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There's a comedian, a Vietnamese comedian
named Dat Phan. There he is, Dat Phan!
Hi, everybody! Welcome back to Top Words!
My name is Alisha, and today we're gonna
be talking about 10 phrases that are
related to New Year's resolution. So a
new year's resolution, resolution is a
special word for goal, the goals that we
set for the new year, what we want to
achieve in one year. So if you set some
goals for yourself in January, maybe you
can think about how you're progressing
towards those goals now, as you watch
this video. So let's start!
Drink less
The first resolution is drink less.
So maybe especially during the holiday
season, maybe you drink a lot of wine, you
drink a lot of beer, you go to a lot of
parties with your friends, maybe one of
your resolutions is to drink less.
In a sentence,
one of my new year's resolutions is to drink less.
Eat healthy
is probably a resolution for many people, in
connection with some related goals, and
you gain a lot of weight, or maybe your
body doesn't feel so good, so you decide
I want to eat healthy this year.
Exercise regularly, The next one is
exercised regularly. Exercise regularly
is a huge one for many people as a new
year's resolution. Exercise regularly,
again, especially following the holidays,
eating a lot, drinking a lot, maybe going
to a lot of parties, you gain some weight
and you want to exercise. This is
especially good in winter months if you
live in a place where it's cold and dark
in January and February, it can be a way to
help you feel energetic and to keep up
your energy levels throughout the winter
months. So in a sentence, I really want to
exercise regularly this year.
Learn something new
so whether it's a
language, like, English, maybe you decided
to practice English this year, or it's a
new hobby, like cooking, or dance, or
swimming, or sports, whatever, photography,
I don't know, you want to learn something
new. If it were me, I would probably
specifically say I'm going to learn (bla),
I'm going to learn (hobby) this year, or
maybe I would say I'm going to start
taking lessons in this hobby this year,
that would be a way to kind of motivate
myself to
do that. I've been thinking about taking
calligraphy lessons, yeah, because my
handwritten Kanji is very bad.
Lose weight
ok, the next one, this is probably the
biggest, most popular, most common new
year's resolution, it is lose weight. Lose
weight, wanting to be a thinner, slimmer,
trimmer, sexier version of yourself. Part
of losing weight is eating healthy,
exercising regularly, drinking less, and
so on. So in a sentence, this year one of
my resolutions is to lose weight.
Quit smoking. This is a very clear goal
that many people have, I think. Quit
smoking many people would like to stop a
bad habit or to stop a vice, so they
decide to, they want to quit smoking in
that year. My brother says he's going to
quit smoking this year. It's one of his new
year's resolutions. My brother doesn't smoke.
Read more. The next resolution is to read
more.
I don't know, I suppose this could be
different from person to person, it could
mean reading the news more, it could mean
reading more books, it could mean
studying more, perhaps? But in general
just getting new knowledge, more often. So
in a sentence, this year one of my
resolutions is to read more.
Save money. Everybody probably tries to
do this as much as possible, it can be
difficult, but save money. So, for you know
for your travels, for self-improvement,
for whatever it is that you'd like to
save money for. A common resolution is to
save money. So this year, let's see, one of
my resolutions is to save money so that
I can travel this summer. Spend more time
with family the next resolution is to
spend more time with family. It can be
easy to move away from your family and
not talk to them very much,
maybe you lose touch over time, but one
common resolution is to spend more time
with family, so maybe this means calling
your family more, meeting your family
more, having a family reunion,
there are a lot of different ways that
you can find time. So in a sentence,
this year I'm going to spend more time
with my family, it's so important.
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next resolution is to study English at
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you're continuing your English Studies, I
suppose that's why you're watching this
video, and watching this channel. But a
common resolution and is to study
something more, so maybe for you studying
English or studying another language is
a resolution, is a goal for you, for the
new year.
Give yourself some time to review the
material too. So those are a few common
new year's resolutions, I hope that you
have some new year's resolutions and
that you're working towards your new
year's resolutions. If you have a
resolution you would like to share,
please leave it in a comment, and we can
compare. Thanks very much for watching
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