Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3.4 - Future job for the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. -
  2. Listen to an interview where a career expert discusses the jobs in Exercise 5A. Make notes on why each job might not be a good choice. Compare these with your ideas.
  3. Listen again and tick the key phrases you hear.

Answer

b)

  • Musician → repetitive elements can be automated, and in fact already have (synthesisers).
  • Financial advisor → robo-advisors are doing the same job, and will be able to do more in the future.
  • Chef → a lot of tasks are manual and can be automated. The creative positions are limited in number,
  • Tour guide → apps provide a lot of the content and services that human tour guides provide.

c)

  • I was
  • vulnerable to
  • musician; has
  • at least as good as
  • I wouldn’t; intellectual
  • the genuinely creative; lucky few
  • guiding a tour