New Year Business Trends

Match the words with the definitions

• Competitive Edge

• An economy based on flexible jobs or freelance work

• Chatbots

• An advantage that helps outperform competitors

• Consumer Behavior

• Systems that combine different approaches or methods

• Gig Economy

• AI tools that simulate conversation to assist users

• Hybrid Models

• The study of how people make purchasing decisions

What is a "Buzzword"?

• words used for a group of people specially at work

• a system for naming things

• a popular word or phrase that everyone is using

• a very informal word or p´hrase used by a particular group of people

Put the expressions in the correct box

Groups:

(a) Giving opinion

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(b) Agreeing

,

(c) Disagreeing

,

(d) Partly agreeing

• I don't feel the same

• Personally speaking...

• I'd be inclined to disagree

• I see where you're coming from

• As far as I'm concerned...

• To my mind...

• No doubt about it

• I see your point but

• I kind of agree with you

• I'd go along with that

• That's not they way I see it.

• I agree with you to an extent, however...

• Well, I reckon...

Say whether you agree or disagree with the statement below. Use the expressions from the picture.

In 2025, people will no longer work at the office, most people will work remotely.

True or False?

In Spain, people eat 12 grapes, one at each stroke of midnight, to symbolize each

month of the year

• True

• False

True or False?

In the King's Cake tradition, whoever finds the gold coin or baby Jesus inside the

cake is the king or queen for the day and must host the next New Year's Eve party

• True

• False

True or False?

The tradition of King's Cake is only celebrated in Greece

• True

• False

True or False?

In Japan, it's important to cut soba noodles to make them shorter for the New Year’s

celebration

• True

• False

True or False?

Slurping soba noodles on New Year's Eve is considered bad manners in Japan

• True

• False

True or False?

In Ecuador, people take their suitcases for a walk to ask the travel gods for

permission to travel in the coming year.

• True

• False