Workplace Technology - Unit 3

C2 Proficiency · Listening Matching · Ready for C2 Proficiency Student's Book, Macmillan

You will hear five short extracts in which people are talking about their experiences with technology at work. While you listen you must complete both tasks.

to become more sustainable

to increase motivation

to reduce expenses

to facilitate collaboration

to improve communication

to compensate for human limitations

to stay ahead of the curve

to speed up an existing process

For questions 1–5, choose from the list (A–H) what reason each speaker gives for the adoption of new technology.

resigned to using it

discouraged by its shortcomings

surprised by how well it works in practice

sceptical of its supposed benefits

concerned about a growing overreliance on it

optimistic about its future potential

impressed by its widespread acceptance

worried about its inevitable misuse

For questions 6–10, choose from the list (A–H) how each speaker feels now about the technology.

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