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Dialogue:

flexible employment

dialogue 1

Jingjing: Nice afternoon, _______, Mark?

Mark: It couldn't ______.　Say, what's that ______?

Jingjing: It's the last of ______I bought this morning.　One morning a week I go to a _____ to feed ______.　A guy there who owns a warehouse and lives there ____ this bread____.

Mark: That sounds like ______ for him.

Jingjing: I'll tell you more about him _______.　Right now, I'm_______ information about_______ and am interested _______ you about it.

Mark: Is that like _______, or ____ with an office job?

Jingjing: Not really.　It's something ____, where people are_______, and _____ for each ____ or task they ____.

Mark: Oh, I see.　We called that________before factories ______.　Lately, I've been hearing about that on American ____ as the_________.

Jingjing: It might be that_______.

Mark: So, what kinds of work are_____?

Jingjing: ________, _______ services, food delivery and ______—those kinds of work get _____ the most.

Mark: Most of those people have_______; but it must be ________.

Jingjing: Did you have trouble___________ after the Spring Festival this year?

Mark: Yeah, how ______?

Jingjing: Almost _______ had their deliveries________, because services had been _____ during the ______ and _______the Olympics.

Mark: Hmm, I guess the ________were because workers ______didn't_______ Beijing to ______ their jobs.

Jingjing: That's probably it.　So, you see____ that kind of work is _______.

Mark: Let me_______, to see if I can ________.　_______ teaching?　Consulting?

Jingjing: Those could be, but not so much _______ a _________.

Mark: What about the guy who_________ he owns?

Jingjing: Nope.　That's just his ________.

Mark: ______?

Jingjing: ________.　Are you joking?

Mark: Yeah, I was.　I think ______.　Next time, tell me, ______ about flexible employment?

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Mark, are you________ flexible employment is ________?

Mark: Yeah, I can't_______ see how it's anything new, besides a few new _____ like ______.

Jingjing: Then let me tell you.　Currently, _______people in China are_______.

Mark: That's a huge _______, almost________.　For those people, is it their_________?

Jingjing: I didn't________, but think _______ they______.

Mark: Are those_________, like college graduates?

Jingjing: That's where________.　During the past 2 years, _____of college _____ have chosen _____.

Mark: I wonder if they________.

Jingjing: Some do.　But it's _______—so it's _______.　Besides, _____ can ___a person toward_________they might not have considered.

Mark: I remember that from _______ about_______, who could probably work anywhere now as______.

Jingjing: On the topic of_________, there are now 1.6 million jobs ______.　Over the past year, we've seen______.

Mark: Well, that is huge, and _______.

Jingjing: Here's ________: more than _______ of companies use flexible employment.

Mark: I guess, then, the question is ________ so many people have ________.

Jingjing: That's what _______ looks into.　It's____ Digital Economy Development.

Mark: I bet it _______ a great deal of foresight.

Jingjing: We can hope so.　For any_______of the economy growing________, there ought to be a plan.

Mark: Well, thanks_______ for all the information, Jingjing.　That's really _________.

new words and phrases

piecework:

gig economy:

ride-hailing:

setup:

primary source of income:

it's safe to say that:

the meat of the issue: