Answer — Exercise 3
9 - Starting out·Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book
Question
Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
Answer
- Secretaries and typists used to be mostly women, and their job largely involved taking shorthand and typing, but now they are called personal assistants and their job is very different.
- Automated telephone systems have replaced living telephone receptionists in many companies.
- Many factory jobs are now computerised or done by machines, and many menial jobs around the office no longer exist due to computers, email and the internet.