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高中英语北师大版必修第二册课文英汉对照Unit4Lesson1AvatarsAvatars虚拟形象The avataryou choosesays a lot aboutyou.The articlewill helpyou understand.你选择的虚拟形象能透露出你的很多信息这篇your choiceof avatarsbetter文章将帮助你更好地理解关于虚拟形象的选择When youare online,you canbe anyoneor anything.You cancreate yourown imageanda newpersonality.These digitalidentities,known asavatars,are akey partofhow peopleuse theInternet tocommunicate andexpress themselves.当你上网时,你可以是任何人或任何事物你可以创设自己的形象,并且拥有新的个性这些数字身份,被称作“虚拟形象”,这是人们利用互联网进行交流和表达自己的关键部分The firstsimple2D avatarsappeared inrole-playing computergames inthe1980s.Yet,very fewpeople knewthat futureavatars wouldhave sucha widevariety offormsand uses.By thelatel990s,they hadbeen usedin web chats likeinstantmessenger.二维虚拟形象最早出现在世纪年代的角色扮演电脑游戏中,当时,很少有人2080知道虚拟形象后来会有如此广泛的形式和用途世纪年代末,虚拟形象被用2090于网络聊天,如即时通讯When peoplestarted creatingtheir ownavatars,they discoveredthat theyweregoing tohave thepower tocreate newidentities thatdid notlook oract liketheirreal selvesat all.They coulddress theiravatars infancy clothes,orthey couldtry beingsomeone ofthe oppositesex,and callthemselves“Andyinstead of“Anna”!When Internetusers realisedthat theiravatars wouldbe seenbymany people,not justtheir friends,they startedhaving morethan oneavatar:a sensibleone forwork;a friendly,good-looking one for meetingpeople;anda sillyoneforhaving fun.Avatars letyou expressyourself andthey giveyoulots ofroom forcreativity.人们开始创设自己的虚拟形象时,他们发现自己将有能力创设一种新的身份,这种身份在相貌和行为上可以与真正的自我完全不同他们可以给自己的虚拟形象穿上华丽的衣服,或者尝试换个性别,可以给自己取名为“安迪”,而不是“安娜”当互联网用户意识到很多人会看到他们的虚拟形象,而不仅仅是他们的朋友时,他们开始使用不止一个虚拟形象一个朴素实用的虚拟形象用于工作;一个友好的、好看的虚拟形象用于交友;一个傻乎乎的虚拟形象用于取乐虚拟形象让你可以表达自己,还给你很多创造空间Of course,the avataryou choosesays alot aboutyour personality.If yourblogavatar isa pictureof acute cat,your messageis“I likerelaxing andhavingfun”.Well-known cartooncharacters orlaughing monkeyssay Tm areally funnyperson”.Most peoplecreate avatarsthat havesimilar featuresto theirpersonalitiesand thatlook moreor lesslike themand actlike them.However,nearly allavatars aretall,young andnice-looking,so peopleobviously maketheiravatars lookbetter thanthey doin reallife.They alsoexperiment with一things likedifferent hairstyleswhich saysalot,perhaps,about whatthey当然,你所选择的虚拟形象会在很大程度上显露你的个性如want tolook like.果你的博客头像是一只可爱的猫,你传递的信息是“我喜欢放松和享受”知名的卡通角色或微笑的猴子传递的信息是“我是个很有趣的人”大多数人创设的虚拟形象与他们的个性有着相似的特征,看起来或多或少像他们,在行为上也像他们然而,几乎所有的虚拟形象都个头高挑、样貌年轻、面容较好,所以人们显然想让他们的虚拟形象看起来比现实生活中更好人们还进行新的尝试,例如换上不同的发型,这可能从很大程度上透露了他们希望自己看起来是什么样子Nowadays,avatars areeverywhere.In mostwebchats,people choosean avatarfroma selectionof ready-made images,or createtheir ownimages.You canalso useavatarsthat movearound andtalk whenyou typein yourmessage.The avatarsinonline worldscan talk,walk andfly around,meet people,go shoppingand attendclasses.现在,虚拟形象无处不在在大多数网络聊天中,人们都是从现成的图片中选择一个作为虚拟形象,或者创建自己的图片当你输入信息时,你也可以让虚拟形象活动起来或说话网络世界中的虚拟形象可以交谈、走路、飞行,还可以结识他人、购物和上课The useof avatarshas alsocaused afew concerns.Some usersworry that theyare spendingso muchtime invirtual worldsthattheyare becomingafraid ofmeetingpeople inthe realworld.The useof severalavatars canalso bea risk,as peoplecan useavatars tocheat othersonline.However,other usersview avatarsina morepositive light.They lookforward toa timewhen theiravatar willactlike areal personand travelaround bigger,more excitingvirtual worlds.虚拟形象的使用也引起了一些担忧一些用户担心他们在虚拟世界中花费了太多时间,以至于开始害怕在现实世界中与人见面使用多个虚拟形象也可能会带来风险,因为有人可能会在网上使用虚拟形象来欺骗他人但是,其他用户则以更为积极的态度看待虚拟形象他们期待着有朝一日,自己的虚拟形象会像真人一样去环游更广阔、更精彩的虚拟世界。