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Youtube daily report Dec 30 2016

Hi. I'm Rebecca from engVid,

and today we're doing a special lesson on celebrating the New Year.

So, let's get rid of these colourful decorations and get started.

Okay, so first of all, I know there are all kinds of New Years.

Right?

There are religious New Years, there are national New Years, but in today's lesson we're going

to focus on the New Year that starts on January 1st, which is considered the calendar New

Year or the Western New Year, or the Gregorian calendar New Year.

Okay?

So, let's first understand the terms.

All right?

So, January 1st is considered New Year's Day.

December 31st, the day before that and the year before that is considered New Year's Eve.

Now, when we say "eve" it means the day before, the evening before, the day before.

For example, if Christmas is on December 25th, Christmas Eve is December 24th.

So when we have the word "eve", it's always the day before.

Okay?

All right.

So, what I'm going to explain today is how we celebrate the New Year in many English-speaking

countries, some of the customs and traditions that we follow, and also some of the things

that we say.

How do we wish people?

How do you greet people? Right?

And also some of the things...

Special things that you do.

All right.

So, first let's talk about some of the things that people normally do on December 31st,

which is the day when we actually start celebrating and then we go into the New Year.

Okay?

So, what do we do?

We get all dressed up.

It's usually a very fun time.

It's a very fun time, it's a very special time.

And it's also a very meaningful time because the New Year represents a fresh start,

a new page, a new chapter in your life.

Okay?

A chance to do new things, to have new plans, and so on.

So it's considered a very special time, people are usually very excited because we all like

to have another chance at getting things right in our life, or improving ourselves or improving our life.

And that's what New Year's represents to lots of people.

So, this is what they do.

Usually this is what we do.

We dress up in our fancy clothes, many people.

It's very, very popular to go to parties.

Now, these parties can be of all kinds.

You could have a small party at home with just your family and friends, you could have

a medium-sized party where you go to a restaurant or a club and they are having a special kind

of a celebration for the New Year, and maybe they have a lot of TVs on where they're watching

New Year's celebrations in different parts of the world.

Or you go...

Could go to a large party which is outdoors, maybe it's in a City Hall.

Lots of people from different parts of the city come there, they congregate, and they

have concerts, music, and all kinds of fun things happening.

Or the most famous party, one of the most famous parties and probably one of the largest

parties in the whole world that takes place on New Year happens in New York City in

Times Square.

You might have watched it on television.

There, that party, if we can call it that, has a million visitors and lots of other special traditions.

There's a very famous thing that happens at midnight, there's a huge crystal ball, it

weighs about 5,000 kilos and it's huge, and it's made of crystal, and in the last 10 seconds

of the...

Of New Year's Eve and going into New Year's Day, the crystal ball begins to drop and what

we have is a countdown to the New Year.

So everybody goes: "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1", and then:

"Happy New Year!" and all the craziness starts.

Okay?

So that's the biggest party that's probably happening anywhere in the world, which is

in Times Square in New York.

So, parties, very popular.

It doesn't mean that if you don't have a party it's not the New Year.

You can have a party by yourself and say: "You know what?

I'm happy being by myself", but I'm just telling you what lots of people like to do.

So usually we get together with our family and friends.

We...

As I said, when we go out we attend concerts, we listen to music, people are dancing and

people are having fun, they're joking, they're laughing, they're being silly.

It's a day when people are not serious.

They're really not serious.

They're just joyful, really happy, because they have the New Year and another chance

to do things correctly and to do things better than in the past year.

Okay.

So, what are some of the other things that we do?

We also eat special food, special dinners.

If families get together, they cook a special dinner or and we go out to restaurants.

Usually they have lots of expensive, fancy food available for you.

Okay?

And then there are a few traditions that happen at midnight.

One of those is to drink champagne and drink a toast to the New Year around midnight.

There's also a tradition to kiss someone, not just anyone, usually someone that you

love at midnight when the clock actually strikes 12 because there used to be a kind of a saying

that if you're kissing somebody at the New Year at midnight then you're not going to

have a lonely year ahead.

I don't know if it's true, but a lot of people do that because they like kissing anyway.

So you'll see, often if you're watching the New Year celebrations that the camera will

focus on a couple somewhere in the audience or in the crowd kissing at the New Year.

Also at that time a lot of fireworks start going off so there's fireworks everywhere.

In fact, this entire evening, New Year's Eve...

For example, we're in Toronto so we get to watch celebrations happening from a few hours before.

Right? From New Zealand, Australia, and then England, and so on, as the New Year gets...

Begins. Right?

And then we watch last probably Times Square and New York, which is where we're located,

in that time zone.

And everywhere we see amazing, fabulous fireworks displays.

And, of course, everyone's out and spending money, and having a lot of fun.

Okay?

And also one of the things that's almost always done in a lot of English-speaking countries

is to sing a special song, and that is a Scottish folk song, actually, that's called:

"Auld Lang Syne", which means: "Times Gone By".

Or if I say: "For auld lang syne" it means: "For old times' sake", and it's a special

song that we sing which is kind of like a way to honour friendship, to honour our old

friends, and to honour time as a result.

Because when we have an old friend, we are actually showing that we respect that we had

these wonderful friends in our lives and over a long period of time.

So that's another very special tradition, and we'll see if we can put that on our Facebook

so you can hear that song in case you are not familiar with that tune.

So, here are some of the other things that you will see on TV.

You'll see people wearing hats and blowing on horns, and making noise with all kinds

of silly things that make noise that are called "noisemakers".

And you'll see a lot of decorations, streamers which are like coloured crate paper that you

put up even at birthday parties and things like that.

And also very often at midnight what happens is that a lot of little coloured pieces of

paper called confetti are thrown...

Thrown down or thrown up into the air, and they land on everybody so everybody's just

feeling really silly and very happy.

Okay?

Now, there are a couple of other traditions which are very important which I'm going to

tell you next, which is how to wish people for the New Year whether you're telling them

or whether you're writing something to them.

And the other thing I'm going to tell you about is something called resolutions.

So, hang in there.

Okay, so here are some ways that you can wish people for the New Year, and these people

could be your family, it could be your friends, could be colleagues, could be your friends

on Facebook, all kinds of things.

Okay?

All right.

So, the most obvious and the easiest one to say is: "Happy New Year!"

So, you can say that.

