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New Year's Day

元旦

On New Year’s Day people start a new year.

在元旦，人们开始了新的一年。

Many people make resolutions.

许多人下决心。

They resolve to be better people.

他们决心成为更好的人。

Some people decide that they will lose weight so that they can be healthier.

有些人决定减肥是为了更健康。

Some people decide to give up smoking.

有些人决定戒烟。

They also want to be healthier.

他们也希望自己更健康。

There are all kinds of resolutions that people make.

人们有各种各样的决心。

Some people try not to lose their tempers.

有些人尽量不发脾气。

Some people say that they will work harder.

有些人说他们会更加努力。

There are people who try to give up Bad habits.

有些人试图改掉坏习惯。

Every year, my brother says that he will stop biting his nails.

每年，我弟弟都说他会停止咬指甲。

He stops biting his nails in January, but by February he always starts again.

他在一月份停止咬指甲，但到了二月份，他总是又开始咬指甲。

That is the thing about New Year’s resolutions.

这就是新年决心的意义所在。

People seldom keep them.

人们很少能坚持下去。

Everybody starts out with good intentions, but it is very hard to stick with them.

每个人一开始都有良好的意图，但很难坚持下去。

I don’t make New Year’s resolutions.

我不做新年的决心。

I find that I just break them.

我发现我只是打破了它们。

I just work day by day to break my bad habits.

我只是日复一日地工作以改掉我的坏习惯。

I know that I eat too many sweets.

我知道我吃太多甜食了。

Every day, I just try to resist them.

每天，我只是试图抵抗它们。

I think that every day is a new day regardless of whether it is New Year’s Day or not.

我觉得不管是不是元旦，每天都是新的一天。

Bad habits are hard to break.

坏习惯很难改掉。

The best thing is never to start any bad habits.

最好的事情是永远不要养成坏习惯。

I don’t know if my brother will ever stop biting his nails, but I know that each January he intends to stop.

我不知道我弟弟是否会停止咬指甲，但我知道每年一月他都打算停止咬指甲。

Maybe one of these New Year’s Days he’ll get over that habit.

也许某个习惯他会改掉这个习惯。