New Year's Resolution
新年决心
对话 Dialogue
So, did I tell you about my New Year’s resolution? I’ve decided to go on a diet.
那，我跟你说过我的新年决心了吗？我决定要减肥了。
And you’re going to completely transform your eating habits, right?
而且你要彻底改变你的饮食习惯，对吧？
Exactly! I’m going to cut out all that junk I eat; no more chips, no more soda, no more fried food.
没错！我要戒掉所有那些垃圾食品，不再吃薯片，不再喝汽水，不再吃油炸食品。
I’ve heard this one before.
这话我听过。
But this time I’m going to stick to it. I really mean it! Trust me, Carol, I’m going to be a new man in one year’s time!
但这次我会坚持的。我是认真的！相信我，卡罗尔，一年后我会变成一个全新的人！
Well, I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
嗯，我看我们只能等着瞧了。
Thanks, honey, that was a great meal. I’m stuffed. Do we have any chips left?
谢谢，亲爱的，这顿饭太棒了。我吃饱了。还有薯片剩下吗？
完整节目 Full Program
Hello everyone and welcome to EnglishPod! Happy New Year! My name is Marco.
And I’m Erica.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, Marco!
It’s December thirty-first and we are on New Year’s Eve.
That’s right and since it’s New Year’s Eve, we’re talking about New Year’s resolutions.
Right, in many places it’s very common to make a promise for the New Year.
Yeah.
Something that you will change.
A promise to yourself.
To yourself.
To change something.
And that’s what our dialogue is about today, so, why don’t we take a look at our “vocabulary preview” for this lesson? Voice: Vocabulary preview.
Okay, on vocabulary preview today we only have one word.
Eating habits.
Eating habits.
Eating habits.
So, what are eating habits?
The regular way you eat.
Right.
So, if you eat healthy or if you eat lots of unhealthy food.
Or even maybe what time you eat, right? If you eat everyday at certain time.
Yeah.
Eating habits.
Okay.
So, we’re ready to listen to our dialogue today and it’s gonna be a little bit fast, but don’t worry about it.
We’ll come back and explain all of the key vocabulary after.
So, Marco, do you think this guy will be successful in changing his eating habits?
Hehe. Well, I guess he’ll never change, but this gives us a great opportunity to look at some great vocabulary in this lesson in “language takeaway”. Voice: Language takeaway.
Our first word on language takeaway is junk.
Junk.
Junk.
Junk.
So, junk comes from junk food.
Exactly.
Unhealthy food.
Yeah, fries, chips.
Hamburgers.
Yeah.
All that junk.
All that junk.
Hehe. Okay, our second word for language takeaway – transform.
Transform.
Transform.
Meaning…
To change.
Yep.
Change.
Uhu, so, this guy is going to transform his eating habits.
He’s going to change his eating habits.
Yeah, our third word is…
Stuffed.
Stuffed.
Stuffed.
I’m stuffed.
So, we have some great examples on how we can use staffed and you’ll get the meaning from it. Voice: Example one.
Come on! Have one more piece of cake.
Oh, I can’t. I’m stuffed. Voice: Example two.
Oh, I ate way too much! I’m stuffed!
Okay, I’m stuffed.
The feeling you get if you eat too much food.
Right, I’m full.
Yeah.
Alright, so, these are some great words that you can use talking about food…
And eating habits.
And eating habits. Ah, and now we can listen to our dialogue a second time and this time like always it’s gonna be slow. DIALOGUE, SECOND TIME (slow)
There’s a lot of great language in this dialogue, isn’t there?
Yeah, a lot of great language that we can take a look at with our “fluency builder”. Voice: Fluency builder.
The first phrase we have for you is…
Stick to it.
Stick to it.
Stick to it.
Yes, we’ve got some examples of how this phrase is used, so, let’s listen. Voice: Example one.
Quitting smoking is so hard.
Stick to it! It’s good for you! Voice: Example two.
I can’t solve this math problem!
