Unit 4 Information technology Lesson 1 Avatars 课件（共21张PPT）

课件21张PPT。Book 2 Unit 4
Lesson 1 Avatars1. Lead in
2. Text anaylysis
3. Grammar: Past future tenseKey pointsKnowledge
and skills Get to know some pros and cons
about avatarsMaster the key words and expressions
required in the text and the past future
grammar Strategies
and
proceduresEmotional attitude and values
Break through the difficulties by self-study,
discussion and much practice.
Problems
What is avatar?
How to use the past future to express yourself?Contents
Warm upPart 1Part 2Part 3Lead-inTextExcersiseQuizLead-in QuestionsWhich kind of avartars do you have??? And Why?
? A photo of yourself
? Comic image
? Image of your pop star
? Beautiful scenery
? Something else
Any volunteer? To create a real identity
To avoid online safety risks
To protect myself
To trick others
To express myself freelySuper starDefaultComic ImageSceneryPart 1 Structural Analysis of Text Para. 1 1When you're online, you can be anyone or anything. 2You can create your own image and a new personality. 3These digital identities, known as avatars, are a key part of how people use the Internet to communicate and express themselves. 4Yet, very few people knew that future avatars would have such a wide variety of forms and users. 5By the late 1990s, they had been used in web chats like instant messenger.DefinitionHistoryPara. 2 1When people started creating their own avatars, they discovered that they were going to have the power to create new identities that is not look or act like their real selves at all. 2They could dress their avatars in fancy clothes, or they could try being someone of the opposite sex, and call themselves “Andy” instead of “Anna”. Part 1 Structural Analysis of Text History3When Internet users realized that the avatars would be seen by many people, not just as their friends, they started having more than one avatar: a sensible one for work, a friendly good-looking one for meeting people, and a silly one for having fun. 4Avatars let you express yourself, and they give you lots of room for creativity.Part 1 Structural Analysis of Text Purpose of using avatarsPara. 3 1Of course, the avatar you choose says a lot about your personality. 2If you blog avatar is a picture of a cute cat, your message is “I like relaxing and having fun”. 3Well-known cartoon characters or laughing monkeys say “I’m a really funny person”. 4Most people create avatars that have similar features to their personalities, and that look more or less like them and act like them. Part 1 Structural Analysis of Text Avatars and personality5However, nearly all avatars are tall, young and nice-looking, so people obviously make their avatars look better than they do in real life. 6They also experiment with things like different hairstyles -- which say a lot,perhaps, about what they want to look like.Part 1 Structural Analysis of Text Para. 4 1Nowadays avatars are everywhere. In most of web chats, people choose an avatar from a selection of ready-made images or create their own images. 2You can also use avatar that move around and talk when you type in your message. 3The avatars in online worlds can talk, walk and fly around, meet people, go shopping and attend classes.Part 1 Structural Analysis of Text Scenes where avatars can be usedPara. 5 1The use of avatars has also caused a few concerns. 2Some users worry that they are spending so much time in virtual worlds that they are becoming afraid of meeting people in the real world. 3The use of several avatars can also be a risk as people can use amateurs to cheat others online. Part 1 Structural Analysis of Text Views on using avatarsNegative view 4However, other users view avatars in a more positive light. 5They look forward to the world to a time when their avatars will act like a real person and travel around the bigger, more exciting virtual worlds.Part 1 Structural Analysis of Text Positive view 1. Yet, very few people knew that future avatars (1) ___________such a wide variety of forms and users.
2. They discovered that they (2) ________________have the power to create new identities that is not look or act like their real selves at all.
3. When Internet users realized that the avatars (3)________________ by many people, not just as their friends, they started having more than one avatar
would havewould be seenPart 2 Excerise were going toOral Presentation First in pairs and then in groups
Speak English as much as possible Active to think and bold to ask
Turn to your teacher for helpWhat How Focus Tips Communication and discussionSummarize the main idea of the text
with the past future senseSummary1.Summarize what we have learned in this lesson.
2.Some useful expressions and sentence patterns.Have you achieved your goals?Have you achieved the learning aims?Class evaluationHomeworkCreate your own avatar and introduce it to your class
Ask your parents about their wechat avatars and write three related sentences with the past futureThank you!