We say that a lot: "Happy New Year", we write it also.

Okay?

Now, of course depending on who you're talking to, you're going to change it a little bit

or you can change it if you wish.

Now, another point is that if you are sending a New Year greeting, it could be a physical

card, it could be a digital card, it could be a special email, it could be something

from your business, something you send to a customer or client or a colleague or a friend

or your grandmother or whoever.

Okay?

So even if you send them a card, even if it's a card that you buy in the store, you still

want to maybe add a personal touch by writing something yourself.

Okay? And not just signing your name and send...

Sending it off.

But adding a little bit of a personal message to someone.

And so some of these things...

I'm giving you some general kind of greetings that you can include, but you might also want

to write something more personal.

For example, if you know that somebody's been unwell, so you might want to wish them health

and healing.

If you know that somebody's been looking for a job, you might want to wish them success

in that area.

Or if you know that somebody's about to graduate from university or just starting university,

you might wish them specifically for that purpose.

Okay? Let's look at some of the other general greetings that you can use.

So you could say, like, for example: "Happy New Year in 2017."

Now, it just so happens when we're recording this it's 2016, so the next year is 2017.

But, of course, change that according to whatever the New Year is for you when you watch this.

Okay, now, you could say other things: "Happy New Year and all the best."

Or, again, if it's a little bit more personal, you could say:

"Wishing you and your family a very happy, healthy New Year."

Or: "Wishing you a happy New Year filled with lots of blessings."

Now, that's a little bit religious, a little bit more personal, so you might not use that

in a business context, but you might want to use it if that reflects who you are, who

your family is, or who your friends are then you could say something like that.

Or I like this one also because it's kind of good for everyone:

"Wishing you a happy, healthy, and successful New Year." Okay?

Because "success" means all kinds of things to different people, so you could definitely

use these greetings when you wish people.

Now, another very special thing that we do for...

Around this time of New Year's is something called "New Year's resolutions".

So, what's a "resolution"?

A "resolution" is like a decision or a promise to yourself to improve in some ways.

So you could decide that you will start doing something or that you will stop doing something.

All right?

And this could apply to any aspect of your life.

For example, you could decide that you will start eating healthy food or you will start

exercising, and that you will stop smoking, for example.

So you could say: "I will do this..." or: "I won't do that."

Okay?

Now, resolutions don't have to be only about your personal things.

They are personal because they're about you, but really,

they are a chance to look at your entire life.

And people often use this time to sort of think, to reflect, because each of us has

a goal and a dream and a vision for ourselves and who we want to be

or who we think we can be.

And the New Year gives us a chance to make that real.

So we usually examine different aspects of our lives, maybe our personal life, as I said,

about eating more healthy, maybe you want to learn a new language.

Maybe something professional, maybe you want to look for another job or you want to get

a promotion and you really want to work hard for that.

Or something financial, perhaps you want to pay off your debts or you want to become rich.

Okay?

Something about relationships.

Maybe your resolution is that you're going to spend more time with your family or something

else, you're going to do something very kind for people that you know.

Or it could be something academic as well, like perhaps you're going to ace that class

or do very well in that exam, or be one of the best students or get a scholarship, and

really work hard at it because this is a time to give yourself a little bit of a push and

that motivation to achieve more and to be more.

And there is a little something else, and I'll get back with that.

Okay, so today we have a surprise for you.

I'd like to invite someone here.

Come.

So this is Enerson.

Enerson: Hi.

Rebecca: He's visiting us from Brazil, and he's one of our viewers, and he came to Toronto

and he stopped by to say hi to us.

Enerson: Hi.

Rebecca: How are you?

It's really nice to meet you.

Enerson: Thank you. I'm glad to finally meet you in person.

Rebecca: Oh, that's such a pleasure.

It's always a pleasure to meet our viewers as well.

Enerson: Okay.

Rebecca: So, since we've been talking about the New Years, do you have any New Year's resolutions?

Enerson: Yeah, I have. I have.

I want to...

I want to move to Toronto...

Rebecca: Okay.

Enerson: I want to be in shape, and I want to improve my English with www.engvid.com.

Rebecca: Oh, that's really, really nice.

Thank you so much.

I wish you and your family a very happy New Year, and all the best.

And let's say happy New Year.

Enerson: Happy New Year, everybody.

Rebecca: Happy New Year.

Bye.

So now I have a question for you.

What are some of your New Year's resolutions?

I'd love to read about them, so please share them with us in the comments.

And, of course, if you'd like to do a little bit of a review of some of the vocabulary

and expressions that we've covered in this lesson, go to our website at www.engvid.com,

and there you can do a quiz on this lesson.

And perhaps if you haven't already

for the New Year, you would like to subscribe to my YouTube channel.

That would give you a steady supply of lots of English lessons.

Of course, on our website, engVid, we have like more than a thousand lessons which can

help you, so I hope you're making that part of your New Year's routine.

And last of all I'd like to wish you,

from all of us at engVid, a very happy, healthy, and successful New Year.

Have a great time and make this your best year ever.

All the best with your English.

Bye for now.

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The Good Place 1x10 Promo Season 1 Episode 10 Promo

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The Big Bang Theory 10x12 Promo Season 10 Episode 12 Promo

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Why is this UFO Spraying an Emerald Green Mist over California - Duration: 5:29.

Why is this UFO Spraying an Emerald Green Mist over California?

by UFOholic.

Alien hunters are perplexed by a set of photos showing what appears to be a UFO spraying

a greenish mist over a Californian neighborhood.

The sighting is currently under investigation by MUFON, the authority that reviews all such

cases.

According to the witness testimony, the UFO showed up over Huntington Beach, California

on a sunny summer day when visibility was great.

At first, the unnamed witness believed he was seeing a plane in trouble.

I looked up to see what I first thought was a passenger plane on fire,� he told MUFON

But this conviction did not last long.

Within a few seconds, the accidental bystander realized the object couldn�t have been a

plane.

It had a dome-like shape with a band of orange lights going around its circumference, a typical

UFO shape that is instantly recognizable.

At that moment, the eyewitness considered the possibility that the unidentified object

was experiencing some kind of technical difficulty.

However, no smoke or fire was visible so the emission of green vapor could have been a

deliberate action.

