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The jobs we’ll lose to machines- and the ones we won’t
[listening test questions]

Author: Anthony Goldbloom
Date: Feb 2016
Time: (4.35)
Level: ***** [B2/C1]

TED TALK Link:
https://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_goldbloom_the_jobs_we_ll_lose_to_machines_and_t
he_ones_we_won_t

Check these words before listening:
Key vocabulary
1. Automated
2. Disruption
3. A.I Artificial Intelligence
4. A unique perspective
5. Credit risk
6. Zip code
7. Algorithm
8. Ophthalmologist
9. Can't handle something
10. To tackle something
11. A fundamental limitation
12. Disparate
13. To diagnose
14. Radar
15. Physicist
16. Magnetron
17. Electromagnetic radiation
18. Reducible
19. Novel situations
20. An audit
21. Litigation
22. To grab someone's attention

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Student

TED Talks Comprehension Questions [6 minutes]

Time: Approximately 60 minutes

1. Read the title

• Try to predict the content of lecture
• Write down key terms / ideas
• Check key vocabulary using a dictionary

Try to listen ONLY two times

Three types of lesson

Lesson#1: [hard]
1. Listen once – take notes
2. Give 3 minutes to tidy notes
3. Listen again and add to notes (use a different colour pen)
4. Answer questions – set 10-15 minutes to answer
5. Check answers
6. Listen again to check answers

Lesson #2: [medium]
1. Listen once – take notes
2. Answer questions: 10 minutes
3. Listen again – answer the questions as they listen
4. Give yourself 10 minutes to tidy answers. Then check answers

Lesson #3: [easier]
1. Read questions – highlight key terms
2. Listen once and answer questions
3. 3 minutes to tidy notes
4. Listen again answer missed question
5. 5-10 minutes to tidy answers. Then check answers


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Teacher

TED Talks Comprehension Questions [6 minutes]

Aim: to develop the students’ ability to listen to a short 6-minute lecture, to take notes and
then use those notes to answer a range of questions types.

Lesson Time: 60 minutes

Lesson Plan

1.Lead in

• Ask Students to discuss the ‘title’ and predict the content of lecture
• Ask students to write down key terms / language from discussion
• Feed in / check key vocabulary

Three types of lesson

Lesson#1: [hard]
1. Students listen once – take notes
3. Listen again and add to notes (use a different colour pen)
4. Give out questions – set 10-15 minutes to answer
5. Feedback answers (give out answers or go through on board)

Lesson #2: [medium]
1. Students listen once – take notes
2. Give out questions: Set 10 minutes for students to answer questions from notes
3. Listen again – students answer the questions as they listen
4. Give extra 10 minutes to consolidate answers

Lesson #3: [easy]
1. Give out questions - students have 5-10 minutes to look at questions
2. Students listen and answer questions
4. Students listen again – check answers and answer questions missed
5. 5-10 minutes to tidy answers


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The jobs we’ll lose to machines- and the ones we won’t:
Anthony Goldbloom [Feb 2016 – 4:35]

1. Introduction - What is the point of the introduction?

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2. Key terms – what do these dates, ratios and terms connect to?

2013 i.
1:2 ii.
Machine learning iii.
Kaggle iv.
90s v.
2012 vi.
2015 vii.
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3. Summary gap fill

So a teacher might read i) ___________ essays over a ii) __________-year career. An
ophthalmologist might see iii) ______________ eyes. A machine can read millions of
essays and millions of eyes within iv) m________________. We have no chance of v)
c________________ against machines in high volume tasks

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4. Short answers

i. What have machines made little progress in?

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ii. What can't they handle?

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iii. What are the limitations of machine learning? What does it need to succeed?

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iv. What do humans have the ability to do?

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5. True / False / Not Given (T/F/NG) – the Example given about Percy Spencer

i. Percy Spencer was a Physician

ii. He was a Radar development specialist

iii. He discovered melted chocolate

iv. Through his understanding of the magnetron he invented the
microwave
v. This example exemplifies that machines can’t make creative
connections
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6. Sentence Gap fill: What is the main question to ask about your future job?

To what extent is that job reducible to f______________, High v__________ tasks and to
what extent does it involve tackling n__________ situations?
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7.Open answer questions:

i) What will accountants and lawyers be needed for in the future?
Accountants
Lawyers
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ii) What are the 3 key areas that human will be responsible for in business strategy?
1
2
3
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Overall Score: _____ / 30
The jobs we’ll lose to machines- and the ones we won’t:
Anthony Goldbloom [Feb 2016 – 4:35]

1. Introduction - What is the point of the introduction?

The future is changing (Yahli is nine months old, her parents are lawyers and doctor- when she their
age the world will be very different)
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2. Key terms – what do these dates, ratios and terms connect to?

2013 i. Oxford university study on the future of work
1:2 ii. Jobs have a high risk of being automated
Machine learning iii. Machines learn from data and mimic things humans do
Kaggle iv. his machine learning company / experts of industry & academia.
90s v. Simple tasks - assessing credit risks / reading zip codes
2012 vi. Algorithm to grade high school essays
2015 vii. Take images ,diagnose eye disease called diabetic retinopathy
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3. Summary gap fill

So a teacher might read 10,000 essays over a 40-year career. An ophthalmologist might
see 50,000 eyes. A machine can read millions of essays and millions of eyes within
minutes. We have no chance of competing against machines in high volume tasks

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4. Short answers

i. What have machines made little progress in?
Novel situations
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ii. What can't they handle?
They can't handle things they haven't seen before
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iii. What are the limitations of machine learning? What does it need to succeed?
It needs large volumes of past data
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iv. What do humans have the ability to do?
Connect seemingly disparate threads to solve problems we've never seen before
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5. True / False / Not Given – the Example given about Percy Spencer

i. Percy Spencer was a Physician? A physicist F

ii. He was a Radar development specialist NG

iii. He discovered melted chocolate [Chocolate bar melted next to Radar] F

iv. Through his understanding of the magnetron he invented the T
microwave
v. This example exemplifies that machines can’t make creative T
connections
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6. Sentence Gap fill: What is the main question to ask about your future job?

To what extent is that job … reducible to frequent, high volume tasks and to what extent
does it involve tackling novel situations?
___ /3
7. Open answer questions

i) What will accountants and lawyers be needed for in the future?
Accountants Complex tax structuring
Lawyers Pathbreaking litigation
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ii) What are the 3 key areas that human will be responsible for in business strategy?
1 Finding gaps in markets
2 Things that no one else is doing
3 Creating marketing campaigns
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Overall Score: _____ / 30

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