New Year's Resolutions

Intro

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• custom
• New Year's resolution
• Thanksgiving
• wellbeing

• balanced
• sticking to it
• vegetable-based dish
• working on it

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It’s a custom in the U.S. to make a resolution for the New Year. A resolution is a promise to do something different.
Common resolutions are to exercise, to spend less money or to eat more healthy foods. In this conversation, you’ll hear Miguel choosing one of those.
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Dialog

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Beth

Miguel

Beth:   Miguel, did you make a New Year’s resolution?

Miguel:   Well, I actually did. I realized at Christmas that I hadn’t eaten any vegetables since, like, Thanksgiving so I figured my New Year’s resolution should be to eat more vegetables.

Beth:   That sounds like a smart resolution to me.

Miguel:   Yeah, I think it’s probably going to help out with my overall health and well-being.

Beth:   Yeah, probably you’ll become more balanced. So how’s it going? Are you sticking to it?

Miguel:   Well, I’ll tell you, it’s difficult. I’m not, like, the biggest fan of salad and, um… You know, it’s hard to make vegetables taste good so I usually just try to… Whenever I go out to eat, I try to order, like, a vegetable-based dish, you know?

Beth:   Well, I can’t even begin to understand that because I love vegetables, but hopefully you’ll start to, uh, appreciate them more since that’s your resolution.

Miguel:   Yeah, I’m working on it. I’m doing my best.

 

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