Unit4Lesson1AvatarsReading新課導(dǎo)入

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youknowthemeaningoftheword“Avatar”?課堂學(xué)習(xí)WarmingupWhatkindofavatardoyouuseonline:aphotoofyourself,acartoonimageorsomethingelse?Whydidyouchooseit?acuteanimalavatar anavatarinfancyclothesacartooncharacteravatar toexpressmyselffreelytotrickothers tocreateareal/digitalidentitytoavoidonlinesafetyrisks toprotectmyselfExample

Iuseacartooncharacteravatarinsteadofaphototoprotectmyselfonline.Pre-readingYouaregoingtoreadanarticleaboutavatars.Whatwouldyouliketolearnfromit?Writedownyourquestionsinthediagram.2AvatarsWhatisanavatar?While-readingFastreading:TogetthemainideaofthewholepassagePara1Para2Paras3-5ThehistoryofavatarsTheviewsontheuseofavatarsThedefinitionofavatarsThepurposesofusingavatarsPara6ReadandExploreReadthearticleagain.Completetheinformationbelow.4AvatarsDetailsDefinitionAdigitalimagethatrepresentsanInternetuser.History1980sLate1990sAvatarswerebeingusedinwebchatslikeinstantmessenger.AvatarsDetailsPurposesofusingavatarsToexpressoneselfTorepresentoneselfViewsNegativePositiveTheavataryouchoosesaysalotaboutyourpersonalityandavatarsletyouexpressyourself.Avatarsgiveyouroomforcreativity.Peoplecancreateavatarsandcreatenewidentitiesthatdonotlookoractliketheirrealselves.Peoplelookforwardtoatimewhentheiravatarwillactjustlikearealpersonandtravelaroundbigger,moreexcitingvirtualworlds.PairWorkAskandanswerquestionsaboutavatarsusingtheinformationinActivity4.Thenintroduceavatarstoyourpartner.51.WhatisanAvatar?2.Howhaveavatarsdevelopedoverdecades?Anavataristhedigitalidentityyouuseonline.3.Howdopeopleuseavatars?Peoplecanchooseanavatarfromaselectionofready-madeimages,orcreatetheirownimages.Peopleuseavatarstoexpressthermselves.Theyuseavatarstocreatenewidentitiesthatdidnotlookoractliketheirrealselves.Theyalsohavedifferentavatarsfordifferntsituations.

Peoplealsouseavatarstopresentthemselves.Theyuseorcreateavatarsthathavesimilarfeaturestotheirpersonalitiesandthatlookmoreorlesslikethemandactlikethem.Butpeopleobviouslymaketheiravatarslookbetterthantheydoinreallife.4.Whatarepeople’sviewsontheuseofavatars?Someusersworrythattheyarespendingtoomuchtimeinvirtualworldsandtheuseofseveralavatarscanalsobearisk.Othersviewavatarsinamorepositivelight.Theylookforwardtoatimewhentheiravatarwillactlikearealpersonandtravelaroundbigger,moreexcitingvirtualworlds.trick

vt.欺騙，誘騙，哄騙n.騙局，把戲，玩笑Keypoints[歸納拓展]playatrick/tricksonsb.

欺騙/捉弄/戲弄某人tricksb.intodoingsth. 騙某人做某事tricksb.outofsth. 從某人處騙走某物[即學(xué)即練]

單句語法填空1.Bytradition,insomecountries，peoplecanplaytricks_____eachotheronApril1.2.Theoldwomanwastricked_____ofhergoldenearrings.onoutconcern

n.擔(dān)憂，憂慮vt.與……有關(guān)；使擔(dān)心concernedadj.擔(dān)心的，煩惱的，憂慮的concerningprep.關(guān)于；有關(guān)[歸納拓展]

showconcernfor

對……表示關(guān)心beconcernedabout/for 關(guān)心/掛念……beconcernedwith 與……有關(guān)；關(guān)心as/sofaras...beconcerned 就……而言[即學(xué)即練]

單句語法填空1.Asisknowntoall,herlatestdocumentary________________(與……有關(guān))unemployment.2.______________________

(就我而言),readingEnglishnewspapersisofgreatuse.isconcernedwithAsfarasIamconcernedview

vt.看，把……視為；考慮

n.風(fēng)景；視野；觀點；見解[即學(xué)即練]

單句語法填空1.Asthecarapproachedthetowncenter,severaltallbuildingscame______view.2.Ifwesitnearthefrontofthebus,we’llhave_____betterview.intoaGroupWorkThinkandshare.6Post-reading1.Whatdoesthewritermeanby“theavataryouchoosesaysalotaboutyourpersonality”?Doyouagreewiththewriter?Giveexamplestosupportyouropinion.2.Canyougiveexamplesoftherisksofusingavatars?Whatcanyoudotopreventsuchrisks?Completetheshorttextwithinformationfromthearticle.7

identities

aselectioncreateyourownimagesexpressyourselfroomforcreativityafewconcerns

invirtualworlds

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