Unit6: C-Listening

1. BEFORE YOU LISTEN
(CONT)
UNIT 6 FUTURE JOBS
C. LISTENING
accountant lawyer
computer programmer nurse teacher
NURSE
TEACHER
COMPUTER PROGRAMMER
LAWYER
ACCOUNTANT
LISTEN AND REPEAT
Workforce service category
manufacturing economy goods
retail wholesale job market
2. WHILE YOU LISTEN
TASK 1: Listen to the passage and fill in the missing words in the boxes.
Manufacturing
Service
Transportation
Finance
services
TASK 2: Listen again and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. American workers have changed from manufacturing jobs to service jobs.
2. Manufacturing jobs are jobs in which workers make something.
3. Personal services are one of the five service jobs.
4. 70% of workers produced goods one hundred years ago.
5. 80% of workers will work in the service sector by the year 2020.
T
T
T
F
F
3. AFTER YOU LISTEN
Work in groups: Summarize the passage using the information in Task 1 and 2.
Summary: American Workforce
Two jobs:
Service jobs including:
Manufacturing jobs:
+ One hundred years ago:....%.
+ Today:..............%.
+ 2020:............... %.