Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 7

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

Read the fact file on the vulnerability of a particular profession to automation. Do you think the writer's reasoning and conclusion are optimistic or not?

Answer

  • The writer overall appears to be optimistic, particularly because of issues with the physical space of hotel rooms, some jobs which are 'incompatible with automation', and financial considerations.
  • The conclusion is that being a hotel maid is 'a relatively secure profession.'

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