�The vapour trail didn�t seem to be coming from any particular vent or place on the craft,

it seemed to almost enshroud the craft and then slip off and fall behind,� the witness

added.

�It would leave a trail and dissipate within a few seconds.�

According to the eyewitness, the emission of green gas coincided with the UFO making

a rumbling sound.

He rumbling hiss seemed to increase in intensity coinciding with the billowing emerald green

shimmery misty vapour or smoke this craft was leaving in its wake.�

The strange, intense color of the ejected material was both �concerning and fascinatingly

beautiful,� the bystander claimed.

But as beautiful as it looked, the menacing aspect of the incident gave birth to strong

feelings of anxiety and all the way up to an overwhelming, visceral emotion.

Believing the vapor could be poisonous or radioactive, the witness almost threw up his

breakfast.

Fortunately, he was able to control himself and even managed to snap a few photos of the

UFO spraying an effluvium of green gas.

It�s difficult to discern the object�s size from the photos, but the witness states

that it was pretty large, around the size of a school bus.

This sighting raises a number of legitimate questions and their answers are not pleasant.

What was the UFO doing over California in broad daylight?

Was it having trouble or was it deliberately delivering a payload of chemicals?

If the green vapor was the result of malfunctioning systems, it would definitely prove the UFO

was using exotic matter as fuel.

In that case, the witness was right to fear the fumes could be poisonous or even radioactive.

Since he stated the vapor dissipated within seconds, it is safe to assume the vapor was

indeed physical and not some visual effect manifested by its cloaking systems.

Most UFO experts who�ve seen the photos agree that a UFO spraying a strange, noxious-looking

green vapor could not have been an accident.

It looks and sounds premeditated.

What we�d like to know is this: was the UFO piloted by aliens or our own kind?

The UFO/conspiracy community has been pretty vocal about its suspicions regarding man-made

or acquired UFOs being secretly operated with the intention of making the public believe

it was aliens.

Veiled by a misconception they seeded themselves, the human operators of the craft could perform

whatever experiment they pleased without fear of consequence.

The same scenario also applies if aliens were piloting the UFO.

There�s not much we could do about aliens performing experiments since their technology

is too far ahead of ours.

We can only speculate about their motivation and what they have in

store

for mankind.

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VIDEO: Rain changes to snow, winds get stronger - Duration: 3:20.

RAIN.

THEN THAT LINE HAS TRIED TO WORK

TOWARD THE COAST.

WE CONTINUE UNTIL 4:00.

NOW JUST BEING ISSUED IS THE

FACT THAT WE HAVE THIS.

THAT WIND IS GOING TO BE PICKING

UP TONIGHT.

THAT IS THE REAL KEY TO THIS.

NOTICE HOW THESE TEMPERATURES

ARE: UP TO SUPPORT SNOW.

A BREEZE COMING IN OFF OF THE

WATER IS NOT GOING TO LET YOU

COOL THINGS DOWN ENOUGH.

THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AS THE

CENTER OF THE STORM PASSED BY.

IN THIS AREA YOU CAN SEE FIVE

INCHES OF SNOW.

5.2 INCHES OF SNOW.

45 RIGHT HERE.

-- FOUR OR FIVE INCHES OF SNOW

RIGHT HERE.

WHEN IT IS SAID AND DONE WE ARE

GOING TO BE SAYIN

SEEING A

12 INCH

CATEGORY OUT THERE.

I'M LOOKING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN

AS THAT SYSTEM STARTS TO DRAW IN

COLD AIR.

THE LINE HAS MOVED.

IT IS NOW DRIFTING INSIDE OF

495.

I'M STILL THINKING MAYBE A

SLUSHY END.

BUT AS THE COLD AIR COMES IN

1-3, 3-6.

AS YOU TRAVEL MORE OFF TO THE

WEST YOU ARE GOING TO LOOK AT

TOTALS OF 6-12.

NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND COULD BE

LOOKING AT 1-2 FEET.

THE THING TO WATCH OUT FOR

TONIGHT IS THE COLD AIR IS GOING

TO FREEZE.

UNTREATED SURFACES COULD GET

VERY ICY.

9:00 WE HAVE SNOW.

THEN WE KICK THE WHOLE THING OUT

OF HERE AROUND MIDNIGHT.

COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL COME

IN.

INTO THE 20'S YOU WILL SEE SOME

EYES.

UNTREATED SURFACE COULD GET ICY.

THEY COULD BE ON THE SLIPPERY

SIDE.

TOMORROW A HIGH-IMPACT DAY.

WE CLEAR THINGS AWAY AND IT IS

NICE AND CLEAR.

BY SATURDA NIGHT, MAY HAVE A

LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT SNOW.

THEN WE WATCH NEXT WEEK.

MONDAY IS A WINTRY MIX AND THEN

LINGERS INTO TUESDAY.

FINALLY

IT DOES COOL DOWN

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IMPUTADOS: HIJAS DE MARADONA VS PERIODISTAS - Duration: 31:07.

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VIDEO: SWAT situation near Bridge and Coors - Duration: 0:42.

PREPORTER POLICE SAY A PERSON

PWENT INSIDE ONE OF THESE HOMES

PAND HAS NOT COME OUT.

PWE SAW OFFICERS USING A ROBOT TO

PINVESTIGATE.

PWE TLKED TO RESIDENTS WHO SAY

PTHIS STARTED THIS AFTERNOON.

PPEOPLE HAVEN'T SAID WHO IS

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Riverside Police Say Sexual Assault Suspect Is Targeting Female Drivers - Duration: 2:11.

VERY LATEST HERE ON KCAL9 BACK,

TO YOU.

LEYNA: A WARNING FOR WOMEN IN

THE INLAND EMPIRE.

A PREDATOR IS USING HIS CAR TO

LURE THEM INTO A TRAP.

SANDRA: WE ARE LIVE IN RIVER

CIED AND, CHRISTY, YOU HAVE A

SKETCH OF THE SUSPECT?

REPORTER: YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

AND POLICE SAY THE MAN IN THE

SKETCH THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO SHOW

YOU HAS COME UP WITH A VERY

ELABORATE RUSE TO TRY TO

SEXUALLY ASSAULT WOMEN.

SO FAR HE'S FAILED BECAUSE THE

WOMEN FOUGHT BACK.

POLICE IN RIVERSIDE ARE ON THE

HUNT FOR THE MAN IN THIS SKETCH.

