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介绍： 周二三四下午2点视频直播：【一直播】英语PK台

微信公众号：【英语PK台】推送直播全文本

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在读一篇关于20年经济趋势预测分析的文章，文章虽写于新冠疫情前，多数预测接近准确。未来实体零售业有望实现成本降低的人工智能革命；零工经济即将兴起，高效便捷弹性的用工方式将促进人力职业就业增长；专业服务更加专业化，商业智慧更广泛服务于大众。【地道美语】一起来聊2020 Business Trends

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dialogue 1

Jingjing: Good afternoon, Mark. Give me a ---------- this article.

Mark: Sure, I'll wait.

Jingjing: There. Thanks for --------.

Mark: What was the-----------about? Do you------------- me?

Jingjing: No problem. It was about business--------. Halfway---------it, I realized it was written before --------------.

Mark: Do most of the predictions--------------?

Jingjing: It said ---------- would grow by 14—0-%. The------ has happened, I think. Everything else, ---------, still seems like it's-----------------.

Mark: What else did it-------------?

Jingjing: Well, it says------------------------------------------------

Mark: We wouldn't--------- an article to know that. ------------------have been having a hard time for more than-------------------.

Jingjing: Right, but here's-------: one, the-------will grow more as --------- face ----------- competition; and, two, big ---------- will get cheap enough for traditional ------------ to use.

Mark: That-------- one is interesting. It reminds me of Minority Report. Did you see that----------?

Jingjing: I------- remember it. Anyway, what works for ---------- can be used by ----------- and department stores.

Mark: That'd be interesting to see. For now, we just have robots here and there—and they ------------y much.

Jingjing: I know, right. One just told me to -------------, after I walked into a ------------ the other day.

Mark: That's pretty good already. Well, we'll look forward to an --------------in shopping malls and big stores.

Jingjing: ----------------------------



dialogue 2

Jingjing: Mark, would you like to hear more about--------------- for 2020?

Mark: Sure, but tell me one of the------------- ones. I've been hearing too much about------------------ already.

Jingjing: What about the ------------economy?

Mark: Hmm, ----------------.

Jingjing: I'll try The article said there'd be---------- to take care of ---------and in --------------.

Mark: Wow. So, we talked about computers -----------, and now can expect job growth where only ------------------------?

Jingjing: Yes. These--------------to be managed by big companies, and more likely to be searchable on------------------------------------------------------

Mark: Wow, it's hard for me to imagine ------- kid in a -------- like I would --------------- an Airbnb. But, I guess it ------: if I could read lots of-------- and search based on------- that were important to me, I could find a place in a -------------, in a few minutes.

Jingjing: That's it. And--------- services, like--------and legal council, could ----------------job sites like these.

Mark: You mean people would visit a website--------------------?

Jingjing: For some ---------services, yes. But, mainly, the trend is for -----------to specialize more----------and have their ------------- online for more people to see.

Mark: That'd be pretty----------. It sounds like professionals will get a lot more ---------- about how to --------------to their fields.

Jingjing: That's a good way of -----------------.

Mark: Thanks for-------------- what you've read, Jingjing.

Jingjing: ---------------------------. Talk with you next time.

new words and phrases



from dialogue 1

hold: (verb）

consumer spending:

in the cards:

brick and mortar retailers:

hold down:





from dialogue 2

big data:

business acumen:

a lavish meal: