I can't shut down my macbook air.

The problem starts when suddenly I can't move my cursor using my track pad. It happens that I'm not able to use my keyboard too. I tried to use a mouse to move the cursor and it works. Then I tried to shut it down by clicking the apple icon with my mouse, the screen went black for a moment then the computer automatically turns on again. I tried it several times and I still can't shut it down.
I would appreciate it if anyone could help me
PS my macbook is running on os lion

Press and hold the power button for about 10 seconds to force shutdown.
Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
If this does not help, contact Apple.
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