7. The world of work is changing quickly:

　　today:

　　- people often have the same job for 30 or 40 years.

　　- Most people retire at 60 or 65.

　　- The working week is 7 or 8 hours per day for 5 or 6 days.

　　- Millions of people work in factories.

　　future:

　　- people will learn new skills and change job more often.

　　- Most people will retire at 50 or 55.

　　- Shorter working week. Also there will be more part – time jobs -> more free time.

　　- Computers and robots will do a lot of the work in factories.

　　Opinions:

　　- in the past, people had to work far too hard. Their jobs controlled their lives. It’s not going to be like that in the future. We’ll have more time to enjoy ourselves. That’s great…why work if a robot can do it for you?

　　- People need to work. If you’ve got a job you’re a part of society. If you haven’t got a job you’re outside society.

　　8 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The most important aspect of a job is the money a person earns. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. TOEFL61.

　　What does earning a lot of money mean?

　　- Indicator of success: buy anything you want.

　　- Indicator of a smart person: stupid person can not earn much money.

　　- Indicator of a good candidate for marriage: any girls want to marry a rich man.

　　What are other factors affecting job – satisfaction?