Free exchange-revising their views on robots and jobs

Related words:

1. joblessness = unemployment 失業(yè)率
2. bounce back 反彈
3. whether robots help or harm workers
4. warning people of a jobless future
5. automation 自動(dòng)化 bursts/ accelerate/ reinforce automation
6. vacancy 空缺
7. low-skilled workers
8. occupation = jobs
9. be vulnerable to replacement by robots.
10. firm survival
11. drive competitors out of business 導(dǎo)致別的企業(yè)破產(chǎn)

Vocabulary:

1. revise v&n 改變，修正
2. surpass = outstrip = exceed 超過(guò)，超越
3. soar = proliferate
4. come to pass = happen 發(fā)生
5. marginally（更多搭配比較級(jí)使用） = slightly 略微，稍微
6. It may even have drawn level. 差不多降到了相同的水平 draw 提出，level 水平的，平等的
7. have a hold on 對(duì)什么產(chǎn)生影響
8. received wisdom 習(xí)以為常的說(shuō)法
9. in thee middle of 忙于什么，或者出于什么的的狀態(tài)
10. all time highs = unprecedented high
11. put forward an idea/ opinion/ plan 提出
12. back up 支持
13. untangle 解開(kāi)
14. causality 因果關(guān)系
15. forthcoming = around the corner 即將到來(lái)

Nice sentence:

1. Covid-19 may accelerate the automation of jobs. Part of the logic is that since robots don't fall ill, bosses would turn to them instead of to people-as seemed to have happened in some previous pandemics.
2. (機(jī)器人增加就業(yè)率）The direct effect of automation may be to increase employment at the firm level, not to reduce it. To be specific, automation might help a firm become more profibale and thus exapnd, leading to a increase in hring. Technology might also allow firms to move into new areas, or to focus on products and services that are labour-intensive.