THEY ARE NOW LOOKING INTO

WHETHER THE SAME PERSON MAY HAVE

PURPOSELY REAR ENDED TWO WOMEN,

PULLED A KNIFE, ROBBED AND THEN

TRIED TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT THEM.

THE LATEST JUST THIS MORNING.

ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A WOMAN

DRIVING LATE AT NIGHT AND

SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS,

ESPECIALLY IF YOU FEEL IT'S

INTENTIONAL, CALL 911 RIGHT

AWAY, AND DON'T PULL OVER.

RIVERSIDE POLICE SAY THEY ARE

GETTING THE WORD OUT, CONCERNED

THAT THE TWO INCIDENTS COULD BE

LINKED TO THE SAME MAN.

TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THIS PICTURE

FROM A GAS STATION SECURITY

CAMERA.

POLICE BELIEVE THAT WAS THE

SUSPECT WATCHING THE FIRST

VICTIM ON DECEMBER 23RD.

THEY SAY HE FOLLOWED HER FROM

THIS GAS STATION ON UNIVERSITY,

ON TO THE 215 FREEWAY, AND WHEN

SHE GOT OFF AT CENTRAL, HE REAR

ENDED HER TO GET HER TO STOP.

SHE WAS ABLE TO EITHER PUSH

OR KICK HIM OFF AS THAT ATTEMPT

OCCURRED, AND SO HE GOT BACK IN

HIS CAR AND FLED BACK ALONG THE

FREEWAY.

REPORTER: THE SAME WAS TRUE

POLICE SAY AT ABOUT FOUR THIS

MORNING ON THE 215 BETWEEN

UNIVERSITY AND BLAINE.

SAME HIGHWAY, SAME M.O., THAT

VICTIM ALSO FOUGHT HIM OFF.

WE'D LIKE IT, YOU KNOW, TO BE

ABLE TO FIND THIS PERSON RIGHT

AWAY SO WE CAN HOLD HIM

ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT HE'S DONE

SO FAR.

REPORTER: POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT

THIS MORNING FLASHED BRIGHT

LIGHTS AT THE VICTIM SO SHE

COULDN'T GET A GOOD LOOK, BUT

THE WOMAN IN THE FIRST CASE

DESCRIBED HER ATTACKER TO A

SKETCH ARTIST.

POLICE ARE ALSO HOPING SOMEONE

WILL RECOGNIZE HIS CAR.

AND POLICE DESCRIBE THE

SUSPECT'S SUV AS AN OLDER MODEL,

BOXY DARK GREEN.

THEY ALSO SAY IT'S MISSING THE

REAR PASSENGER WINDOW WHICH

COULD BE COVERED UP BY

CARDBOARD.

IF YOU RECOGNIZE THE SUV OR THE

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Fan falls from Suite Level at The Pit - Duration: 2:28.

LOBOS HOLD

ON TO WIN LAST NIGHT IN

THE PIT -- THEY MAY NOT

HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE

DRAMA IN ONE CORNER OF

THE ARENA.

A FAN FELL FROM THE

LUXURY SUITE LEVEL --

AND LANDED IN THE

HOSPITAL.

NEWS 13'S SOYOUNG KIM

SPOKE TO THE FAN --

SHE'S LIVE AT THE PIT

WITH WHAT HE SAYS

HAPPENED -- SOYOUNG.

DEAN, JESSICA -- THIS

DEFINITELY COULD HAVE

HAD A TRAGIC ENDING.

HE FELL ABOUT TWENTY

FEET -- BUT HE WAS IN

GOOD ENOUGH SHAPE TO BE

FACEBOOKING LIVE ABOUT

IT AT THE HOSPITAL.

EDDIE BRACAMONTE SAYS

HE'S BEEN TO PLENTY OF

LOBO BASKETBALL GAMES IN

THE PAST. LAST NIGHT WAS

EXTRA SPECIAL.

4:28 - 32 "It was me and

my son, first father

and son basketball

game." BUT WHEN THE GAME

ENDED -- HE HAD NO CLUE

THE LOBOS HAD BEATEN

FRESNO STATE 78-73.

10:21 "Oh, did they?"

THAT'S BECAUSE WITH JUST

A FEW MINUTES LEFT IN

THE GAME

9:56 - 58 "I heard the

crowd go Ooh." HE SAYS

HE FELL ABOUT 20 FEET

FROM THE SUITE LEVEL

SEATS.

5:36-38 "It was a scary

moment, for sure." EDDIE

WANTED TO CAPTURE THIS

MEMORY WITH HIS SON,

BEFORE THE GAME ENDED.

4:48 - 52 "Asking my

good friend if he could

take a picture for me

and my son." HE SAYS HE

STARTED MAKING HIS WAY

DOWN A FEW STEPS ON THE

SUITE LEVEL

7:35 - 37 "My son is in

the very last, bottom

row." WHEN MOMENTUM

PULLED HIM FORWARD

6:32 - 35"Those

balconies are only about

3-and-a-half feet."

AND HE SAYS HE DID A

FULL FLIP OVER THE

LEDGE

7:56 - 57 "My feet were

dangling in the air,

and then boom." HE HIT

THE GROUND. AND SAYS HIS

FOOT WAS COMPLETELY

SHATTERED.

8:08 - 09 "Fall right

smack on the stairways."

16:33 - 38 cu pointing

"There was a bone

sticking up from there

and a bone sticking up

from the bottom." HE

SAYS HE'S REALLY

THANKFUL HE WAS SOBER,

SO HE WAS ABLE TO REACT.

11:25 - 28 "I was

completely aware, kind

of like a cat." BECAUSE

DOCTORS SAY IT COULD

HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE.

10:54 - 57 "If I would

have landed on my head

from that drop or my

neck, we probably

wouldn't be here." HE

DIDN'T GET THAT PICTURE

WITH HIS SON ... BUT

SAYS THERE'S ALWAYS NEXT

TIME.

10:31 - 36 "I can't wait

to go back again and

maybe not take a picture

so close to the edge

this time

."

UNM IS CHALKING THIS UP

TO AN ACCIDENT PLAIN AND

SIMPLE.

BUT THE ATHLETIC

DEPARTMENT DOES SAY IT

WILL TAKE A LOOK AT

THE SAFETY FEATURES ON

THE SUITE LEVEL JUST IN

CASE. BACK TO YOU.

