidevarietyofformsanduses.Bythelate1990s,theyhadbeenusedinwebchats.

過去完成時的被動語態(tài)HowdidavatarsdevelopInthe1980sBythelate1990sThefirstsimple2Davatarsappearedinrole-playingcomputergames.Avatarshadbeenusedinwebchats.

Para.2Para.3Whenpeoplestartedcreatingtheirownavatars，theydiscoveredthattheyweregoingtohavethepowertocreatenewidentitiesthatdidnotlookoractliketheirrealselvesatall.

when引導(dǎo)的時間狀語從句that引導(dǎo)的賓語從句that引導(dǎo)的定語從句賓語從句三大考點(diǎn)：語序、連接詞、時態(tài)(1)語序：賓語從句的語序必須是陳述語序主語+謂語

(2)連接詞

that,無詞匯意義不充當(dāng)成分，一般可以省略whether/if“是否”連接代詞：who,whom,whose,which,what

連接副詞：where,how,why,when賓語從句考點(diǎn)：語序、連接詞、時態(tài)主現(xiàn)從不限Ibelievethatheishonest.主過從必過

Hesaidhewantedtostayathome客觀真理永一現(xiàn)

He

said

that

the

lightrunsfasterthanthesound.

(3)時態(tài)3.Whenpeoplestartedcreatingtheirownavatars,theydiscoveredthattheyweregoingtohavethepowertocreatenewidentitiesthatdidnotlookoractliketheirrealselvesatall.Theycoulddresstheiravatarsinfancyclothes,ortheycouldtrybeingsomeoneoftheoppositesex,andcallthemselves“Andy”insteadof“Anna”!時間狀語從句賓語從句定語從句WhenInternetusersrealisedthattheiravatarswouldbeseenbymanypeople,notjusttheirfriends,theystartedhavingmorethanoneavatar:asensibleoneforwork;afriendly,good-lookingoneformeetingpeople;andasillyoneforhavingfun.Avatarsletyouexpressyourselfandtheygiveyoulotsofroomforcreativity.過去將來時的被動語態(tài)4.Ofcourse,theavataryouchoosesaysalotaboutyourpersonality.Ifyourblogavatarisapictureofacutecat,yourmessageis“Ilikerelaxingandhavingfun”.Well-knowncartooncharactersorlaughingmonkeyssay“I’mareallyfunnyperson”.Mostpeoplecreateavatarsthathavesimilarfeaturestotheirpersonalitiesandthatlookmoreorlesslikethemandactlikethem.這是一個主從復(fù)合句，

其中兩個that引導(dǎo)的定語從句均修飾同一個先行詞avartars.However,nearlyallavatarsaretall,youngandnice-looking,sopeopleobviouslymaketheiravatarslookbetterthantheydoinreallife.Theyalsoexperimentwiththingslikedifferenthairstyles—whichsaysalot,perhaps,aboutwhattheywanttolooklike.。5.

Nowadays,avatarsareeverywhere.Inmostwebchats,peoplechooseanavatarfromaselectionofready-madeimages,orcreatetheirownimages.Youcanalsouseavatarsthatmovearoundandtalk

whenyoutypeinyourmessage.Theavatarsinonlineworldscantalk,walkandflyaround,meetpeople,goshoppingandattendclasses.定語從句時間狀語從句

Para.6Theuseofavatarshasalsocausedafew

concerns.Someusersworrythattheyare

spendingsomuchtimeinvirtualworldsthat

theyarebecomingafraidofmeetingpeopleintherealworld.Theuseofseveralavatarscan

alsobearisk,aspeoplecanuseavatarsto

cheatothersonline.However,otherusersview

avatarsinamorepositivelight.Theylook

forwardtoatimewhentheiravatarwillactlike

arealpersonandtravelaroundbigger,

more

excitingvirtualworlds.that引導(dǎo)的賓語從句在虛擬世界里so...that...引導(dǎo)的結(jié)果狀語從句as引導(dǎo)的原因狀語從句從正面的角度期待；盼望when引導(dǎo)的定語從句，修飾atime,在從句中作時間狀語6.Theuseofavatarshasalsocausedafewconcerns.Someusersworrythattheyarespendingsomuchtimeinvirtualworldsthattheyarebecomingafraidofmeetingpeopleintherealworld.Theuseofseveralavatarscanalsobearisk,aspeoplecanuseavatarstocheatothersonline.虛擬形象的使用也引起了一些擔(dān)憂。一些用戶擔(dān)心他們在虛擬世界中花費(fèi)了太多時間，以至于開始害怕在現(xiàn)實(shí)世界中與人見面。使用多個虛擬形象也可能會帶來風(fēng)險，因?yàn)橛腥丝赡軙诰W(wǎng)上使用虛擬形象來欺騙他人。tha引導(dǎo)賓語從句so...that...為結(jié)果狀語從句as引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句However,otherusersviewavatarsinamorepositivelight.Theylookforwardtoatimewhentheiravatarwillactlikearealpersonandtravelaroundbigger,moreexcitingvirtualworlds.但是，其他用戶則以更為積極的態(tài)度看待虛擬形象。他們期待著有朝一日，自己的虛擬形象會像真人一樣去環(huán)游更廣闊、更精彩的虛擬世界。when引導(dǎo)定語從句，先行詞為atimeWhile-readingReadthearticleagain.Completetheinformationbelow.Thefirstsimple2Davatarsappearedinrole-playingcomputergames.Avatarswerebeingusedinwebchatslikeinstantmessenger.TheAvatarsyouchoosesaysalotaboutyourpersonalityandavatarsletyouexpressyourself.Avatarsgiveyouroomforcreativity.Peoplecancreateavatarsandcreatenewidentitiesthatdonotlookoractliketheirrealselves.Peoplespendsomuchtimeinvirtualworldsthattheyarebecomingafraidofmeetingpeopleintherealworld.Peoplelookforwardtoatimewhentheiravatarswillactlikearealpersonandtravelaroundbigger,moreexcitingvirtualworlds.Post-readingCompletethefollowingparagraphwiththewordsbelow.personality,selection,creativity,source,page,hairstyles,fancy,images,charactersIreadanarticleaboutavatarsonaweb1_____yesterday.Itwasinformativeandinteresting.Iagreewithitsayingthatyourchoiceofavatarssaysalotaboutyour2__________.Ichosemyavatarfroma3_______ofready-made4_______.Sheisoneofmyfavoritecartoon5__________.Ilikeherbecausesheiskindandhelpful.pagepersonalityselectionimagescharactersPost-readingpersonality,selection,creativity,source,page,hairstyles,fancy,images,charactersMycousinWangMingisverycreative.Hefindsthatavatarsgivehimlotsofroomfor6__________.Hehascreatedseveralavatarsfordifferentoccasions.Hedressedthemin7________clotheswithbeautiful8__________andtheyallactmoreorlesslikehim.Butthearticlewarnsthattheuseofseveralavatarscanbea9________ofrisk.creativityfancyhairstylessourceSpeakingPairWorkAskandanswerquestionsaboutavatarsusingtheinformationinthetable.Thenintroduceavatarstoyourpartner.1.Whatisanavatar2.Howhaveavatarsdevelopedoverdecades3.Howdopeopleuseavatars4.Whatarepeople’sviewsontheuseofavatarsSpeakingWorkingroupsanddiscussthefollowingquestions.1.Whydopeopleobviouslymaket