1. Listen and choose the correct option to complete the extract from the recording.

(Lắng nghe và chọn đáp án để hoàn thành đoạn trích từ đoạn băng.)

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!

2. Match the words and phrases with the definitions.

1. tourist guide

2. professions

3. commuting

4. job title

5. leadership

6. creative industries

a. the action of guiding a group of people or organisation

b. the journey from home to a place of work and back again

c. economic activities which involve making or generating objects and ideas

d. a name that describes someone's professional position

e. a person who is paid to show visitors around places of interest

f. paid occupations that usually involve training and qualifications

3. Complete the extract from the recording using the correct form of the words and phrases in Exercise 2.

(Hoàn thành đoạn trích từ đoạn băng dùng dạng đúng của từ và cụm từ trong bài tập 2.)

4. Choose the correct words to make sentences about the information in the graphs.

(Chọn từ đúng để tạo ra các câu nói về các thông tin trên đồ thị.)

1. There has been an increase /a drop in the number of young people out of work.

2 We're expecting a sharp /steady rise in the number of teenagers entering higher education.

3 The number of 17-year-olds who work part-time will remain constant / marked.

4 There has been a rapid / gradual decline in the number of Polish people moving to the UK.

5 A steady / growing number of secondary school students are seeking Saturday jobs.