OKAY SOYOUNG. AS FAR AS

WE CAN TELL -- THIS IS

THE FIRST TIME A FAN HAS

TAKEN A PLUNGE FROM THE

LUXURY SUITE LEVEL AT

THE PIT SINCE THE SUITES

WERE ADDED ABOUT FIVE

YEARS AGO.

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Senator proposes bill that sets requirements for New Mexico sheriffs - Duration: 0:42.

STATE LEGISLATURE -- TO

SET SOME QUALIFICATIONS

FOR SHERIFFS AROUND NEW

MEXICO.

DEMOCRATIC SENATOR

MICHAEL PADILLA OF

ALBUQUERQUE WANTS VOTERS

IN THE NEXT STATEWIDE

ELECTION TO GIVE

THE LEGISLATURE THE

POWER TO SET THOSE

QUALIFICATIONS FOR

ANYONE WHO WANTS TO RUN

FOR SHERIFF -- OR IN THE

RUNNING TO BE APPOINTED

SHERIFF.

4:20 as it turns out

there are no

qualifications to be the

county sheriff, which

is a huge

responsibility, in each

one of the 33 counties

here in new mexico.

SENATOR PADILLA ALSO HAS

A BILL THAT WOULD SET

THOSE MINIMUM

REQUIREMENTS. ONE OF THE

MAIN CLAUSES -- AT LEAST

FIVE YEARS

OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

EXPERIENCE. THE NEW

MEXICO SHERIFFS

ASSOCIATION IS BACKING

THE PLAN.

LAWMAKERS WILL CONVENE

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One - Duration: 41:27.

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5 for Good: Mother giving gift of sight in Haiti - Duration: 2:24.

>> IN TONIGHT'S 5 FOR GOOD, A

NEWTON MOTHER IS ON A MISSION TO

HELP GIVE PEOPLE AROUND THE

WORLD THE GIFT OF SIGHT.

AS OUR ERIKA TARANTAL EXPLAINS,

IT ALL STARTED WITH A SIMPLE

STOP TO GET HER KIDS NEW

GLASSES.

>> EVERY WEDNESDAY MAKING USED

EYEGLASSES LIKE THERE IS THE

TASK OF THIS CLASS AT THE

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN INSTITUTE IN

BOSTON SOUTH END.

THEY ARE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE

BUT PERHAPS THE MOST SURPRISING

STUDENT IS JENNIFER.

YOU MAY NOT EXPECT HER LEARNING

THE TRADE OF MAKING GLASSES BUT

HERE SHE IS WITH GREAT PURPOSE.

IT STARTED WITH A TRIP TO PEARL

VISION TO GET GLASSES FOR HER

KIDS.

WHEN LENSES ARE SWAPPED OUT THEY

ARE JUST TOSSED.

>> MY BRAIN RACED BACK TO MY

TIME AS A PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER.

NO ONE HAD GLASSES.

HERE WE ARE THROWING AWAY THESE

CLASSES AND I WAS SADDENED BY

THAT.

>> SHE STARTED COLLECTING THEM

.

SHE DECIDED SHE WOULD GO TO

HAITI TO DONATE THEM.

SHE MANAGED TO CONNECT WITH HER

TEACHER.

SHE SAID I KNOW

NOTHING AT ALL

ABOUT GLASSES.

YOU CALL THE PERFECT PLACE.

>> SHE DECIDED TO ENROLL HERE.

SHE GOT BACK FROM A SECOND TRIP.

>>

PEOPLE WOULD WALK FOR MILES.

REPORTER:

BEING QUIRKILY TO

VISION PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THE

LACK OF MEDICAL CARE.

>> SOME WERE SO GRATEFUL, A

SEAMSTRESS SAID I CAN THREAD MY

NEEDLE AGAIN NOW.

REPORTER: SHE EARNS HER DEGREE

THIS MAY.

SHE'S NOT EXACTLY SURE OF HER

NECK STAFF BUT IS DETERMINED --

HER NEXT STEP BUT IS DETERMINED.

>> THAT CLASS IS DOING GOOD AS

WELL.

THE GLASSES GO TO PUBLIC

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Man Caught On Surveillance Video Shooting At Passing Car In San Francisco's Bayview - Duration: 1:23.

MASK -- PULLING OUT A GUN ON A

SAN FRANCISCO STREET CORNER...

TAKING AIM... AND FIRING.

IT HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 5th ON

PALOU

AVENUE AND LANE STREET IN THE

BAYVIEW.

K-P-I-X 5 REPORTER ANDRIA BORBA

WALKS US THROUGH IT ALL.

A MAN.. RUNNING ACROSS LANE

STREET.

THERE HE IS IN THE UPPER RIGHT-

HAND CORNER.

HE COMES UP THE SIDEWALK. HANDS

IN HIS POCKETS. AND THEN LOOK:

HE'S WEARING SOME SORT OF

SKELETON MASK.

THE CAMERA ANGLE CHANGES. THREE

GUYS WALK RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM.

HE PEERS AROUND THE CORNER.

THEN.. HE TAKES A GUN OUT OF HIS

RIGHT POCKET.

RUNS OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF

PALOU AVENUE.

AND FIRES REPEATEDLY AT A BLACK

SEDAN.

HERE'S A LOOK FROM A DIFFERENT

CAMERA.

THERE ARE THE THREE GUYS WE SAW

EARLIER...

AND THERE IS THE GUNMAN IN THE

RED SWEATSHIRT RUNNING INTO THE

STREET, AIMING RIGHT AT THE

BLACK SEDAN.

LOOK TO THE LEFT.

A WOMAN JUST GOT OUT OF THAT

MINIVAN WITH A BAG.

WITH GUNFIRE JUST FEET AWAY, SHE

WALKS AROUND THE VAN TO THE

SIDEWALK .. WHILE KIDS TAKE

COVER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE

VAN. THE GUNMAN MAN RUNS BACK

DOWN LANE STREET.

ALL THIS AT 2-30 IN THE

AFTERNOON. ANDRIA BORBA KPIX 5

A POLICE REPORT SAID OFFICERS

FOUND SHELL CASINGS AND SOME

A POLICE REPORT SAID OFFICERS

FOUND SHELL CASINGS AND SOME

PROPERTY DAMAGE IN THE AREA...

