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as you have seen on the title
of the video today's video is about
new year's resolution
ok, so do you know what new year's resolution is?
New year's resolutions are sort of like a
promise that you make to yourself
because you want to improve something
because you want to be a better person
because you have goals you want.. like...
something to aim at something, something to think
"okay this is what I have to do" in 2017
I usually don't make myself
promises or I don't create New Year's Resolutions
because for me it's hard to stick to it,
to commit to these things that
I want to do
ok but this year I decided to try it
again
and to share with you guys some of my
new year's resolutions.
But first,
there are two ways that you can really
talk about new year's resolutions
the first one is like when we were
talking and maybe you want to tell
someone else what you're doing, or you
this is like you're explaining
to someone your wishes your desires for
the next year
two really simple ways that
you can see that you can use, for example,
"I want to read more in 2017", or
"I'd like to exercise more"
if you want to sound,
like, more assertive, more sure of what
you're doing you can use the modal verb WILL
and then, in this way,
it'll sound more like a promise
you could say for example
"Oh next year I'll eat more vegetables"
don't forget if you contract "WILL"
it becomes like "ll", so, "I'll", "she'll"
etc
so, these were two first ways, so when
you're talking to someone you could say
"I want to", or, "I'd like to" and
if you want to sound.. to promise really something,
you can say "I will".
Some other way you could say that,
you could use in the form of a list
if you want to write, like a list, of New Year's Resolutions
you could use the imperative
ok so you put a title, like, New Year's Resolution
resolutions and then you go:
1. Read more novels
ok, so, novels, they do not mean "novela"
okay?, They mean, like, thick books
For example, Harry Potter is a novel.
I'm not sure what book I'm going to read, but,
I want to read more novels, like, very long stories.
Second one is "go more to the theater"
I think there are many things, many really
nice things you watch, like plays to
watch at the theater but I don't know
much and I think I should go more
so this is one thing I want to do.
3. Resume my meditation practices
Resume is not like write a short version . No, it is
to restart something; so, restart my
meditation practices.
And my last one will be, try not to be hard on myself
I'm too hard on myself sometimes
I'm really demanding so I have to relax
a little, and take things easy.
These are my new year's resolutions.
So, right now, I want you to think about
what are your new year's resolutions
So, please, write it down on the
comments below the video
I'm really looking forward to *seeing* what you're going to say.
Guys, don't forget!
when you're writing your list, or your new year's resolution list
you never change the verb, so you always
use the imperative, in the present,
the base form, so this is why I said
"read more novels" and not "to read more novels"
you don't need to
so you would you say "read more novels"
so this is, like, the imperative form.
Also, we don't need a person like "I read more novels"
because I 'm writing a list for myself,
so I know who needs to do those actions.
What for next year? next year guys
we'll have a short series of videos about
pronunciation
So, the videos will restart, or I will resume
recording videos, by the third week of
January, ok? So third Tuesday of January
come here and then you see brand new
videos for you, right?
while you wait you have to keep studying,
ok? so keep watching your series,
keep listening to music in English keep
watching the videos here.
So guys, thank you very much for watching, liking, and commentting
in the videos and sharing!
If you liked the video about New Year's Resolutions,
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also coming down here your new year's
resolutions
ok i'm really looking forward to that
thanks for watching I see you next year
have an amazing New Year's Eve!
See ya, Bye
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