M: Hello everyone and welcome to EnglishPod! Happy New Year! My name is Marco.
E: And I’m Erica.
M: Happy New Year!
E: Happy New Year, Marco!
M: It’s December thirty-first and we are on New Year’s Eve.
E: That’s right and since it’s New Year’s Eve, we’re talking about New Year’s resolutions.
M: Right, in many places it’s very common to make a promise for the New Year.
E: Yeah.
M: Something that you will change.
E: A promise to yourself.
M: To yourself.
E: To change something.
M: And that’s what our dialogue is about today, so, why don’t we take a look at our
“vocabulary preview” for this lesson?
Voice: Vocabulary preview.
M: Okay, on vocabulary preview today we only have one word.
E: Eating habits.
M: Eating habits.
E: Eating habits.
M: So, what are eating habits?
E: The regular way you eat.
M: Right.
E: So, if you eat healthy or if you eat lots of unhealthy food.
M: Or even maybe what time you eat, right? If you eat everyday at certain time.
E: Yeah.
M: Eating habits.
E: Okay.
M: So, we’re ready to listen to our dialogue today and it’s gonna be a little bit fast, but don’t
worry about it.
E: We’ll come back and explain all of the key vocabulary after.
DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME
E: So, Marco, do you think this guy will be successful in changing his eating habits?
M: Hehe. Well, I guess he’ll never change, but this gives us a great opportunity to look at
some great vocabulary in this lesson in “language takeaway”.
Voice: Language takeaway.
M: Our first word on language takeaway is junk.
E: Junk.
M: Junk.
E: Junk.
M: So, junk comes from junk food.
E: Exactly.
M: Unhealthy food.
E: Yeah, fries, chips.
M: Hamburgers.
E: Yeah.
M: All that junk.
E: All that junk.
M: Hehe. Okay, our second word for language takeaway – transform.
E: Transform.
M: Transform.
E: Meaning…
M: To change.
E: Yep.
M: Change.
E: Uhu, so, this guy is going to transform his eating habits.
M: He’s going to change his eating habits.
E: Yeah, our third word is…
M: Stuffed.
E: Stuffed.
M: Stuffed.
E: I’m stuffed.
M: So, we have some great examples on how we can use staffed and you’ll get the
meaning from it.
Voice: Example one.
A: Come on! Have one more piece of cake.
B: Oh, I can’t. I’m stuffed.
Voice: Example two.
C: Oh, I ate way too much! I’m stuffed!
M: Okay, I’m stuffed.
E: The feeling you get if you eat too much food.
M: Right, I’m full.
E: Yeah.
M: Alright, so, these are some great words that you can use talking about food…
E: And eating habits.
M: And eating habits. Ah, and now we can listen to our dialogue a second time and this time
like always it’s gonna be slow.
DIALOGUE, SECOND TIME (slow)
E: There’s a lot of great language in this dialogue, isn’t there?
M: Yeah, a lot of great language that we can take a look at with our “fluency builder”.
Voice: Fluency builder.
E: The first phrase we have for you is…
M: Stick to it.
E: Stick to it.
M: Stick to it.
E: Yes, we’ve got some examples of how this phrase is used, so, let’s listen.
Voice: Example one.
A: Quitting smoking is so hard.
B: Stick to it! It’s good for you!
Voice: Example two.
C: I can’t solve this math problem!
D: Stick to it! I’m sure you’ll get it!
M: So, stick to it, right?
E: Basically means keep doing it.
M: Right. Even though English learning can be hard…
E: You should stick to it.
M: Stick to it.
E: Yeah.
M: Exactly. Okay, let’s look at our second phrase for fluency builder – I mean it.
E: Mean it.
M: Mean it. Well, this is a great way of saying…
E: I’m serious.
M: I’m serious.
E: Yeah.
M: I mean it.
E: I’m not joking.
M: I’m not joking.
E: Uhu.
M: Right.
E: Yeah. And our final phrase in fluency builder…
M: Cut out.
E: Cut out.
M: Cut out.
E: Again, we’ve got some examples of this phrase as native speakers use it, let’s listen.
Voice: Example one.
A: You have to cut out the salt from your diet. No more chips, no more French fries, no
more popcorn.
Voice: Example two.
B: It’s time for me to focus on my work. I’m going to cut out everything else from my life!
M: Okay, so, cut out means…
E: To remove.
M: Completely remove.
E: Take it away.
M: Take it away.
E: Yeah.
M: Okay, some great language, some great phrases in our dialogue today. So, why don’t we
listen to it a third time? And we’ll come back in a little bit.
DIALOGUE, THIRD TIME
M: Okay, so, New Year’s resolutions are really common and popular thing in North America.
E: It’s tradition to make a promise to yourself on New Year’s and stick to it throughout the
whole year.
M: Right, but the funny thing is that very few people actually stick to their New Year’s
resolution.
E: That’s true.
M: The most common ones are I’m gonna quit smoking.
E: Yeah.
M: That never happens.
E: No.
M: I’m gonna go on a diet.
E: Like this guy.
M: Hehe. I’m gonna quit drinking.
E: Aha.
M: That almost never happens either. On New Year’s Eve you’re still drinking.
E: I mean it’s… it’s a bad time, oh, come on!
M: Hehe. And another really common one is I’m going to join a gym.
E: That’s why gym membership sales are so high in January.
M: Right, everyone joins a gym in January, but by…
E: Come February…
M: Yeah, and very few people in a gym.
E: Yeah, so, Marco, do you have a New Year’s rev… resolution for this year?
M: Yes, I have a New Year’s resolution and I resolve to continue bringing everyone some
great lessons.
E: Oh, that’s… that’s so good.
M: And I think I can stick to that one.
E: Yes, well, I… I do hope that you do stick to that one, Marco.
M: We will, we will, but today we’re out of time. So, please go to our website and leave all
your questions and comments…
E: At englishpod.com.
M: And, uh, we’ll see you there, but until then it’s…
E: Good bye!
M: Bye!
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