Bài 8 :
1. Listen and choose the correct option to complete the extract from the recording.
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P: Dr. Atkins, what do you think the world of work (a) will/is going to look like ten years from now?
DA: Well, it certainly won't look the same as now. Technology now enables us to (b) work / working anywhere and so there's been a steady rise in the number of people working from home and a sharp drop in the number of people (1) commuting to work.
P: As technology takes over tasks that people (c) will do / used to do, what kind of skills will be useful for people in the future?
DA: People will have to focus on the kind of skills that (d) must / can't be done by a machine or a robot such as (2) _____ and management jobs or caring for other humans.
P: So you don't think that dentists and teachers should worry about their jobs just yet.
DA: No, definitely not. The need for jobs in the medical and teaching (3) _____ will remain constant. Many of the traditional jobs will still be necessary ten or twenty years from now - we'll always need lawyers, politicians, fire-fighters and so on. And we (e) mustn't / won't forget the (4) _____: we’ll always need artists, writers and actors. I also think there will be a marked increase in jobs connected with alternative energy. [...]
P: So which jobs do you think are at risk in the future?
DA: Um, I think there will be a gradual decline in jobs in retail - shop assistants (f) aren't / can't be required
in the days of online shopping. Any office jobs and factory jobs that (g) could have been / can be done by computers and robots will disappear.
P: Finally, can you name any (5) _____ that don't exist now and will in the future?
DA: I think we’ll see jobs like body-part makers, robot mechanics and space (6) _____. But I could be completely wrong!
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