Prime Time 4, Coursebook

Speaking: Jobs of the future a) Look at the jobs below. Tick the jobs which you think can be done by a machine. Otherwise draw a cross. b) Then ask two classmates and write down what they think. Job You Name 1: Name 2: Call centre agent Hotel receptionist Shop assistant TV journalist Taxi driver Veterinarian Chef Teacher c) Why do you think so? Use the sentence generators below. I think that I believe that I feel that In my view In my opinion In my eyes machines can work as machines can’t work as call centre agents hotel receptionists shop assistants TV journalists taxi drivers veterinarians chefs teachers … Call centre agents Hotel receptionists Shop assistants TV journalists Taxi drivers Veterinarians Chefs Teachers always never often sometimes usually deal with the same problems again and again do something that nobody has done before find out the reasons for something help other people understand things lift or carry heavy things meet new people every day need a lot of training need to be very creative for their job need to help people with their individual problems solve different problems every day talk a lot to other people … I think that machines can work as call centre agents. Call centre agents often deal with the same problems again and again … 4 113 14 one hundred and thirteen Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv