Part III Listening and Thinking
A: Passage
Script:
Here are some of the most outlandish jobs in the market.
Pet Food Taster
Pet food tasters evaluate the nutritional value of pet food and taste-test it to ensure your canine’s meal is flavourful. Like professional wine tasters, they spit it out instead of swallowing it. Salaries in the USA range from $34,000 to $117,000, and, of course, you’re guaranteed strong teeth.
Golf Ball Diver
Have you ever wondered what happens to all those golf balls that end up in the ponds, lakes and streams? They’re not left in the water to rot. Instead, golf ball divers retrieve them and make a handsome profit from them. A typical golf ball diver can retrieve 800,000 balls a year, and make up to $100,000.
Gum Buster
We all did it willfully when we were kids, and still do it unwittingly as adults: Stick your used, chewedup, salivated gum onto a surface, any surface. But sooner or later, someone’s going to have to clean that up. That’s when a gum buster goes to work. Gum busters can expect to earn between $18,000 and$40,000.
Nowadays, people work a minimum of 40 hours per week. The boring and stressful jobs make many people seriously consider a career change. But change to what? The above can be your reference.
以下是市场上最古怪的一些工作。
宠物食品品尝师
宠物食品品尝师会评估宠物食品的营养价值，同时还会进行口味测试，以确保您的狗粮是美味的。和专业的品酒师一样，他们会吐出来而不是吞下去。美国宠物食品品尝师的年薪从3.4万美元到11.7万美元不等。当然，你必须要有一口坚硬的牙齿。
高尔夫球潜水员
你有没有想过高尔夫球要是滚进了池塘、湖泊或小溪里会怎么样？它们不会留在水底腐烂。相反，高尔夫球潜水员会把它们都找回来，并从中获得可观的收入。一个专业的高尔夫球潜水员一年可以找回80万个球，最多可以赚到10万美元。
口香糖克星
从小到大，我们都会故意或不经意地把吃过的、嚼过的、沾满唾液的口香糖黏在各种物体表面。总有一天会有人来收拾残局。这就是口香糖克星的职责所在。口香糖克星的年薪预计在1.8万至4万美元之间。
现在人们每周至少工作40个小时。枯燥又有压力的工作，让许多人认真考虑着要不要跳槽。但是换成什么工作才好呢？以上内容可供你参考。
I. Listen to the passage and write down the missing words.
1. ensure 2. instead 3. strong 4. left 5. profit
6. typical 7. kids 8. clean 9. work 10. consider
II. Listen again and answer the following questions.
1. Pet food taster.
2. Because people work a minimum of 40 hours per week. They feel boring and stressful.
B: News Broadcast
Script:
Half of all work tasks will be handled by machines by 2025 in a shift likely to worsen inequality, a World Economic Forum report has forecast.
The think tank said a “robot revolution” would create 97 million jobs worldwide but destroy almost as many, leaving some communities at risk.
Routine or manual jobs in administration and data processing were most at threat of automation, WEF said.
But it said new jobs would emerge in care, big data and the green economy.
The Forum’s research spanned 300 of the world’s biggest companies, who between them employ eight million people around the world.
More than 50% of employers surveyed said they expected to speed up the automation of some roles in their companies, while 43% felt they were likely to cut jobs due to technology.
WEF said currently about a third of all work tasks were handled by machines, with humans doing the rest, but by 2025 the balance would shift.
Roles that relied on human skills such as advising, decision-making, reasoning, communicating and interacting would rise in demand. There would also be a “surge” in demand for workers to fill green economy jobs, and new roles in areas like engineering and cloud computing.
But it said millions of routine or manual jobs would be displaced by technology, affecting the lowest paid, lowest skilled workers the most.
It said millions would need to be re-skilled to cope with the change, while governments would have to provide “stronger safety nets” for displaced workers.
世界经济论坛的一份报告预测，到2025年，半数工作任务将由机器处理，这一转变可能会加剧不平等。
世界经济论坛称，“机器人革命”会在全球创造9700万个工作岗位，但也会导致几乎同样多的工作岗位消失，这将使一部分人群面临风险。
世界经济论坛指出，行政管理和数据处理方面的常规或体力工作受自动化的威胁最大。
不过，护理、大数据和绿色经济领域将出现新的就业岗位。
世界经济论坛的研究涵盖了世界最大的300家公司，这些公司雇佣了世界各地约800万人。
超过50%的受访公司老板表示，他们希望加速公司部分岗位的自动化，而43%的老板认为可能会因为技术发展进行裁员。
世界经济论坛表示，目前约三分之一的工作任务由机器处理，人类做其余的工作，但是到2025年二者位置将会颠倒。
顾问、决策、推理、交流和互动等依靠人类技能的工作岗位需求量将会增加。绿色经济领域的工作岗位以及工程和云计算等领域的工作岗位的需求量也会“暴增”。
但是世界经济论坛表示，随着技术发展，数百万常规或体力工作岗位会被替代，其中收入最低、技能含量最低的工人受影响最大。
世界经济论坛称，数百万人需要重新接受技能培训来应对改变，而政府则必须为下岗员工提供“更强大的安全网”。
Keys:
I. Listen and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T
II. Listen again and answer the following questions.
Reference:
“Robot revolution” would create many jobs worldwide but destroy almost as many, leaving some communities at risk. Roles that relied on human skills would rise in demand. We need to be re-skilled to cope with the change.
Enjoying Movie Clips
The Intern (实习生）
70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be.Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site,founded and run by Jules Ostin.
Practice and Assessment
Unit Project
Work in groups and carry out a survey on campus. Your survey should include the following questions:
1. What’s your major?
2. What’s your ideal job?
3. How much do you know about the job’s responsibilities? Please list some.
4. What will you do to meet the job requirement?
You are required to interview 10 people at least. Give an oral report of your findings.
Checking points:
1. Complete content
2. Clear pronunciation
3. Correct expressions
4. Abundant communication
5. Powerful cooperation
6. Proper etiquette