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4. In your notebook, match the experts’ names to what those people think. 
a. Vikas Pota
b. Satya Nadella
c. Mara Swan
d. Erik Brynjolfsson
5. The words below are from the text. In your notebook, match them to their 
meanings in Portuguese. a. III; b. V; c. II; d. I; e. IV 
a. replace (l. 7)
b. trait (l. 9)
c. sign (l. 28)
d. loss (l. 29)
e. instead of (l. 29)
6. The words misconception (l. 24) and unemployment (l. 29) are formed with 
prefixes. Considering that the prefix mis- means wrong and the prefix un- 
means no, what is the meaning of those words in Portuguese? Write the 
answers in your notebook. 
7. The following statements are not true, according to the text. Read the text 
again and find an excerpt that contradicts each statement. Use your notebook.
a. Robots will replace people in all kinds of jobs. 
b. Everybody will need to study computer science. 
c. Men will have more well-paid jobs than women. 
d. Technology is going to take our jobs and we can’t do anything about it. 
e. A great number of people will lose their jobs because of technology. 
After You Read
8. Discuss in small groups. 
a. Do you agree with all the experts’ predictions about jobs in the future? 
Do you think their predictions will come true in every part of the world? 
Why (not)?
b. Some human character traits mentioned in the text are empathy, a positive 
attitude and resilience. Why do you think they are important? Do you think 
you have those characteristics? Why (not)?
c. What kind of job would you like to have? Does it involve technology? What 
abilities does it involve? 
5. Lembre aos estudantes de 
usar a estratégia de inferência 
do significado de palavras des-
conhecidas por meio do contex-
to. Peça que voltem ao texto e 
releiam as frases onde estão as 
palavras, para tentar inferir seus 
significados.
Misconception: conceito ou ideia errada; equívoco; Unemployment: desemprego
a. “The jobs that even artificial intelligence can’t replace will be those that require strong human character traits [...].”
“It doesn’t mean everyone has to be a computer scientist.” c. “[...] one where women have equal access, representation 
and skills to capture the opportunities in industries and jobs 
that are growing and well-paid.”
“[...] there is no sign of technology causing large scale unemployment.”
Respostas pessoais
a. III; b. IV; c. II; d. I
 I. New technologies will create 
new types of jobs.
 II. Men and women will have 
equal access to jobs.
 III. Human characteristics will be 
important for some future jobs.
 IV. All jobs will involve a digital part.
 I. perda
 II. sinal, vestígio, marca
 III. substituir, tomar o lugar de
 IV. ao invés de, em vez de
 V. traço, característica
8. Para as perguntas a e b, permita aos estudantes que discutam em português, visto que a dis-
cussão requer conhecimentos linguísticos que podem estar acima do nível deles em inglês. Para 
a pergunta c, incentive-os a discutir em inglês e dê a eles um exemplo: I would like to be a chef. 
It doesn’t involve much technology, but it involves a lot of creativity. Ao final da atividade, peça a 
alguns estudantes que relatem resumidamente ou mencionem algo que foi debatido em seu gru-
po. No Manual do Professor, você encontra mais orientações sobre a condução desta subseção e 
uma sugestão de como envolver um professor da área de Ciências Humanas e Sociais Aplicadas.
“The biggest misconception I’ve heard here at Davos is this idea that technology is going to come for all of our jobs and there’s 
nothing we can do about it.”
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Language Study
Simple Future – Will
1. Read the sentences below from the text on pages 107 and 108. Then 
use your notebook to complete the rules about the Simple Future. 
So what will the future of jobs look like?
The future won’t be a man’s world, it will be a skilled world [...].
a. Choose the correct option. We use will
• to make suggestions about the present or future.
• to talk about predictions or things that we think are certain 
to happen in the future. X
b. Complete the statements with the appropriate word:
• In the Simple Future, we use will before a verb in the 
infi nitive with to / without to. without to
• In negative sentences, we use will not or its contracted 
form won’t / will be before the main verb. won’t
• In interrogative sentences, we use will before / after the 
subject. before
Be Going To
2. Now read some more sentences from the text on pages 107 and 108. 
Then use your notebook to complete the rules about be going to. 
Any kind of job is going to have a digital component.
[...] technology is going to come for all of our jobs and there’s 
nothing we can do about it.
a. Choose the correct option: We use a form of to be (am, are, 
is) + going to + infi nitive when we want to:
• give advice about the future.
• talk about things that are certain to happen in the future 
or talk about future plans. X
b. In negative sentences, we add not after the verb to be. 
Complete the example sentence.
• In fact, technology going to come for our jobs. is not/isn’t
c. In interrogative sentences, we use a form of the verb to 
be (am, are, is) before the subject. Complete the example 
sentence below.
• jobs have a digital component in the future? 
Are; going to
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1. Escreva no quadro as frases 
ao lado e os exemplos com be 
going to (a seguir, em Be Going 
To) e diga que elas são retira-
das do texto estudado na seção 
Reading. Pergunte aos estudan-
tes se as frases estão se referin-
do ao passado, presente ou fu-
turo (a resposta é futuro). Peça 
que identifi quem as formas ver-
bais nas frases e sublinhe-as no 
quadro. Pergunte o que há em 
comum nas formas verbais su-
blinhadas (algumas frases têm 
will, e outras, uma forma de to 
be + going to). Diga que essas 
são duas formas de futuro em 
inglês, que serão estudadas 
nesta Unidade. Em seguida, 
peça que realizem as atividades 
da seção Language Study.
TIP 
Em linguagem informal, 
é muito comum o uso 
do termo gonna no 
lugar de going to. A 
frase Technology is 
going to come for our 
jobs poderia, se usada 
em conversação, em 
uma roda de amigos ou 
em um registro informal, 
ser substituída por 
Technology is gonna 
come for our jobs.
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