Shadowing Practice: AI & Future Jobs: Skills You NEED Now! - Learn English Speaking with Video

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When I think about how it affects democracy.

and the ability to make deep fakes and how it can manipulate people and their opinions to vote one way or another, I have real fear.

Yeah, right?

When it comes to productivity and the reshaping of business, you know, technologists and people who were part of the Internet revolution, they love to say, you know,

20 years ago, 80 % of the jobs we have now didn't exist.

They love to say that.

But when you ask them now, I think-- I think the...

They seem to think that I think it's the same, which is all those people are going to lose those jobs in white color, you know, white color jobs and knowledge workers.

they're not going to not work there's going to be new jobs.

The IRS digitized a whole bunch of years ago.

They got rid of all the accountants and they put in all the computers.

Do you know how much money the IRS saved when it completely changed the way it looked?

The answer is zero.

Yes, they got rid of all the accountants, the need to hire all the IT people.

So the workforce looks different.

but it didn't get smaller.

And so I think the same thing.

What it's gonna work, we already know the massive, incredible amounts of energy that it takes for AI to work.

data centers that use up massive amounts of electricity like we've never seen in our lives.

Nuclear has to be a thing.

There isn't enough coal or oil or solar or wind to power these things.

It just doesn't exist.

So nuclear has to be a thing.

So go be a nuclear engineer.

Go, you want to get an advanced degree?

I don't need you to be a coder.

You know, coding was a thing for, go be a nuke.

Because by the way, you've got to be just as smart to be a nuke as you have to be a...

So you're going to start to see that.

You know, you're going to see energy work.

I just think the jobs will change.

I don't think they're going to like, I completely, one thing I do disagree with, you know, it's not like you're going to be a bunch of people walking around bored.

I just think the jobs will change.

If there was a 10 -year -old kid stood here now and the 10 -year -old said to us, said, guys, what do you think I should do? focus on I would say two things.

Um, One is going back to human skills.

Learn how to be a good friend to your friends.

How do I learn that?

You're going to really need that.

How does a tenure learn that or how do you and I learn that?

Both.

A 10 -year -old learns it, that when they go and have a play date at a friend's house, a smart parent takes away all the phones.

I would hate that the 10 -year -old has a phone in the first place, but if they do, take away all the phones.

and make the kids go play.

that when they have a fight, The parents make them say sorry, you know?

go over to your friend's house and knock on the door

and you're going to say sorry for the thing that you did.

Um, we're going to teach kids how to resolve conflict.

We're going to teach kids how to pay compliments.

We're going to teach kids how to take accountability.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “AI & Future Jobs: Skills You NEED Now!”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: jobs, kid, learn, teach, nuclear. This video has 49 sentences and 590 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:48. The speaker talks fast, about 210 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 14 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
nuke verb	/n(j)uk/	To use a nuclear weapon on (a target).
accountant noun	/əˈkaʊn.tənt/	One who renders account; one accountable.
digitize verb	/ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtaɪz/	To represent something (such as an image or sound) as a structured sequence of binary digits.
reshape verb	/ɹiːˈʃeɪ̯p/	To make into a different shape.
technologist noun	/tɛkˈnɑləd͡ʒɪst/	A scientist, engineer, or technician who specializes in a particular technology, or who uses technology in a particular field.
manipulate verb	/məˈnɪp.jʊ.leɪt/	To move, arrange or operate something using the hands
compliment noun	/ˈkɑmpləmənt/	An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.
accountability noun	/əˌkaʊn.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/	The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for…
tenure noun	/ˈtɛn.jʊə/	A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
bore verb	/boɹ/	To inspire boredom in somebody.
workforce noun	/ˈwɝk.foɹs/	All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project.
disagree verb	/dɪsəˈɡɹi/	To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
productivity noun	/ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/	The state of being productive, fertile, or efficient.
resolve verb	/ɹɪˈzɑlv/	To find a solution to (a problem).

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
take away verb	/ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/	To remove something and put it in a different place.
go back to verb		To stem from; to originate in.
use up verb		To consume, deplete, expend, or exhaust.
walk around verb		To walk with no planned destination; to meander.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Go, you want to get an advanced degree?
I don't need you to be a coder.
You know, you're going to see energy work.
How do I learn that?
You're going to really need that.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 19 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, we're, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

Long words — get the stress right: technologist /tɛkˈnɑləd͡ʒɪst/, manipulate /məˈnɪp.jʊ.leɪt/, accountability /əˌkaʊn.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/, productivity /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like nuke, accountant, digitize.

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