1、Book 2 Unit 4 Lesson 1 Avatars Dec. 6, 2019 By Miss LI 1. Lead in 2. Text anaylysis 3. Grammar: Past future tense 视频视频 KeyKey pointspoints Knowledge and skills Get to know some pros and cons about avatars Master the key words and expressions required in the text and the past future grammar Strategie
2、s and procedures Emotional attitude and values Break through the difficulties by self-study, discussion and much practice. What is avatar? How to use the past future to express yourself? Warm up Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Lead-in Text Excersise Quiz Lead-in Questions Which kind of avartars do you have? An
3、d 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 freely Super star Default Comic Image Scenery Part 1 Structural Analysis of Text Pa
4、ra. 1 1When youre 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 s
5、uch a wide variety of forms and users. 5By the late 1990s, they had been used in web chats like instant messenger. Definition History Para. 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
6、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 History 3When Internet users realized that the avatars would be seen by many people, not j
7、ust 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 usi
8、ng avatars Para. 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 “Im a really funny person”. 4Most people create avatars tha
9、t 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 personality 5However, nearly all avatars are tall, young and nice-looking, so people obviously make their avatars look better than they do in real li
10、fe. 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 the
11、ir 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 used Para. 5 1The use of avatars h
12、as 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 Te
13、xt Views on using avatars Negative 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
14、. 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
15、 as their friends, they started having more than one avatar would have would be seen Part 2 Excerise were going to Oral 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 help What How Focus Tips Summarize the mai
16、n idea of the text with the past future sense Summary 1.Summarize what we have learned in this lesson. 2.Some useful expressions and sentence patterns. 1.Create your own avatar and introduce it to your class 2.Ask your parents about their wechat avatars and write three related sentences with the past future