Stick to it! I’m sure you’ll get it!
So, stick to it, right?
Basically means keep doing it.
Right. Even though English learning can be hard…
You should stick to it.
Stick to it.
Yeah.
Exactly. Okay, let’s look at our second phrase for fluency builder – I mean it.
Mean it.
Mean it. Well, this is a great way of saying…
I’m serious.
I’m serious.
Yeah.
I mean it.
I’m not joking.
I’m not joking.
Uhu.
Right.
Yeah. And our final phrase in fluency builder…
Cut out.
Cut out.
Cut out.
Again, we’ve got some examples of this phrase as native speakers use it, let’s listen. Voice: Example one.
You have to cut out the salt from your diet. No more chips, no more French fries, no more popcorn. Voice: Example two.
It’s time for me to focus on my work. I’m going to cut out everything else from my life!
Okay, so, cut out means…
To remove.
Completely remove.
Take it away.
Take it away.
Yeah.
Okay, some great language, some great phrases in our dialogue today. So, why don’t we listen to it a third time? And we’ll come back in a little bit.
Okay, so, New Year’s resolutions are really common and popular thing in North America.
It’s tradition to make a promise to yourself on New Year’s and stick to it throughout the whole year.
Right, but the funny thing is that very few people actually stick to their New Year’s resolution.
That’s true.
The most common ones are I’m gonna quit smoking.
Yeah.
That never happens.
No.
I’m gonna go on a diet.
Like this guy.
Hehe. I’m gonna quit drinking.
Aha.
That almost never happens either. On New Year’s Eve you’re still drinking.
I mean it’s… it’s a bad time, oh, come on!
Hehe. And another really common one is I’m going to join a gym.
That’s why gym membership sales are so high in January.
Right, everyone joins a gym in January, but by…
Come February…
Yeah, and very few people in a gym.
Yeah, so, Marco, do you have a New Year’s rev… resolution for this year?
Yes, I have a New Year’s resolution and I resolve to continue bringing everyone some great lessons.
Oh, that’s… that’s so good.
And I think I can stick to that one.
Yes, well, I… I do hope that you do stick to that one, Marco.
We will, we will, but today we’re out of time. So, please go to our website and leave all your questions and comments…
At englishpod.com.
And, uh, we’ll see you there, but until then it’s…
Good bye!
Bye!
复习 Review
The EnglishPod audio review.
Listen to the meaning, then say the vocabulary word.
Eating plan to help you lose weight.
Diet Change Transform Remove Eliminate
Cut out.
Eat all ways of behaving.
Eating habits.
Continue doing something.
Stick to.
Remain in a state in which you expect something to happen and see if it does.
Wait and see.
Filled with food, no longer hungry.
Staffed.
Just try that faster.
Change Transform Remove Eliminate
Cut out.
Change Transform Remain in a state in which you expect
something to happen and see if it does.
Wait and see.
usual ways of behaving.
Eating habits Change Transform.
Eating habits.
Remain in a state in which you expect something to happen and see if it does.
Wait and see.
Eating plan to help you lose weight.
Diet Change Transform Remove Eliminate
Cut out.
Filled with food, no longer hungry.
Staffed.
usual ways of behaving.
Eating habits.
Now say the word and hear it in a sentence.
Diet.
I gain ten pounds during the vacation.
I need to go on a diet.
Transform.
I gain ten pounds during the vacation.
I need to go on a diet.
Transform.
Do you still remember Laurie from high school?
She has totally transformed into a new person.
Cut out.
You have to cut out the salt from your diet.
No more chips.
No more french fries.
No more popcorn.
Stick to.
You'd better stick to your promise.
Wait and see.
The test result will come out in two weeks.
We'll have to wait and see.
Stuffed.
I can't eat anything else. I'm stuffed.
Wait and see.
The test result will come out in two weeks.
We'll have to wait and see.
Stuffed.
I can't eat anything else.
I'm stuffed.