are looking forward to the wonderful future. That needs our fantasy and imagination. Some writers often write stories about what will happen in "tomorrow's world". This kind of story is called science fiction story. Science fiction story is a type of writing based on fantasy and imagination. There are also some science fiction films about intelligent robots or robots that look like human. Who'd like to tell us what a robot is?

S: A robot is a machine.

T: What kind of machine?

S: A robot is a kind of machine that can do a variety of complex human tasks.

T: You are right. Now please turn to page 22. Look at the pictures. Work in pairs and discuss these questions in Exercise 1. I'll give you five minutes.

After five minutes, check the students' work.

T: Ok, time is up. Which pair can give us your answers to the first question?

S: Let me have a try. I have seen Steven Spielberg's AI: Artificial Intelligence (2002). In this futuristic fairy tale, "David", a highly-advanced robotic boy, hopes to become a real boy so that he can win back the affection of the human mother who abandoned him. Like Pinocchio, he goes on a long journey hoping to find his "Blue Fairy," who can make his dreams come true.

T: Good. Who can tell us some other films about robots?

S: They are: Short Circuit 2, The Iron Giant, Futureworld, Blade Runner, The Time

　Machine, Power Rangers Time Force-The end of Time.

T: Great. Who can tell us how the robots behaved towards human?

S: I'd like to. Robots are programmed and controlled by a computer. They have human factors in computing systems. A robot can behave in a manner that is socially similar to an adult human and assist humans in a variety of ways.

T: Now the last question? Any volunteer?

S: They can work in factories, play football, control cars and planes, beat us at chess, give us the news, speak to us and have a real conversation with us.

Step III Listening (Artificial Intelligence)

Let the students listen to the materials and learn how to use the expressions about