Learn by Listening Level 2

[00:00.57]New Year's Day|[00:02.81] On New Year's Day people start a new year.|[00:06.23] Many people make resolutions.|[00:08.60] They resolve to be better people.|[00:11.21] Some people decide that they will lose weight|[00:14.76] so that they can be healthier.|[00:16.62] Some people decide to give up smoking.|[00:19.55] They also want to be healthier.|[00:22.10] There are all kinds of resolutions that people make.|[00:25.77] Some people try not to lose their tempers.|[00:29.31] Some people say that they will work harder.|[00:32.11] There are people who try to give up bad habits.|[00:35.41] Every year, my brother says|[00:37.21] that he will stop biting his nails.|[00:39.95] He stops biting his nails in January,|[00:42.44] but by February he always starts again.|[00:45.92] That is the thing about New Year's resolutions.|[00:48.78] People seldom keep them.|[00:50.71] Everybody starts out with good intentions,|[00:53.39] but it is very hard to stick with them.|[00:56.31] I don't make New Year's resolutions.|[00:58.99] I find that I just break them.|[01:01.35] I just work day by day to break my bad habits.|[01:04.71] I know that I eat too many sweets.|[01:06.89] Every day, I just try to resist them.|[01:09.56] I think that every day is a new day|[01:12.67] regardless of whether it is New Year's Day or not.|[01:15.78] Bad habits are hard to break.|[01:17.84] The best thing is never to start any bad habits.|[01:21.38] I don't know if my brother will ever stop biting his nails,|[01:25.30] but I know that each January he intends to stop.|[01:28.29] Maybe one of these New Year's Days|[01:30.71] he'll get over that habit.