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Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Vocabulary
success: éxito
frustration: frustración
worries: preocupaciones
o de abundancia
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The key to happiness
Cheers!
The more and more people are wondering if they are truly happy. What
do you think?
Questions
Question 1. Why are people so unhappy? What do you think are the
Question 2. What's happiness for you? What are the keys to happiness?
Tell me at least 5. Discuss the role of these things in the search for
Question 3. Is being happy the same as being successful? Why? How's the
agree? What is the reason for this? How do you think these aspects are
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Automated workers
Vocabulary
to enable a shorter working week: posibilitar una semana laboral más corta
to affect blue collars and white collars: afectar a los trabajadores obreros y a
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Automated workers
Cheers!
Questions
being replaced by robots? Explain how they work. (Some ideas: hospitals,
Question 3. Are you afraid of technology wiping out millions of jobs? Why?
moral responsibility to help the staff they are replacing to learn new skills?
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Virtual and augmented
reality
Vocabulary
de contratarlo
vida real
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Virtual and augmented
reality
Cheers!
Looks like the future is here! Let's debate some of the applications of VR
and AR :).
Questions
Question 2. Have you ever tried any of these technologies? How did it
feel?
Bonus question. What about smart cities? What can be the role of
*Check this and this out for some ideas and discuss how useful they can be.
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Advertising in films
Vocabulary
to shoehorn [sth] into the drama: meter [algo] con calzador en la película
Cheers!
Questions
Question 1. Do you skip the ads at all costs when watching TV? Why?
Question 2. Commercial breaks don't have the same effect any more,
making it all too obvious? Think of some examples of both. Can that have
a negative effect? Have you ever started hating a brand because of too
much advertising?
Question 4. What about digital insertion*? What are its advantages over
Bonus question. Now brands can also buy storylines (so that a whole
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TED Talks
Vocabulary
a wide range of topics [from... to...]: una amplia variedad de temas [desde...
hasta...]
locales
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TED Talks
Cheers!
Questions
Question 1. Are you a curious soul? What makes you think so? Do you
Question 2. Do you find these videos inspirational? Why? Is there any one
Question 3. If you could become a TED talker, what would your speech be
about? How would you prepare it? Tell me some tips to give the perfect
Question 4. If you could, would you attend a TED conference? How can
you benefit from attending a TED conference? And what about TEDx
events? Are they useful? Would you like one in your city?
Bonus question. Are TED Talks a good way to learn English? Why? Can you
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Afraid of Google?
Vocabulary
vives/trabajas/vas
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Afraid of Google?
Cheers!
Questions
Question 1. How much do you use Google and its apps? Which ones are
Question 2. What kind of things do you think Google knows about you?
Where does Google get all this information from and what does it use it
for?
Question 4. Is there any way to keep Google from knowing where you live
Bonus question. Have you ever felt like Google was reading your mind?
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No need for drivers
Vocabulary
sobre [posición/velocidad/tráfico]
to build a profile about you [that companies can use]: crear un perfil sobre ti
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No need for drivers
Cheers!
Self-driving cars are just about to become a daily reality. Are we ready
yet?
Questions
Question 1. What are the latest features you've seen in a car? Do you find
things like speed control, parking assistance or the automatic pilot useful?
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at risk of collapse because of the digital era: en riesgo de caída por la era digital
to disrupt higher education: cambiar radicalmente la educación superior
to demand a more dynamic form of education: exigir una educación más dinámica
to be more affordable and more accessible than...: ser más económico y más
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Question 1. Do you think traditional universities will exist in 2030? Or will the
Question 2. Convince me why traditional or online universities are better.
(Teachers; play the devil advocate and defend the other position)
Question 3. Do you think companies will consider people who have taken
degree? or do you think it’s not settled yet to be taken into account?
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Career choices
Vocabulary
apprenticeship: formación
internship: prácticas
aptitudes: aptitudes
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Career choices
Cheers!
Choosing a career is never easy, right? Let's see how clear our users are
about this.
Questions
Question 3. How can you pick a career when you are undecided? 5 tips.
· "If you don’t know what you want to do with the rest of your life, you’re not a failure."
· "You don’t have to pursue what you studied, there are a million other things you are
able to do."
· "There can be great beauty and great utility in what at first evokes feelings of fear
· "Give yourself more time. So many college graduates immediately start wanting to
make all their dreams come true at once — this can go wrong in many ways."
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Save 10% of your salary
Vocabulary
interest/saving rate: tipo de interés (lo que recibes por no mover tus ahorros)
que trabajar
to put away 10% of your income as savings: apartar el 10% de tus ingresos
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Save 10% of your salary
Cheers!
If you had to save money to make your dreams come true... how would
you do it?
Questions
Question 1. What do you think about putting 10-15% of your salary away in
order to add it to your retirement account? What else can you do?
Question 2. How come many people end up not having any savings at
How can we convince people they need to save money every month?
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Themed travel
Vocabulary
concreto
to learn all about wine tasting and wine and food pairing: aprenderlo todo
to bring like-minded people together: juntar gente con los mismos intereses
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Themed travel
Cheers!
Is there anything funnier than a themed trip? Have you ever tried? Let's
see!
Questions
Question 1. What do you know about themed travel? Try to define it and
Question 3. Do you like this kind of travel? Have you tried? How was it?
Question 4. Do you have any in mind? Let's build one quickly! Tell me a
place, a theme and everything you need to know to make your tour.
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Marketing ethics
Vocabulary
privacy: privacidad
transparency: transparencia
manipulados
to trick customers into buying: engañar a los clientes para que compren
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Marketing ethics
Cheers!
Questions
minds?
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Meetings
Vocabulary
calendar: calendario
availability: disponibilidad
stakeholders: accionistas
notes/minutes: notas/minutas/actas
to attend: asistir
empleados
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Meetings
Cheers!
Looooong meetings that keep us working extra hours, stealing our free
time. Is that really necessary? Couldn't we just make them shorter and
more productive?
Questions
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