{"id":1739,"date":"2025-04-14T10:24:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T02:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=1739"},"modified":"2025-04-14T10:36:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T02:36:16","slug":"english-pod-26-new-year-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=1739","title":{"rendered":"English Pod 26 &#8211; \u00a0New Year Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dialogue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/api.frdic.com\/api\/v3\/media\/mp3\/0c6b49a7-36a8-11e6-bd07-000c29ffef9b?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: So, did I tell you about my New Year\u2019s resolution? I\u2019ve decided to go on a <strong>diet<\/strong>.<br>B: And you\u2019re going to completely <strong>transform<\/strong> your<strong> eating habits<\/strong>, right?<br><br>A: Exactly! I\u2019m going to <strong>cut out<\/strong> all that junk I eat; no more chips, no more soda, no more fried food.<br>B: I\u2019ve heard this one before.<br><br>A: But this time I\u2019m going to <strong>stick to<\/strong> it. I really mean it! Trust me, Carol, I\u2019m going to be a new man in one year\u2019s time!<br>B: Well, I guess we\u2019ll just have to <strong>wait and see<\/strong>.<br><br>A: Thanks, honey, that was a great meal. I\u2019m <strong>stuffed<\/strong>. Do we have any chips left?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Explain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/api.frdic.com\/api\/v3\/media\/mp3\/54c1bbd1-1e6f-11e7-be40-000c29ffef9b?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key Vocabulary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>diet<\/strong> \u2014 Noun (singular) eating plan to help you lose weight<br><strong>transform<\/strong> \u2014\u2014 Verb change<br><strong>cut out<\/strong> \u2014\u2014 Verb remove, eliminate<br><strong>eating habits<\/strong> \u2014\u2014 Phrase usual ways of behaving<br><strong>stick to<\/strong> \u2014\u2014 Verb continue doing something<br><strong>wait and see<\/strong> \u2014\u2014 Phrase remain in a state in which you expect something to happen, and see if it does<br><strong>stuffed<\/strong> \u2014 Adjective filled with food; no longer hungry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stuffed<br>Voice: Example one.<br>A: Come on! Have one more piece of cake.<br>B: Oh, I can\u2019t. I\u2019m stuffed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voice: Example two.<br>C: Oh, I ate way too much! I\u2019m stuffed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stick to it<br>Voice: Example one.<br>A: Quitting smoking is so hard.<br>B: Stick to it! It\u2019s good for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voice: Example two.<br>C: I can\u2019t solve this math problem!<br>D: Stick to it! I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll get it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cut out<br>Voice: Example one.<br>A: You have to cut out the salt from your diet. No more chips, no more French fries, no<br>more popcorn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voice: Example two.<br>B: It\u2019s time for me to focus on my work. I\u2019m going to cut out everything else from my life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dialogue A: So, did I tell you about my New Year\u2019s resolution? I\u2019ve decided to go on a diet.B: And you\u2019re going to completely transform your eating habits, right? A: Exactly! I\u2019m going to cut out all that junk I eat; no more chips, no more soda, no more fried food.B: I\u2019ve heard this one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31,33,29],"class_list":["post-1739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","tag-english","tag-english-pod","tag-29"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1739"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1748,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739\/revisions\/1748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}