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[English]

- [Interviewer] What's your New Year's resolution?

- For 2019?

- [Interviewer] 2020.

- Oh yeah.

(upbeat music)

- [Interviewer] What's your New Year's resolution?

- Oh, god.

- Oh, I hate resolutions.

- I haven't even thought about that yet.

- My New Year's Reso--

- Lution.

- Oh.

- Ugh.

- Ooo.

- My New Year's resolution is to drink more water.

- Stop spending my money at bars.

- No shots of well tequila.

I just deserve more than well tequila.

- [Interviewer] What's your New Year's resolution?

- I wanna be better organized.

- Way more organized.

- Get my shit together.

- I'm 5'6" and every year my New Year's resolution

is to touch a 10-foot basketball rim.

- I wanna start waking up earlier.

- Go to the gym.

- Work out.

- Get in better shape.

- I wannna lose 10 pounds.

- To lose weight, I say that every year.

- My New Year's resolution is to get thicc with two c's.

- New booty for me, I want a new butt.

- I wanna know what your New Year's resolution is.

- Stop smoking nicotine.

I started off JUULing and then I tried quitting the JUUL

by smoking cigs.

- I want to travel more.

- Like to go to Italy.

- Greece

- Russia.

- Philippines.

- Micronesia.

- I wanna go to the Nordic region.

- I want to be more of a homebody.

- I think I just want to discover, like, my passion.

- I wanna take a dance class.

- I would like to learn, like, salsa.

This is what I can do.

It's horrible.

- Learn the piano.

- Rock climbing.

- Ski.

I've never skied before.

I'm from an island and I'm very scared of it.

- In 2020, I want to get published.

- Submit a short film to a film festival.

- I'm gonna release my first album on Spotify.

- Releasing an album.

- To drop an album.

- To finish an album.

- Make a living doing music.

- It's to perform to a sold-out crowd

of 5,000 people or more.

- [Interviewer] What's your New Year's resolution?

- I don't really ever do New Year's resolutions.

- 'Cause, like, I'm in shape.

People are like, "I wanna read two books,"

and I'm like, "I read books all the time."

- [Interviewer] Tell me all the things

that you don't need to improve.

- (laughs) No, no, no.

I'm not like that.

- I don't believe in New Year's resolutions.

- Its cliched.

- I don't wanna make promises I can't keep.

- Every day is a good day to make a resolution.

Why wait for the New Year?

- [Interviewer] What's your New Years resolution?

- To have a baby.

- [Interviewer] Ooo!

- I think my New Year's resolution

is to spend more time with my kids.

- Be a better father.

- Be nicer to my kids.

- Be a better person.

- To be less irritable.

- People get me crazy.

- To give one genuine compliment to someone every day.

- I just want to be a better bitch than before.

- [Interviewer] What's your New Year's resolution?

- Oh my god!

- For 2020?

- Hopefully put a little bit more spice into my sex life.

- Have more sex.

- Having sex on top of a mountain.

- I want to find love.

- Fall in love.

- I want to be open to love, I guess, again.

- I would like to just be more in tune

with my surroundings and myself.

- [Interviewer] That's very hippy.

- I probably wanna make more money.

- Save more cash.

- Pay my bills on time.

- I want to use more coupons.

- Become assistant manager.

- Have my business really take off.

- To get my pita bread company off the ground, yeah.

- I would love to just own my own place.

- I wanna buy a house.

- I wanna get a variety of turtlenecks in every color.

- [Interviewer] Give me your New Year's resolution.

- I want to, like, decrease my screen time on my phone.

- I just get like too caught up on social medias.

- I'm addicted to it.

- My New Year's resolution is exploring my femininity more.

- I think I want to stop saying "I'm sorry"

for things I can't control.

- Not caring what other people think.

- Not to seek validation from people who don't matter.

- Its okay if you don't want people in your life.

- Find what truly makes me happy

even if it makes other people sad.

- 100% bad bitch energy.

I gotta be focused on myself.

Fuck everyone else, you know.

- [Interviewer] You have any New Year's resolutions?

- I really want to be working on self-compassion.

- Create more space for myself.

- Invest in myself.

- I want to work less.

- Be happier.

- I deserve it.

- Just to still be cute and, like, survive 2020.

- [Interviewer] So what's your New Year's resolutions?

- I don't do dat shit.

What are you gonna do?

For 2 1/2 weeks, "Oh yeah, I'm gettin' my exercise on."

You got a Snickers in your fuckin' mouth, you know.

I'm, it's like, "Shut the fuck up."

I don't need New Year's to tell me what the fuck to do.

- [Interviewer] Bold, bold.

- (blows raspberry) Come on now, y'all know me.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
resolution /ˌrɛzəˈluːʃən/ B1	noun - a firm decision to do or not do something
spending /ˈspɛndɪŋ/ A2	verb - using money to buy something
deserve /dɪˈzɜːrv/ B1	verb - to be worthy of something
organized /ˈɔːrɡənaɪzd/ B1	adjective - arranged in a systematic way
shape /ʃeɪp/ A2	noun - the physical form of something
lose /luːz/ A2	verb - to no longer have something
travel /ˈtrævəl/ A2	verb - to go to a different place
passion /ˈpæʃən/ B1	noun - a strong feeling of enthusiasm
publish /ˈpʌblɪʃ/ B2	verb - to prepare and issue something for public sale
release /rɪˈliːs/ B1	verb - to make something available to the public
perform /pərˈfɔːrm/ B1	verb - to entertain an audience
improve /ɪmˈpruːv/ B1	verb - to make something better
compliment /ˈkɒmplɪmənt/ B1	noun - a polite expression of praise
surroundings /səˈraʊndɪŋz/ B1	noun - the things around someone or something
validation /ˌvælɪˈdeɪʃən/ B2	noun - the recognition of the validity of something
compassion /kəmˈpæʃən/ C1	noun - sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others
addicted /əˈdɪktɪd/ B2	adjective - having a strong and harmful need to regularly have something

Key Grammar Structures

• My New Year's resolution is to drink more water.

  ➔ Present simple with 'to' infinitive

  ➔ The phrase 'is to drink' uses the present simple with a 'to' infinitive to express a future intention or plan.

• I wanna be better organized.

  ➔ Modal verb 'wanna' (want to)

  ➔ 'Wanna' is a colloquial contraction of 'want to,' used to express desire or intention in an informal way.

• I'm 5'6" and every year my New Year's resolution is to touch a 10-foot basketball rim.

  ➔ Present simple with 'every year'

  ➔ The phrase 'every year' is used with the present simple to describe a repeated action or habit.

• I want to travel more.

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose

  ➔ The infinitive 'to travel' is used to express a purpose or goal.

• I think I just want to discover, like, my passion.

  ➔ Modal verb 'want to' with gerund

  ➔ The gerund 'discovering' is used after 'want to' to express an action as the object of the sentence.

• I would like to learn, like, salsa.

  ➔ Modal verb 'would like to'

  ➔ 'Would like to' is used to express a polite or tentative desire.

• I think I want to stop saying 'I'm sorry' for things I can't control.

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose with 'to stop'

  ➔ The infinitive 'to stop' is used to express the purpose of an action.

• Not caring what other people think.

  ➔ Gerund as subject

  ➔ The gerund 'caring' functions as the subject of the sentence.

• I really want to be working on self-compassion.

  ➔ Present continuous with future meaning

  ➔ The present continuous 'want to be working' is used to express a future plan or intention.

• Just to still be cute and, like, survive 2020.

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose with 'to be'

  ➔ The infinitive 'to be' is used to express a purpose or goal in a more formal or emphatic way.