BUT NO SIGN OF THE GUNMAN OR THE

CAR.

OFFICERS ALSO SAID THEY COULDN'T

FIND ANY WITNESSES TO THE

SHOOTING.

IN THE EAST BAY:

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Legal expert weighs in on Amazon Echo evidence in Bentonville murder case - Duration: 0:50.

DISCUSS

PTHAT ISSUE ON JANUARY 18.

PMANY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS ARE

PAPPLAUDING THE EFFORTS OF

PBENTON COUNTY TO GET AUDIO

PRECORDS FROM A HOUSEHOLD

PDEVICE.

PPROSECUTORS IN A MURDER

PINVESTIGATION IN BENTONVILLE

PASK AMAZON FOR AUDIO RECORDINGS

PFROM THE SUSPECT'S AMAZON ECHO.

PPROSECUTORS SAY IT MAY HAVE

PRECORDED AUDIO FROM THE NIGHT

POF THE MURDER AND STORED IT ON

PTHE COMPANY'S SERVERS.

P>> AS ANY ARINGS THAT'S

PINVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF

PSOMEONE, POTENTIALLY THAT BEING

PA HOMICIDE, YEAH, YOU WANT TO

PLOOK AT ANYTHING AND

PEVERYTHING.

PAND GATHER AS MUCH

PDOCUMENTATION, EVIDENCE THAT

PYOU CAN TO FIND THOSE THAT ARE

PRESPONSIBLE.

PSO I REALLY APPLAUD THEIR

PEFFORTS IN SEEKING AMAZON, AND

PLOOKING AT THOSE DEVICES.

PPAIGE: RIGHT NOW, AMAZON SAYS

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Chris Justus's Complete Forecast - Duration: 4:03.

>> NOW, YOUR LIVE SUPER DOPPLER

4 HD WEATHER FORECAST.

CHRIS: TAKING A LOOK AT THE

RAINFALL LAST NIGHT, DID THE

THUNDER WAY Q UP?

THE RAIN WAS HEAVY FROM TIME TO

TIME.

BENEFICIAL RAIN ACROSS THE AREA,

6/10 OF AN INCH IN GREENVILLE,

AND SPARTANBURG.

LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

THE LOWER YOU GET IN THE

UPSTATE, THE FURTHER SOUTH YOU

GO, A LITTLE LESS.

1/10 IN ANDERSON AND LAURENS AND

GREENWOOD AND ABBEVILLE.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, ABOUT THE

SAME, TO 10 SEVEN INCH, A

QUARTER OF AN INCH TO HALF AN

INCH IN SOME AREAS.

THE ATTENTION TURNS FROM RAIN TO

SNOW.

WE HAVE SOME OF IT IN THE

MOUNTAINS, ON AGAIN, OFF AGAIN

SNOW SHOWERS ON MOUNT MITCHELL

AND SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTY AND

MAKE OWL COUNTY.

THE WIND HAS BEEN PRONOUNCED

IMPACT.

SIX REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE HERE

WITH SHINGLES FLYING OFF ROOFS,

TREES COMING DOWN.

THE WIND WILL BE MORE PRONOUNCED

IN THE MOUNTAINS.

A WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6:00 P.M.

TOMORROW.

THE WIND WILL CONTINUE FOR

ANOTHER 24 HOURS.

MIX THAT WITH SNOW AND WE HAVE

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FROM

SWAIN COUNTIES TO HAYWOOD

COUNTY, MADISON, YANCEY,

MITCHELL, AVERY, AND WHAT TARGET

COUNTIES.

I EXPECT AROUND ONE INCH IN

SWAIN AND HAYWOOD COUNTIES,

ONE-TWO INCHES IN MADISON AND

YANCEY, AND TOWARDS MITCHELL,

AVERY, AND WHAT TARGET COUNTIES,

THE SKIERS WILL LOVE THIS.

THE SNOW EXPANDS IN COVERAGE

AROUND 2:0 A.M.

I WOULD HE SURPRISED TO SEE

FLURRIES AND LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS

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Wheels On The Bus Rhyme

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Day in Life of a Calisthenics Athlete | Thailand - Duration: 7:06.

I wake up in my beautiful tropical room at about 7:30

and first thing I do is of course rehydrate my body.

Proper hydration is one of the pillars of health and it's the easieast to maintain.

Then I go out to refill my water bottles for the day and get food for the breakfast.

I get my water from the water dispenser,

as I found it to be the cheapest option - 1$ gets you 35 liters of drinking water.

I buy fruits from a nearby market every morning.

Such breakfast works great for me as a pre-workout meal.

It gives me necessary energy but doesn't make me feel heavy.

I eat on the balcony while exposing my skin to the sun and also absorbing this great view I've got from here.

Half an hour after that meal I go out for the first workout session of the day.

For the past few months I've been doing mostly basic strength training,

but recently I have also been messing with some skills.

Today I did some drills for 90 degree push ups and human flag.

Then I did push exercises, as I have divided my training into push and pull sessions.

Right after the workout I get into the ocean to cool off my body and relax the muscles a little bit.

Next I am having a quick lunch and then I have to rest after the workout.

Relaxing with a book is one of my favourite ways to do so.

A couple of hours later I go to the bigger market to get food for the rest of the day.

Here's what I bought, although I am not eating now,

because I am about to go out for the second training session that day.

I'm on my way to this beach, where lately

I've been messing with some acrobatics.

On my way I am snacking on there dried bananas. Extremely tasty.

I've always wanted to decently learn a few basic flips,

but somehow never managed to train it systematically over longer periods of time.

So every year or so, if I find proper setup and get motivated to train,

I try to remind myself all the moves and hopefully progress a little.

In any case, this gives me a lot of fun, so I do it a couple of times a week.

In the evening I work on my videos, edit them, write scripts, plan shooting scenes, answer yourcomments and so on.

As a quick break in my work we go to this restaurant? eating place? I am not sure how to call it.

Anyway I had a bowl of spicy thai soup.

Very spicy.

After that I go back to my room to work some more

and about 10 o'clock finally go to bed and call it a day.

Leave a thumb up if you liked the video and see you in the next one.

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Disney Style Unboxing

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Volkswagen Passat Variant 2.0 TDI COMFORTLINE BLUEMOTION | Upgrade n - Duration: 1:14.

