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Bank tellers are out and robotics engineers are in, according to a new report that says the coronavirus recession is accelerating technological changes that could displace 85 million jobs within the next five years.
銀行出納員和機械工程師都難逃自動化趨勢，根據一份新的報導指出，新冠疫情帶來的經濟衰退將加速科技革新，而這將使接下來的五年內有8500萬的工作被科技所取代。
"Automation, in tandem with the Covid-19 recession, is creating a 'double disruption' scenario for workers," said the report published Wednesday by the World Economic Forum, which warns that inequality is likely to increase unless displaced workers can be retrained to enter new professions.
世界經濟論壇於週三發布的報告表示︰「自動化趨勢和新冠疫情帶來的經濟衰退，兩者一搭一唱，使就業市場面臨『雙重衝擊』的局面」。
More than two-fifths of large companies surveyed by the WEF plan to reduce their workforces due to the integration of technology.
根據世界經濟論壇的調查，近期超過五分之二的大型企業因投入科技整合計畫而裁員。
"For the first time in recent years, job creation is starting to lag behind job destruction — and this factor is poised to affect disadvantaged workers with particular ferocity," the WEF said in its report.
報告亦指出︰「這是近年來首次就業機會成長速度比失業增長緩慢，這勢必影響惡劣環境下的弱勢工作者。」
"As unemployment figures rise, it is of increasing urgency to expand social protection including support for retraining to displaced and at-risk workers as they navigate the paths... towards the 'jobs of tomorrow,'" the WEF report said.
報告還提到︰「隨著失業率的上升，放寬社會保障的需要愈來愈迫切，其中也包括了對流離失所的民眾以及高危險工作者進行技能再培訓，讓他們能朝著『明日的工作』前進。」
The pandemic risks deepening existing inequalities because industries that have been hardest hit, including travel and tourism, hospitality and retail, tend to have younger, and lower-wage workers who are disproportionately female.
而新冠疫情也將強化現有的性別不平等現象，因為在疫情之下受創最深的行業，包括旅遊業、酒店、和零售業等，這些領域的工作者往往是年輕且低薪的女性。
The World Bank has warned that the pandemic could increase income inequality and push up to 115 million people into extreme poverty this year.
他們更警告在這波趨勢下，收入不均的問題可能更嚴重，並使得高達1.15億人在今年陷入極端貧困。
accelerate (V.)加速
scenario (N.)局面
recession (N.)經濟衰退
integration (N.)整合
displaced (形)流離失所的
inequality (N.)不平等
新聞出處︰CNN 10/20新聞(節選)
新聞原文︰https://reurl.cc/VX2a56
圖片出處︰Freepik
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