Should we be worried about our jobs disappearing? Or is the future positive? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.

❓❓❓ After Covid, many British companies gave the idea a go, but out of the sixty companies taking part in a fourday working week trial in 2023, how many said they planned to continue with a shorter work week?
a) 52%?
b) 72%? or,
c) 92%?

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Vocabulary:
✔take (something) with a pinch of salt not completely believe something you are told because you think it’s unlikely to be true
✔track record the achievements or failures of someone’s past performance
✔come to pass (old fashioned) take place, happen
✔dystopian person who imagines or foresees a dystopian future where there is great suffering and injustice in society
✔get rid of to remove something that you do not want any longer
crop up appear or happen unexpectedly

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