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Before or after Jaromir Jagr? - Duration: 1:58.

Is this player born before or after Jaromir Jagr played his first NHL game?

Max Pacioretty.

I think he was born before?

Yeah.

Montoya.

He was born before.

Carr was born after.

He was born after.

After.

Really?

That one was before?

Carey Price.

Yeah, I know.

I got that one.

I'm not sure how old he is.

I say after.

Before?

That's Shea Weber, right?

That's before.

Before, yeah, before.

Radulov.

Before.

Carey Price.

He was born after.

Gallagher.

Born before.

After?

I'm too old.

Why didn't you ask me if I was born before?

I can answer the question.

After?

Galchenyuk?

That's Andrighetto.

Andrighetto.

He went on the ice with you.

After, I think.

Montoya.

After?

I would say after, yeah.

After, yeah.

Before?

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Colony Season 2 on USA

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[MMD/Hetalia] There's a dead Bumblebee! (Credits in Description) - Duration: 0:14.

What's going on right now?

A BUMBLEBEE'S... DEAD!!!

Its a HUGE one!

*Stammers* And it's - And its...*Hesitating*

SCARY!

And Its..Its outside

And...I don't want to touch it!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! What to say and do: expressions, customs, vocabulary 🎉 - Duration: 16:31.

Hi. I'm Rebecca from engVid,

and today we're doing a special lesson on celebrating the New Year.

So, let's get rid of these colourful decorations and get started.

Okay, so first of all, I know there are all kinds of New Years.

Right?

There are religious New Years, there are national New Years, but in today's lesson we're going

to focus on the New Year that starts on January 1st, which is considered the calendar New

Year or the Western New Year, or the Gregorian calendar New Year.

Okay?

So, let's first understand the terms.

All right?

So, January 1st is considered New Year's Day.

December 31st, the day before that and the year before that is considered New Year's Eve.

Now, when we say "eve" it means the day before, the evening before, the day before.

For example, if Christmas is on December 25th, Christmas Eve is December 24th.

So when we have the word "eve", it's always the day before.

Okay?

All right.

So, what I'm going to explain today is how we celebrate the New Year in many English-speaking

countries, some of the customs and traditions that we follow, and also some of the things

that we say.

How do we wish people?

How do you greet people? Right?

And also some of the things...

Special things that you do.

All right.

So, first let's talk about some of the things that people normally do on December 31st,

which is the day when we actually start celebrating and then we go into the New Year.

Okay?

So, what do we do?

We get all dressed up.

It's usually a very fun time.

It's a very fun time, it's a very special time.

And it's also a very meaningful time because the New Year represents a fresh start,

a new page, a new chapter in your life.

Okay?

A chance to do new things, to have new plans, and so on.

So it's considered a very special time, people are usually very excited because we all like

to have another chance at getting things right in our life, or improving ourselves or improving our life.

And that's what New Year's represents to lots of people.

So, this is what they do.

Usually this is what we do.

We dress up in our fancy clothes, many people.

It's very, very popular to go to parties.

Now, these parties can be of all kinds.

You could have a small party at home with just your family and friends, you could have

a medium-sized party where you go to a restaurant or a club and they are having a special kind

of a celebration for the New Year, and maybe they have a lot of TVs on where they're watching

New Year's celebrations in different parts of the world.

Or you go...

Could go to a large party which is outdoors, maybe it's in a City Hall.

Lots of people from different parts of the city come there, they congregate, and they

have concerts, music, and all kinds of fun things happening.

Or the most famous party, one of the most famous parties and probably one of the largest

parties in the whole world that takes place on New Year happens in New York City in

Times Square.

You might have watched it on television.

There, that party, if we can call it that, has a million visitors and lots of other special traditions.

There's a very famous thing that happens at midnight, there's a huge crystal ball, it

weighs about 5,000 kilos and it's huge, and it's made of crystal, and in the last 10 seconds

of the...

Of New Year's Eve and going into New Year's Day, the crystal ball begins to drop and what

we have is a countdown to the New Year.

So everybody goes: "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1", and then:

"Happy New Year!" and all the craziness starts.

Okay?

So that's the biggest party that's probably happening anywhere in the world, which is

in Times Square in New York.

So, parties, very popular.

It doesn't mean that if you don't have a party it's not the New Year.

You can have a party by yourself and say: "You know what?

I'm happy being by myself", but I'm just telling you what lots of people like to do.

So usually we get together with our family and friends.

We...

As I said, when we go out we attend concerts, we listen to music, people are dancing and

people are having fun, they're joking, they're laughing, they're being silly.

It's a day when people are not serious.

They're really not serious.

They're just joyful, really happy, because they have the New Year and another chance

to do things correctly and to do things better than in the past year.

Okay.

So, what are some of the other things that we do?

We also eat special food, special dinners.

If families get together, they cook a special dinner or and we go out to restaurants.

Usually they have lots of expensive, fancy food available for you.

Okay?

And then there are a few traditions that happen at midnight.

One of those is to drink champagne and drink a toast to the New Year around midnight.

There's also a tradition to kiss someone, not just anyone, usually someone that you

love at midnight when the clock actually strikes 12 because there used to be a kind of a saying

that if you're kissing somebody at the New Year at midnight then you're not going to

have a lonely year ahead.

I don't know if it's true, but a lot of people do that because they like kissing anyway.

So you'll see, often if you're watching the New Year celebrations that the camera will

focus on a couple somewhere in the audience or in the crowd kissing at the New Year.

Also at that time a lot of fireworks start going off so there's fireworks everywhere.

In fact, this entire evening, New Year's Eve...

For example, we're in Toronto so we get to watch celebrations happening from a few hours before.

Right? From New Zealand, Australia, and then England, and so on, as the New Year gets...

Begins. Right?

And then we watch last probably Times Square and New York, which is where we're located,

in that time zone.

And everywhere we see amazing, fabulous fireworks displays.

And, of course, everyone's out and spending money, and having a lot of fun.

Okay?

And also one of the things that's almost always done in a lot of English-speaking countries

is to sing a special song, and that is a Scottish folk song, actually, that's called:

"Auld Lang Syne", which means: "Times Gone By".

Or if I say: "For auld lang syne" it means: "For old times' sake", and it's a special

song that we sing which is kind of like a way to honour friendship, to honour our old

friends, and to honour time as a result.

