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课件网) Unit 7 CAREERS Viewing Workshop By the end of this period, students will be able to: 1. view for general understanding and specific information; 2. watch a technical interview; 3. create a presentation showing what students recall and understand from a talk What is “robot economy” What effect may robot economy have on our future jobs What jobs will survive the robot economy (List at least three jobs). Before you watch Active and share Read the list and find out the words you don’t know. 1. According to the expert, Brad Delong, what jobs will survive the robot economy ( ) Jobs that use our minds. ( ) Jobs that use our backs or fingers. 2. Which of the following is more important for jobs in the future ( ) Genuinely original and useful thoughts. ( ) Technological progress. 真正的 独创的，新颖的 3. What is the expert’s response to the question “Is this not, to a certain extent, just the natural world order that’s playing out ” ( ) He thinks there’s not much we can do about how things happen naturally. ( ) He thinks that technological progress has greatly increased the demand for human labor. 4. If computers and robots have brain power, what will people do ( ) People will work in agriculture or fields that will not need brain power. ( ) People will move into personal services with genuinely original thoughts and communication. 反应 程度 More new words you may hear. motivation computerization robotization amplifier inequality prosperity manipulate category n. 动机 n.计算机化 n.自动化；机器人化 n.放大器 n. 不平等 n.兴旺；繁荣 v. 操纵 n. 范围，范畴 eliminate be stuck with immense furious innovation assemble vulnerable transition remarkably v. 消除；淘汰 被困住 adj. 极大的，巨大的； adj. 狂怒的 n. 革新 v. 装配；聚集 adj. （身体或精神）脆弱的，易受伤的 n. 转变 adv.不寻常地 While you watch Activity 1: Watch the interview. Tick ( ) the correct options. 1. According to the expert, Brad Delong, what jobs will survive the robot economy ( ) Jobs that use our minds. ( ) Jobs that use our backs or fingers. 2. Which of the following is more important for jobs in the future ( ) Genuinely original and useful thoughts. ( ) Technological progress. √ √ √ 3. What is the expert’s response to the question “Is this not, to a certain extent, just the natural world order that’s playing out ” ( ) He thinks there’s not much we can do about how things happen naturally. ( ) He thinks that technological progress has greatly increased the demand for human labor. 4. If computers and robots have brain power, what will people do ( ) People will work in agriculture or fields that will not need brain power. ( ) People will move into personal services with genuinely original thoughts and communication. √ √ Check your answers one by one. 1. According to the expert, Brad Delong, what jobs will survive the robot economy ( ) Jobs that use our minds. ( ) Jobs that use our backs or fingers. √ 2. Which of the f ... ...
