聽聽不走尋常路的新新人類們的新年決心
I resolve to watch Avatar 6,000 times.小明
I resolve to keep in touch with old schoolmates (who have gained more weight than me). 高高
I resolve to only eat sugar on days that end in ‘y’. 小鮮兒
I will do less laundry and use more deodorant. 大梁
I’m thinking about asking some of the TAs do the recording and making this part sound like interviewing people.

Alison: Oooh – I’ve heard some good ones too!

I will try to figure out why I need 11 email addresses.
I will think of better excuses for not coming in to work.
I will stop eating candy, and I will not eat medicine just because it looks like candy.

Sarah: Yeah, those are all pretty funny new year’s resolutions. Now Alison is going to share some useful sentence patterns and expressions that might come in handy when making new year’s resolutions.

Alison: Ok. Let’s pretend that I really want to stop drinking coffee. (I don’t really – I love coffee with a passion. But let’s pretend.) Let’s look at the different ways I can talk about this New Year’s Resolution.

看看實(shí)用易學(xué)的表達(dá)新年決心的句型
Alison: First, state what you want to do. Then, explain why. Here are three different sentence patterns:

1.
My New Year’s Resolution is to stop drinking coffee,
Because I want to be happy without caffiene (or)
Because I need to give my heart a rest.
2.
I resolve to stop drinking coffee.
Because it’s not very good for me.
3.
This year, I will try to live without coffee.
Because I am stronger than a coffee bean.

Sarah: Now it’s time to make your own new year’s resolution. Try to use the sentence patterrns we’ve just learned, and tell us about your resolutions!