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Understanding New Year’s Resolutions and Peer Pressure

In this video, Sam and Rob discuss the concept of New Year’s resolutions and the influence of peer pressure. They delve into the challenges of giving up bad habits, particularly alcohol, and share insights from a guest speaker about the difficulty of quitting drinking. Let’s explore more about resolutions, peer pressure, and the impact of social influences on our behaviors.

Today’s movie

6 Minute English – New Year’s Resolutions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bSMwNO_OCY

Listening Quiz

Let’s test your knowledge with a quiz question related to New Year’s resolutions.

Q1: According to historians, which people were thought to be the first group to make New Year’s resolutions?

Q2: What does ‘peer pressure’ refer to?

Q3: How would you describe an ‘ingrained’ attitude?

Q4: What is a ‘hangover’?

Q5: How would you define ‘permeating’?

Vocabulary

Let’s review some key vocabulary terms discussed in the video.

resolution
a promise to yourself to stop or start doing something
She made a resolution to exercise more regularly.

peer pressure
the influence a group of similar people have on you to behave like them
He succumbed to peer pressure and tried smoking.

ingrained
an attitude or idea that has been done in a certain way for a long time and is difficult to change
The tradition of celebrating Thanksgiving is deeply ingrained in American culture.

hangover
the sick, tired, and sometimes anxious feeling after drinking too much alcohol
She woke up with a terrible hangover after the party.

permeating
spreading through something and influencing every part of it
The smell of fresh cookies permeated the entire house.


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