What is the future of work? ⏲️ 6 Minute English

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Should we be worried about our jobs disappearing? Or is the future positive? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary. 👇👇👇

❓❓❓ After Covid, many British companies gave the idea a go, but out of the sixty companies taking part in a four-day working week trial in 2023, how many said they planned to continue with a shorter work week?
a) 52%?
b) 72%? or,
c) 92%?

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You can download the audio and a free programme transcript here 👉

Vocabulary:
✔️take (something) with a pinch of salt - not completely believe something you are told because you think it’s unlikely to be true
✔️track record - the achievements or failures of someone’s past performance
✔️come to pass - (old fashioned) take place, happen
✔️dystopian - person who imagines or foresees a dystopian future where there is great suffering and injustice in society
✔️get rid of - to remove something that you do not want any longer
crop up - appear or happen unexpectedly

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I’m currently a high school student, and my school often schedules three classes on Saturdays. Consequently, I don’t feel that I get enough rest during those weeks. That’s why I’m really jealous to hear that some workers only have to work four days per week.

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VOCABULARY FROM VIDEO “What is the future of work? ⏲ 6 Minute English”
1. Sequencing: the order in which things happen or should happen
2. Aligned: to arrange things so that they form a line or are in proper position [+ obj]
3. Nightmarish: very frightening and unpleasant; very difficult to deal with
4. Injustice: unfair treatment :a situation in which the rights of a person or a group of people are ignored [noncount]
5. Take (something) with a pinch of salt : not completely believe something you are told because you think it’s unlikely to be true
6. Track record : the achievements or failures of someone’s past performance
7. Come to pass : (old fashioned) take place, happen
8. Dystopian : person who imagines or foresees a dystopian future where there is great suffering and injustice in society
9. Get rid of : to remove something that you do not want any longer
10. Crop up : appear or happen unexpectedly

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I am currently working in a private company at drilling site . Duty timing 8am to 8pm. Now I feel fatigue and realizing that due to fatigue our working progress going down.

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Thank You BBC learning English
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look forward to listening more frequently podcast ❤❤

ethankwok

That's is a good news though because I am preparing to leave and get a job in foreign countries. You know what?I worry to have a longer working time but now I relieved at all. 92 % companies, right?🎉🎉🎉

xnebgsf

Another great podcast from you both! Thank you ❤

tammytsang

Extended vocabulary to this video:
There have been a lot of predictions about the future of work.

The robots will take over most jobs.

What will work be like in the future?

That’s what we will be discussing in this program.

The 4-day working week

Reveal the answer later in the program

After COVID many companies gave the idea a go.

Take the things which are being predicted with a large pinch of salt.

Predictions for the future have a bad track record.

Some jobs are at risk.

New jobs will crop up.

A shortened week is something we can all agree on.

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doctor

The Republic of Tatarstan wants to perform at the Olympics with its Anthem in its native language and the Flag of Tatarstan. It is important, that is, Tatarstan and the people who see their future behind the iron wall.

bessirz

Wonderful lesson today thank you we love to learn British English.

shaluhellotalk

dystopian
People often predict the future. However, these predictions have bad track records of not coming to pass, so we should take them with a pinch of salt. Some of these predictions are about AI getting rid of our jobs. However, people think other jobs might crop up, like AI programmers. People who believe this is not a dystopian.

BriantheBrick