實錄2 Jen： My name is Jen and I'm from Boston and for 2004 I hope to be healthier, eat healthy, go out running and relax and find a balance in my life between work and relaxation, take some time for myself.

Y: Jen說她要多跑步。這個主意倒是不錯。

J: Oh, are you kidding!? No thanks. I hate running. Jen can do all the running she wants. What else did Jen have to say?

Y: 她還說她要在工作和休閑之間找到更好的平衡。

J: Now that sounds like a good idea: finding a balance between work and play. Here's another person. His name's John and he has a New Year's resolution too.

Y: 好。那我們聽聽John有什么打算。

實錄3 John： My name's John and I'm from Boston. And New Year's Resolutions would be to go to the gym more. Um

Y: Gym? 不行。我最不喜歡到健身房和一大堆人一塊兒鍛煉了。

J: Oh, I'm with you! You know since we don't like working out or dieting maybe we could change a part of our behavior, like Corby, a visitor to Washington D.C., had many New Year's Resolutions.

Y: 這個Corby夠貪心的。她說她有好幾個New Year's Resolutions。我們聽聽她是怎么說的。

實錄4 Corby： Resolutions for next year is to control my temper, and not judge people and to quit smoking. I will probably focus on those. They're a handful.

Y: Corby 真有意思。他不只有一個，而是有好幾個新年的決心。她壞毛病還真不少：喜歡批評別人，壞脾氣，還抽煙。哎呀，我們又沒有這些壞毛病，所以我們也不用去想什么新年決心了。

J: Maybe you're right. You know, we're both pretty easygoing and neither of us smoke.

Y: 就是，就是，我們都快成了道德典范了。

J: Here's a woman named Terry who explains why she gave up giving up stuff for New Year.

Y: 我們聽聽Terry是怎么說的。

實錄5 Terry： Most of the times it's because when I make them they are very difficult to follow through on and complete. So I don't feel successful and nobody likes to do failure sorts of things. So, I guess I just don't do New Year's Resolutions.

Y: 還是Terry看得開。她知道自己沒有毅力堅持下去，所以也就不去強求自己了。

J: We'll just keep on doing what we're doing.

Y: 沒錯。不用改變什么。喜歡作什么就作什么。太好了。這就是我的New Year's Resolution! 只要高興，我們做什么都可以。

J: But good luck with your New Year's resolutions and Happy New Year.

Y: 好。我們今天的時間就到了。下次再見。

J: See you later.