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Unit 4 Information Technology
Lesson 1 Avatars
[基础训练]
Ⅰ 根据语境及汉语提示和首字母提示完成句子
1.I must ________ (承认) that the first impressions on the hair were a challenge.
答案 admit
2.You may ________ (下载) such pictures to your computer or smartphone.
答案 download
3.The film ________ (探究) the relationship between artist and instrument.
答案 explores
4.Later, he admitted that the payments had ________ (确实) been made.
答案 indeed
5.He tried to pass the facial recognition check on the health code ________ (应用程序).
答案 app
6.To test the e________ of social influence on eating habits, the researchers conducted two experiments.
答案 effect
7.You need to set an a________ to avoid being late.
答案 alarm
8.When I was a child, I was really into comics and s________ heroes.
答案 super
Ⅱ 单句语法填空
1.Humor can improve one's appearance and ________ (person).
答案 personality
2.They sell goods from door to door for the ________ (convenient) of the masses.
答案 convenience
3.The new test should enable doctors ________ (discover) the disease early.
答案 to discover
4.I had the operation on the ________ (recommend) of my doctor.
答案 recommendation
5.She says she's unable to give up smoking; she's completely ________ (addict).
答案 addicted
Ⅲ 单句表达
1.智能手机现在让我们能够以一种快速且便宜的方式进行交流。
Smartphones now __________________ in a quick and cheap way.
答案 enable us to communicate
2.我大约有4年时间沉迷在电子游戏中。
I went through about four years of __________________ video games.
答案 being addicted to
3.网上聊天只会让我们更加专注于自我。
Chatting online only makes us ______________________.
答案 more self focused
4.盗贼承认偷了这家商店的钱。
The thief ____________________ money from the shop.
答案 admitted having stolen
5.我们建议你早点预订航班。
We ______________________ your flight early.
答案 recommend you to book
Avatars
Avatar, a 2009 film directed by James Cameron
Sorry kids! Today is not about me.
Avatars
What would you like to learn about avatars from this passage
Write down at least two questions that you want to ask about avatars.
Avatars
What is an avatar
When did the first avatar appear
What are avatars used to do
What do people think of avatars
Brainstorm
Purposes
Definition
History
Views
Definition
1
2
Read and Think
Read the passage quickly with those questions and underline the answers.
3
History
Purposes: to express oneself
4
5
Purposes: to represent oneself
6
Hopes
Concerns
Fast reading:
To get the main idea of the whole passage
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3-5
Para 6
History
Definition
Purposes of using avatars
Views
Avatars
Definition
History
Purposes
Views
images that represent ourselves online
first appeared in the 1980s
to express ourselves
negative: concerns
widely used in web chats by the 1990s
to represent ourselves
positive: hopes
Summary
Ⅱ 语法填空 (根据课文内容和语法规则完成短文)
The digital identities,1 (know) as avatars,are a key part of how people use the Internet to communicate and express 2 (they). The first simple 2D avatars 3_________ (appear) in role-playing computer games in the 1980s. Yet,very few people knew that future avatars would have such a wide 4 (vary)of forms and uses. People had the power 5__________(create)new identities that didn’t look or act like their real selves at all. One person could have several avatars.
The avatar you choose says a lot about your personality. However,nearly all avatars are tall,young and nice-looking,so people 6 (obvious) make their avatars look better than they do in real life. Nowadays,avatars are everywhere. The avatars in online worlds can talk,walk and fly around,meet people,go shopping and attend classes.
Of course,the wide use of avatars has led 7 a few concerns. Some users are concerned that they are spending 8 much time in virtual worlds that they are becoming afraid of meeting people in the real world. The use of several avatars can also be a risk,as people can use avatars to cheat others online. However,other users view avatars in a more positive light. They look forward to a time 9 their avatar will act like a real person and travel around bigger,more 10 (excite)virtual worlds.
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