BBC英语六分钟-每天坚持口语Will robots take our jobs.doc

Willrobotstakeourjobs

BBC英语六分钟练起来（2023.03.9）

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Neil

Helloandwelcometo6MinuteEnglish.ImNeil…

Finn

…andImFinn.Hello.

Neil

Hellothere,Finn.Now,whatdoyouknowaboutrobots?

Finn

Robots?Well,(Finndoesanimpressionofarobotvoice)theytalkinafunnyway…likethat!

Neil

Yes.Yousoundquiteconvincingthereactually,Finn.?

Finn

Doyoulikeit?

Neil

Yes,Ido.Isthereanythingelseyouknowaboutrobots?

Finn

Well,thereare…thereareacoupleofgoodonesintheStarWars,arentthere?

Neil

Oh,yes.R2-D2andC-3PO.C-3POtalksinquiteahumanvoice.

Finn

Hedoes.Butofcoursethatssciencefictionnotreallife.

Neil

No.Butthingshavemovedoninreallife.Theuseofmachinestodoworkthatpeopledoorusedtodoiscalled?automation?andthatsthesubjectoftodaysshow.

Finn??

Butbeforewetalkmoreaboutthis,ldlikeyou,Neil,toanswertodaysquizquestion.Whatmakesajobmorelikelytobedonebyrobots?Isitifajobinvolves…

a)?manipulatingsmallobjects?

b)?workinginopenspaces?

Orc)?socialandemotionalskills?

Neil

Hmm…OK.Well,Imgoingtoguess.Manipulatingsmallobjects,Ithink.

Finn

Interesting.OK,wellfindoutifyourerightorwronglateron.Now,twoUKacademicshavecalculatedhow?susceptible?to?–thatmeanslikelytobeaffectedby–howsusceptibletoautomationeachjobisbasedonsomekeyskills.Andtheseincludenegotiation,persuasion,caringforothers,originality,and?manualdexterity?–nowthatmeansbeinggoodwithyourhands.

Neil

Sodoyouthinkintelligentmachinescouldreplaceus?

Finn

Well,maybeyou,Neil.Notme,no.Ihaveallthekeyskillsyouknow–Imoriginal…persuasive…ofcourseverycaringandverygoodwithmyhandsaswell,Ithink.

Neil

WellImverygladthatyouresafe,Finn!?

Finn

Thankyou.

Neil

However,astudyfromOxfordUniversityhassuggestedthat35%ofexistingUKjobsarebeingautomatedinthe