I. Explain the meaning of the words and word combinations below.

Reproduce the situations in which they were used.

To scatter, a robotics, LEGO set, a filing cabinet, futurologist, retail markets, to stifle imagination, to endow sb. with sth., laser signals, to get into a relationship, to flip one’s ears, to talk back, to give sb. a hug, fairy princess, sedentary, joystick, to rehabilitate cerebral-palsy victims.

II. Say what you know about:

a) LEGO, SONY AIBO, BTExact.

b) The movie “Toy Story”, chatterbot Web sites, Manchester Untied, Christina Aguilera.

c) Barbie, “wraparound” 3-D games, robotic toys.

III. State the idea behind the lines below:

1. Evidence of Ian Pearson’s childlike curiosity is scattered about his office.

2. Pearson’s job is to peer into the future of technology for BTExact, an arm of British Telecom.

3. But Pearson’s passions also run in a more infantile direction.

4. Imagine a 3-year-old girl watching four of her favorite Barbies having a tea party, saying please pass the biscuits, and gossiping about the neighbor’s G.I. Joe action figures.

5. Sony’s AIBO asks to be petted and flips its ears to feign understanding.

6. They (the toys) begin to have real life consciousness and awareness.

7. “Instead of using a joystick, you are using your whole body.”

8. This technology (wraparound 3-D games) could ultimately be “a fantastic tool for a child’s imagination.”

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