Hello today we're going to be talking to
the people of London and asking them about
their new year's eve plans what they're
doing
why they like New Year's and why it's so
important to people and whether they
have any new year's resolutions
alright I'm here with anthony and what's
this guy's name
I'll let him tell you. Oh, nope, shy. Ah he's shy.
ok maybe later yeah, he mugged me off
I know. Rude, English
So the first question for new year
how are you celebrating it for this
year i am actually going abroad
I'm going to Austria to have a look at
what they do over there
yeah, go to Austria but then I think
we're taking a trip to Italy as well so
i'm gonna get a really nice cultural
awareness yeah exactly a bit of an awareness but
normally in England I'd go to
my parents sort of chill out with my parents
Okay, eat way too much food
yeah drink too much and then fall asleep
watching Jools Holland so the alcohol
consumption is it quite high for
you and your parents or just you? Umm same for
everyone really the house yeah yeah is
special like whenever works so hard you
know across the year and then Christmas
and he is the time to really let loose
A: and drink as much as you want. C: Let loose or let it all go
Let it all go, exactly.
and then have an argument probably yeah so er
it ends like that often doesn't it, yeah!
I'm here with my new friends Sky
and Alicia with friends right? Okay thanks
i want to ask your question about new
years, umm do you guys have any new
year's resolutions this year to be more
positive i would say yeah. To be more positive? Yeah
and stressed less
and yeah that's probably it. I'd like to do all the things that I
didn't do this year. Okay and what things didn't
you do this year that you'd like to do
just putting things aside just getting
just be more productive. Are you the kind of guy that
puts things off a bit
yeah yeah, yeah a lot. Same as me
actually that's kind of my resolution
like sincerely I think I put shit off too much in
my life
yeah and what do you think could reduce
stress this year? Umm I dunno just like seeing the
bigger picture umm and I guess
like planning ahead more I don't umm yeah, I dunno.
Nice, it's quite a personal question really!
Do you think New Year's Eve is
overrated?
I do yeah yeah I do I mean I haven't had
a lot of variety in my new year's eve
experience but I mean even like we've
been living in London and wanting to go
see the fireworks and things like that
that would be like the idea of it is
amazing
yeah and when you get me like there's
hundreds and hundreds of thousands of
people millions of people here and they just can't get
home cos the tubes down you know is that kindof thing, yeah, but umm
and you're you're trapped like sardines
I know it's not what you need but i think
yeah i mean i think it is kind of
overrated again I think it depends on
who you spend it with really.
very true, it's all about the company
absolutely absolutely
yeah so who you spend it with and just
don't get too drunk. That is, that would be my
advice anyway. i like it.
Err, Louise
do you have any new year's resolutions err
for this year? i do have a new year's
resolution if I don't complete my last
one will be to do the splits
I'm about an inch away so hopefully can
you explain to our foreign learners what
the split are?
Cameraman Charlie - "Or better yet, show us?"
not on this floor without
warming up that would be dangerous but
it's splitting one leg forward and one leg
back
it's a gymnastics move yeah that's the
one. Are you into gymnastics? Umm I'm a trampoline coach.
if that counts
a little, I'm not very good I can only do a
little bit but dancer mostly
Nice, and err last year you said you have
accomplished your new year's resolution
what was it? Err well that was it, to do the splits.
Oh, so I've only got a week or so
to try and get that last bit
Just that one inch
and if you don't manage, if you do manage to do that
next year do you have any other resolutions?
Ooh errmm probably to do split leaps in the air
better next
so that's jumping in the air with your
legs split
Can you remember your worst
New Year's Eve experience?
Ahh, yes I can i was at a drama school and
had a massive argument with my other
half at the time and then all of our
friends around it just wasn't pretty
yea, no one had a good time. it just kind of ruined the evening
I think I'm not... maybe
I was drunk, dunno but no I remember that one
being, was it me that had an argument?
I don't know. I dunno if it was me or not
Well someone ruined it. Someone had an argument and it ruined it.
but err it was all very
dramatic we we're at drama school and drinking
too much...I keep talking about alcohol.
that's bad isn't it.
just keep talking about alcohol... the Brits are alcoholics.
I know, it's yea..Would you say we are
compared to other nations? Not the Irish
maybe not. No not the Irish. I'd say
yeah I mean on average i think we like a
drink more than anyone else
yeah yeah but I think it's like a steady
flow of drink we don't always get
hammered all the time
err well saying that...just contradicting myself at
the weekend it's fine it's fine
yeah yeah compared to dry countries we're
probably a little bit more?
Probably. I don't know, yeah, your right yeah
Last year what were your resolutions
and did you accomplish them?
I can't remember
I think they're basically the same but
yeah probably not
I probably accomplished them for about the first week
and that's probably about it.
I didn't have any
I never have any. If you hadn't have asked me I
wouldn't have even thought of it, you know?
Try and improve every year but
That's cool
I'm glad I asked, maybe I'll make a difference
Any new year's resolutions?
That's a good one
Err I'm gunna work harder definitely gunna work harder
a lot more editing yeah a lot more editing
a lot more everything bits and
bobs just yea kind of really
concentrate this year and make 2017
really successful because i did that
last, well I kind of thought, ooh 2016's gunna be my
year to really go for it okay and
nothing happened umm but that's probably due
to my over... I was kind of
overestimating myself maybe. Pipe dreams are good
Yeah exactly i know i've learned from it yeah
i can move up but umm
yeah I really wanna work hard and I think for everyone
2017, err 2016's not been a great year
just with like all the stuff that's been going
on in the media and the amount of people
that passed away. Famous people that passed away
I don't know why but that hit a lot of people
quite hard for some reason umm and obviously war isn't great.
As well, that's not great but yeah 2017
work harder, concentrate more
try my best to spend a bit more time with family, you know.
A bigger and better 2017 at work
100%
Okay, my other question is what do you typically do on New Year's?
Catch up with friends generally.
Usually there's a
big group of us umm we all get together
every year, so I shall probably do that, not
sure where yet but yeah that's the general gist of it.
What are your plans for this year for new years?
Are we going to a party, right?
yeah, a friends party
what happens at these parties?
cos in other countries you know sometimes New Years isn't a big
thing, sometimes it's at different times of the
year what how did the British celebrate New Years?
Umm basically just drinking and talking and the countdown to fireworks.
Just a good chance to see old friends, make new friends.
It's pretty casual isn't it I mean people make quite a
big deal of it in terms of drinking
Yeah, that's about it.
Stay up till midnight, yeah?
later obviously
Nice, is there any traditions after midnight like
in Spain every every chime of the clock. Ding!
They put a grape in their mouth.
Do you do anything like that?
Nah, we've not heard of anything like that really.
One other question
Okay
What's the kind of, what's the past New Years you've ever had?
Oh gosh, umm I had a good one in America
watched the ball drop in New York in
America on TV and had friends doing
silly games again in lots of different
rooms have silly games in and beer pong
learnt how to do that
What about you? Oh, you know I haven't even
thought about it I write all these
questions but I didn't even asked
I haven't even thought of the answer... for myself umm I
probably want to get them a little bit
more balance between travel and work
nice because I'm one focusing a lot on
work and at the moment i'm living in
germany and I should be traveling europe
but at the moment I'm focusing all on my work and
forgetting to travel, right, enough.
So that would be good. Yeah absolutely yeah,
So here's to a bigger and better, traveling world wide, new year!
Absolutely!
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