Tomorrow is Another Year
31st December 2023 by Josef Essberger
Today is the last day of the year. Tomorrow we say goodbye to this year and welcome in next year. What will that new year bring?
Please leave your thoughts in the comments below…
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My New Year’s Resolution for 2021
1st January 2021 by Josef Essberger
We have a new year, like a new page in a book. Or a new chapter of our life. We all try to resolve to do something that we think will benefit us or others. This is our new year’s resolution. Here are some of the most popular resolutions that people make – maybe they will give you some ideas:
- Play more
- Lose weight
- Quit alcohol
- Get organized
- Exercise more
- Save more money
- Learn something new
- Write a Business Plan
- Live life to the fullest
- Visit EnglishClub every day (lol)
- Spend more time with family and friends
Have you made a new year’s resolution yet? What have you resolved to do?
er (interjection): expressing hesitation
resolution (noun): something that we have resolved to do
resolve (verb): decide and promise to do; commit to doing
benefit (verb): add something of value; be an advantage
resolution (noun): something that we have resolved to do
resolve (verb): decide and promise to do; commit to doing
benefit (verb): add something of value; be an advantage
Origin of the New Year’s Celebration
3rd January 2020 by Jaksyn Peacock
Pre-listening vocabulary
- celebrate: to honour a holiday with a party or ceremony
- festive: cheerful and exciting, especially because of a holiday
- resolution: a goal for the new year
- improve: to become better in some way
- take place: to happen
- introduce: to put something new into use
Listening activity
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Gapfill exercise
The Origin of the New Year’s Celebration
Comprehension questions
[wp_quiz id=”19217″]Discussion/essay questions
- Do you have any resolutions this year? How do you plan to achieve them?
Transcript
The Origin of the New Year’s Celebration
Today, New Year’s is a festive holiday celebrated all around the world. The tradition began 4,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, where the people celebrated each year with an 11-day festival. Even back then, people made New Year’s resolutions. They believed that making promises to improve themselves helped to make sure the gods would stay happy with the kingdom. During that time, the celebration took place in March, but a new calendar was introduced over 1,000 years later in Ancient Rome. Since then, New Year’s has mostly been celebrated on January 1st.