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48 Work, work, work 04 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE EXTRAS Provide the missing forms of the verbs and adjectives, using a dictionary if necessary. Note the different suffixes that can be used to make nouns, verbs or adjectives. If there is more than one form of a verb or adjective, find out how they differ in meaning. LanguagE FOcuS 5 Related words Noun Verb(s) Adjective(s) revolution employment production tolerance improvement economy revolve; revolutionise revolving; revolutionary What do you think your future job will be like? How might it be different from your parents’ jobs? Terry Lessing, who works for the think tank ‘TFW’, was interviewed during a conference on the future of work. Listen to the interview. While listening, complete the sentences using a maximum of four words. 1 Future job markets will require more flexibility, more collaboration, and they will be more . 2 Knowledge work is neither tied to a particular . 3 Not even geriatric nurses or sales staff will be able to count on . 4 Handy used the shamrock as a symbol for the future distribution of work because . 5 ‘The socially excluded’ was created as a euphemism for people who cannot afford a . 6 New skills like creativity and entrepreneurial spirit will in schools. 7 Humans will always be machines in professions involving interaction work. Match the expressions from the interview with their definition. LISTEnIng 6 7 TCD  1/10 LanguagE FOcuS 8 Work 1 McJobs 2 shamrock model 3 knowledge workers 4 freelancers 5 core jobs 6 portfolio workers 7 interaction work 8 temporary workers 9 unskilled workers a self-employed, usually highly educated professionals and specialists b jobs that must be done face-to-face and require people skills c common expression for badly paid, low-prestige jobs that require few or no skills and offer little chance of advancement d jobs with long-term contracts and the usual social benefits e model of the future developed by Charles Handy dividing workers into core workers, contractual workers and the contractual fringe f workers who lack technical training or special skills g people whose work involves using cognitive skills rather than physical strength h employees who are expected to remain in a position for a certain period of time only, also called contractual or seasonal staff (or temps) i highly skilled professionals or technicians who work for several different companies or organisations at the same time Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv