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不論你是正坐在辦公桌前或是正在開出租車，請你停下來想想這個問題：你做的這個工作若換做機器人或一臺機器來完成是否能比你做得更好？英國牛津大學和德勤會計事務所（ Deloitte ）的研究人員說，英國現有工作的大約三分之一將在未來的二十年后被計算機取代。以下是 Rory Cellan-Jones 的報道。

Oxford University has predicted that 35% of jobs in the UK workforce are at risk from automation over the next 10 to 20 years. But Deloitte paints an optimistic picture of the way technology has transformed work over the past 15 years. While some jobs have been destroyed by automation – the number of typists is down by 75% - far more have been created.

But as computers and robots learn how to do more tasks once restricted to humans, there is a threat to low-skilled workers. Those earning under ￡30,000 a year are five times as likely to lose their jobs as people earning over ￡100,000.

Skills that computers don't possess, such as creativity and social intelligence, will become increasingly valuable in the job market.  

詞匯表

predicted 預測，預言
workforce 勞動力，勞動人口
automation 自動化
optimistic 樂觀的
low-skilled workers 低技能勞動者
social intelligence 社會智力，社交智慧

測驗

請聽報道并回答下列問題。

1. According to the report, what's positive about increased automation?

2. True or false? A type of job in which people writing letters and documents on a keyboard for another person has been affected badly over that last fifteen years.

3. Are people who earn more than ￡100,000 as much at risk of losing their jobs to machines as those earning ten times less?

4. What are the best skills to have to avoid your job being done by a computer?

答案

1. According to the report, what's positive about increasing automation?
Far more jobs have been created than destroyed.

2. True or false? A type of job in which people writing letters and documents on a keyboard for another person has been affected badly over that last fifteen years.
True. The number of typists is down by 75%.

3. Are people who earn more than ￡100,000 as much at risk of losing their jobs to machines as those earning ten times less?
No. People who earn more than ￡100,000 are five times less likely to lose their jobs as those earning ￡10,000.

4. What are the best skills to have to avoid your job being done by a computer?
The best skills to have are creativity and social intelligence.