Listening 3 Chapter 4 Jobs and Professions Lecture

Listening 3 Chapter 4 Jobs and Professions Lecture Changing US Job Market

Study part 2 and do the exercises. Listen to track ……… CD …. to complete the notes on page 63 -64. Then check your answer according the following outline notes.

EX 4 – 5 ( page 63 -64) The Changing US Job Market Part 1 I. 2 questions the lec. will answer A what are the best jobs going to be ? B how can I prepare myself to get those good jobs?

II. History: Last 100 yrs. change in US labor market from manufacturing economy to a service economy A Definitions 1 In manufacturing economy, people make things. Eg. Cars, furniture, clothes 2 In service economy, people do things. Eg. Cut hair, fix shoes, sell computers

III. Reasons for reduction in manuf. Jobs A Technology, manufacturing goods by machines, not by human being B Foreign competition, manufacturing done outside US where labor costs are cheaper 1 statistics: about 2. 5 million manufacturing jobs have disappeared since 2001 2 that trend definitely going to continue farther into 21 st century

IV. Service jobs , trend is opposite A stat. grow by 20 million in next ten years

Part 2 v. Fastest growing service jobs A Field of care health 1 eg medical assistants …. 2 Reasons: - People are living longer - Medical development , People with serious illnesses live longer and they need special care and medical help

B field of computers 1 eg database administrator …. 2 stat. 30% grow in next 10 years C Personal care services 1 eg. Caterers …… 2 reasons: women work outside IV Education requirement for good jobs: college education and get degree.

New words 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Manufacturing Service Trend Economy Automation Competition Labor cost Categories 9 Health care 10 salary 11 Bottom line

How to improve speaking English fluently and naturally As you have finished practicing note taking, open page 275 -276. Look at part 2, listen and repeat sentence by sentence after the speaker. You should imitate the speaker’s pronunciation (sounds, stress, rhythm and intonation) as much possible while he is reading. Your reading should be done several times until you feel confident with your performance. It is advisable that you could speak after the speaker without looking at the text as quick as you can.