Unit 7
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
GETTING STARTED
What’s his name?
What’s the name of the film?
Trong bối cảnh nhân loại đang bị hủy diệt do trái đất nóng lên làm tan băng, nước tràn ngập cả thế giới. Từ đó, số người còn sống sót phải đối đầu với một vấn đề mới: chạy đua robot nhân tạo để tiết kiệm sức lao động cho con người. Cậu bé robot David được lập trình cho gia đình Henry Swinton và Monica, nhằm thay thế đứa con đang bị bệnh nặng của họ. Tuy là robot, nhưng David đều có những khao khát yêu thương và mơ mộng. Nhưng mọi chuyện thay đổi khi đứa con đẻ của họ đột nhiên bình phục, thì cậu bé robot lại đứng trước một khó khăn mới: sự ghen ghét và đố kị...
1. Listen and repeat
- artificial (a) = man-made : nhân tạo
- artificial intelligence (n) : trí tuệ nhân tạo
unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl/ (a): khó tin
- activate /ˈæktɪveɪt/(v) : kích hoạt
- incredible /ɪnˈkredəbl/ (a): đáng kinh ngạc
- in vain : vô ích, thất bại
resurrect /ˌrezəˈrekt/(v): làm sống lại, phục hồi
faraway /ˈfɑːrəweɪ/ (a): xa xôi
Nam: Did you see the film A.I. on cable TV?
Mai:   No, I didn`t. What does A.I. mean? 
Nam: Artificial Intelligence.
Mai:   What`s the film about?
Nam: It`s a science-fiction film about a robotic child who has human emotions.
Mai: Sounds unbelievable!
Nam: Yeah! The Swintons` only son, Martin, has got a life-threatening disease and waits for a cure to be found. Meanwhile, Monica, his mother agrees to activate David, a robotic boy capable of human emotions. Things appearto be going well with the Swintons. 
Mai: So, what happens then?
Nam: Well, Martin is completely cured and healthy again. He often gets David into trouble with other people. They start thinking that David dangerous to humans.
Mai: That`s terrible!
Nam: Yes, Monica is worried that they are going to get the robotic boy destroyed. So she has someone take him to a faraway forest and leave him there.
Mai: Poor David!
Nam: Yeah. David thinks Monica doesn`t love him any more because he isn`t a ‘real boy’ like Martin. So he goes searching for the Blue Fairy to help him to become a real boy.
Mai: Does he find her?
Nam: Well, his dangerous and incredible journey in search of the Blue Fairy is in vain.
Mai: Do you mean David cannot find the Blue Fairy?
Nam: No, he cannot. But after two thousand years, when humans do not exist any more, David is found and resurrected by future A.I.
Mai: Really? Incredible!
Nam: Well, thanks to the advanced science and technology, David is reunited with Monica.
Mai: A happy ending, right?
Nam: Yes. But they can only spend one happy day together as a real mother and a real son.
Mai: Why only one day?
Nam: I   don`t know... In the last scene, they both fall asleep... Well, you should watch the film. There are a lot more thrilling events to see.
2. Answer the questions.
1. Because she has the only son whose life is threatened by a very dangerous disease.
2. Because he wants her to help him become a real boy.
3. It is dangerous and incredible.
4. They become extinct.
3. Find the word that mean the following.
1. science fiction
2. threatening
3. destroyed
4. in vain
4. Discuss the underlined grammar points.
-get/ have + object + past participle (passive causative)
-have + object + bare infinitive (active causative)
-get + object + to infinitive (active causative)
Monica is worried that they are going to get robotic boy destroyed. So she has someone take him to a faraway forest ...