Because when we have an old friend, we are actually showing that we respect that we had

these wonderful friends in our lives and over a long period of time.

So that's another very special tradition, and we'll see if we can put that on our Facebook

so you can hear that song in case you are not familiar with that tune.

So, here are some of the other things that you will see on TV.

You'll see people wearing hats and blowing on horns, and making noise with all kinds

of silly things that make noise that are called "noisemakers".

And you'll see a lot of decorations, streamers which are like coloured crate paper that you

put up even at birthday parties and things like that.

And also very often at midnight what happens is that a lot of little coloured pieces of

paper called confetti are thrown...

Thrown down or thrown up into the air, and they land on everybody so everybody's just

feeling really silly and very happy.

Okay?

Now, there are a couple of other traditions which are very important which I'm going to

tell you next, which is how to wish people for the New Year whether you're telling them

or whether you're writing something to them.

And the other thing I'm going to tell you about is something called resolutions.

So, hang in there.

Okay, so here are some ways that you can wish people for the New Year, and these people

could be your family, it could be your friends, could be colleagues, could be your friends

on Facebook, all kinds of things.

Okay?

All right.

So, the most obvious and the easiest one to say is: "Happy New Year!"

So, you can say that.

We say that a lot: "Happy New Year", we write it also.

Okay?

Now, of course depending on who you're talking to, you're going to change it a little bit

or you can change it if you wish.

Now, another point is that if you are sending a New Year greeting, it could be a physical

card, it could be a digital card, it could be a special email, it could be something

from your business, something you send to a customer or client or a colleague or a friend

or your grandmother or whoever.

Okay?

So even if you send them a card, even if it's a card that you buy in the store, you still

want to maybe add a personal touch by writing something yourself.

Okay? And not just signing your name and send...

Sending it off.

But adding a little bit of a personal message to someone.

And so some of these things...

I'm giving you some general kind of greetings that you can include, but you might also want

to write something more personal.

For example, if you know that somebody's been unwell, so you might want to wish them health

and healing.

If you know that somebody's been looking for a job, you might want to wish them success

in that area.

Or if you know that somebody's about to graduate from university or just starting university,

you might wish them specifically for that purpose.

Okay? Let's look at some of the other general greetings that you can use.

So you could say, like, for example: "Happy New Year in 2017."

Now, it just so happens when we're recording this it's 2016, so the next year is 2017.

But, of course, change that according to whatever the New Year is for you when you watch this.

Okay, now, you could say other things: "Happy New Year and all the best."

Or, again, if it's a little bit more personal, you could say:

"Wishing you and your family a very happy, healthy New Year."

Or: "Wishing you a happy New Year filled with lots of blessings."

Now, that's a little bit religious, a little bit more personal, so you might not use that

in a business context, but you might want to use it if that reflects who you are, who

your family is, or who your friends are then you could say something like that.

Or I like this one also because it's kind of good for everyone:

"Wishing you a happy, healthy, and successful New Year." Okay?

Because "success" means all kinds of things to different people, so you could definitely

use these greetings when you wish people.

Now, another very special thing that we do for...

Around this time of New Year's is something called "New Year's resolutions".

So, what's a "resolution"?

A "resolution" is like a decision or a promise to yourself to improve in some ways.

So you could decide that you will start doing something or that you will stop doing something.

All right?

And this could apply to any aspect of your life.

For example, you could decide that you will start eating healthy food or you will start

exercising, and that you will stop smoking, for example.

So you could say: "I will do this..." or: "I won't do that."

Okay?

Now, resolutions don't have to be only about your personal things.

They are personal because they're about you, but really,

they are a chance to look at your entire life.

And people often use this time to sort of think, to reflect, because each of us has

a goal and a dream and a vision for ourselves and who we want to be

or who we think we can be.

And the New Year gives us a chance to make that real.

So we usually examine different aspects of our lives, maybe our personal life, as I said,

about eating more healthy, maybe you want to learn a new language.

Maybe something professional, maybe you want to look for another job or you want to get

a promotion and you really want to work hard for that.

Or something financial, perhaps you want to pay off your debts or you want to become rich.

Okay?

Something about relationships.

Maybe your resolution is that you're going to spend more time with your family or something

else, you're going to do something very kind for people that you know.

Or it could be something academic as well, like perhaps you're going to ace that class

or do very well in that exam, or be one of the best students or get a scholarship, and

really work hard at it because this is a time to give yourself a little bit of a push and

that motivation to achieve more and to be more.

And there is a little something else, and I'll get back with that.

Okay, so today we have a surprise for you.

I'd like to invite someone here.

Come.

So this is Enerson.

Enerson: Hi.

Rebecca: He's visiting us from Brazil, and he's one of our viewers, and he came to Toronto

and he stopped by to say hi to us.

Enerson: Hi.

Rebecca: How are you?

It's really nice to meet you.

Enerson: Thank you. I'm glad to finally meet you in person.

Rebecca: Oh, that's such a pleasure.

It's always a pleasure to meet our viewers as well.

Enerson: Okay.

Rebecca: So, since we've been talking about the New Years, do you have any New Year's resolutions?

Enerson: Yeah, I have. I have.

I want to...

I want to move to Toronto...

Rebecca: Okay.

Enerson: I want to be in shape, and I want to improve my English with www.engvid.com.

Rebecca: Oh, that's really, really nice.

Thank you so much.

I wish you and your family a very happy New Year, and all the best.

And let's say happy New Year.

Enerson: Happy New Year, everybody.

Rebecca: Happy New Year.

Bye.

So now I have a question for you.

What are some of your New Year's resolutions?

I'd love to read about them, so please share them with us in the comments.

And, of course, if you'd like to do a little bit of a review of some of the vocabulary

and expressions that we've covered in this lesson, go to our website at www.engvid.com,

and there you can do a quiz on this lesson.

And perhaps if you haven't already

for the New Year, you would like to subscribe to my YouTube channel.

That would give you a steady supply of lots of English lessons.

Of course, on our website, engVid, we have like more than a thousand lessons which can

help you, so I hope you're making that part of your New Year's routine.

And last of all I'd like to wish you,

from all of us at engVid, a very happy, healthy, and successful New Year.

Have a great time and make this your best year ever.

All the best with your English.

Bye for now.

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