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https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/01/future-of-jobs-davos-2017/https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/01/future-of-jobs-davos-2017/ Reading Before You Read 1. Observe the following text and write the appropriate answers in your notebook. Then compare your answers with a classmate. a. Which website is the article from? • World Economic Forum X • Global Agenda • TopLink b. Which is the main topic of the article? • Education and skills • The future of jobs X • The fourth industrial revolution 2. The following words and phrases are in the article you are about to read. Which ones are related to jobs? Which ones are related to technology? Which ones are related to personal characteristics? Use your notebook. artifi cial intelligence digital empathy employment occupation resilience well-paid As You Read Read the article and do the activities. Reading Reading Reading EM13LGG102 EM13LGG202 EM13LGG403 1. Peça aos estudantes que ob- servem o título, o leiaute e a fonte do texto de onde ele foi retirado. Explique a eles que o Fórum Econômico Mundial (World Economic Forum) é uma organização que reúne anual- mente em Davos, na Suíça, im- portantes líderes empresariais e políticos, além de intelectuais e jornalistas, para discutir ques- tões urgentes a ser enfrentadas em âmbito mundial. 2. As palavras empathy e resil ience, embora semelhantes às que lhes correspondem em português, talvez sejam des- conhecidas pelos estudantes. Explique que empathy signifi ca empatia, que é a capacida- de de se identifi car com outra pessoa e compreendê-la emo- cionalmente. Quanto à palavra resilience, que signifi ca resiliên- cia, é a capacidade de se recu- perar, se adaptar, suportar as difi culdades, os obstáculos, as mudanças, etc. jobs: employment, occupation, well-paid; technology: artifi cial intelligence, digital; personal characteristics: empathy, resilience Peça aos estudantes que façam a leitura do texto e realizem as atividades a seguir. What does the future of jobs look like? This is what experts think The jobs we have today won’t be the ones that we have tomorrow. [...] So what will the future of jobs look like? This is what the experts think. [...] R e p ro d u ç ã o /h tt p s :/ /w w w .w e fo ru m .o rg B a n c o d e i m a g e n s /A rq u iv o d a e d it o ra 107 VU_INGLES_Amadeu_g21Sa_105a118_U7_LA.indd 107VU_INGLES_Amadeu_g21Sa_105a118_U7_LA.indd 107 01/09/2020 11:5001/09/2020 11:50 R e p ro d u ç ã o /h tt p s :/ /w w w .w e fo ru m .o rg 3. Choose the correct statement about the text. Use your notebook. a. It shows experts’ predictions about jobs in the future. X b. It offers a list of jobs that will be on demand in the future. c. It discusses businessmen’s opinions about artifi cial intelligence. R e p ro d u ç ã o /h tt p s :/ /w w w .w e fo ru m .o rg Why empathy will matter [...] Digital brings opportunities for everyone “Any kind of job is going to have a digital component. It doesn’t mean everyone has to be a computer scientist.” Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft An equal future “The future won’t be a man’s world, it will be a skilled world – one where women have equal access, representation and skills to capture the opportunities in industries and jobs that are growing and well-paid.” Mara Swan, Executive Vice President, Global Strategy and Talent, ManpowerGroup Robots won’t be taking our jobs “The biggest misconception I’ve heard here at Davos is this idea that technology is going to come for all of our jobs and there’s nothing we can do about it. [...]” Erik Brynjolfsson, Director of the MIT Initiative for the Digital Economy Nor will computers “[...] Occupations that use computers grow faster, not slower – and there is no sign of technology causing large scale unemployment. [...] Instead of job losses, there is a resulting need for new skills: new technology increase demand for an occupation, offsetting putative job losses.” Erik Brynjolfsson, Director of the MIT Initiative for the Digital Economy R e p ro d u ç ã o /h tt p s :/ /w w w .w e fo ru m .o rg GRAY, Alex. What does the future of jobs look like? This is what experts think. World Economic Forum. Available at: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/01/future-of-jobs-davos-2017/. Accessed on: Apr. 8, 2020. B a n c o d e i m a g e n s /A rq u iv o d a e d it o ra 108 VU_INGLES_Amadeu_g21Sa_105a118_U7_LA.indd 108VU_INGLES_Amadeu_g21Sa_105a118_U7_LA.indd 108 01/09/2020 11:5001/09/2020 11:50
