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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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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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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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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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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>> 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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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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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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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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