Tuesday, 13 January 2015

Are New Year's Resolutions easy to keep? _ Listening NInt1




Listen to the following extract and answer the questions
  1. Who is Jayashri Kulkarni?
  2. When are most New Year's resolutions broken by?
  3. What did the website usa.gov say people have a hard time doing?
  4. How many of us make a New Year's resolution?
  5. How long do 71% of us stick to our resolutions?
  6. What kind of clause do people use to stop their resolution?

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13 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi María,
My answers are:
1 He is a Psychiatry professor
2 January 31st
3 They tend to make the same resolutions year after year, even though they have a hard time sticking to them
4 45%
5 For the first two weeks
6 They use the escape clause

Greetings

José María Díaz said...

Hello María.

My answers are:

1.- He is a psychiatry professor.
2.- 31st of January.
3.- People must try to make the same resolutions year after year.
4.- 45% of people.
5.- During the two first weeks of January.
6.- They say that they´ll try the resolution the next year.

Kind regards,

José María Díaz

Unknown said...

Hello Teacher!

1. Jayashri Kulkarni is a psyquiatry professor.
2. The first of January is a magical date.
3. People tend to make the same resolutions year after year.
4. 45% of us make a New year's resolution. Save money, give up smoking...
5. First Two week, in January.
6.I'll try the next year.

Happy sunday

Lola said...

Hello Everybody!

1. He is a psychiatry professor
2. January first is a magical date
3.
4. 45%
5. During two weeks
6. I'll try next year.

I like very much the exercices about prepositions.It's perfect to practice grammar

Nora Dìaz said...

Hi Maria!!

1- She is a professor of Psychiatry.
2- 31st of January
3- People then to make the same resolution year after year even do they`ve a hard time taking to them.
4- 45%
5-Two weeks since the first of January,6 month later less than 50% are still...
6-They will try next year.

Happy week!!!
NoRa :)

Unknown said...

Hello María:

1.He is a psiquiatry professor
2.31th January
3.I understand something like "year after year"
4.45%
5.The first two weeks of January
6.They say theirselves "I'll try again next year"

Unknown said...

Hello Maria,

1- He is a Psychiatry Proffesor
2- 31st of January
3- The people tend to make the same resolutions year after year.
4- 45%
5- For the first two weeks
6- They will try again next year

Nusky said...

Hello everybody!
Here my answers:

1. He is a psychiatry professor.

2. By January 31st.

3. People tend to make the same resolutions year after year, even though they have a hard time sticking to them.

4.The 45% of people make New Year's resolutions.

5.Only 2 weeks.

6.“I'll try again next year”.

Regards.
Elena

María Luisa Duque said...

My answers are:

1. Jayashri Kulkarni is a psychiatry professor
2. January 31st
3. People tend to make the same resolutions year after year
4. 45%
5. For the first two weeks
6. They will try next year

MLDuque

Unknown said...

1- I'm not sure, psychiatry professor

2- 31st January

3- People make the same resolutions that the previously year.

4- 45%

5- 6 months leater

6- They try again the next year.

Vero said...

Hi María,

My answers are:

1-He's a Psychiatry Professor
2-31st of January
3-I'm not sure: They make these resolutions year after year
4-45%
5-For the first two weeks
6-They'll tray next year

María Martín said...

Hello everybody!

Congratulations! You've done a great job. Most of you have partially failed questions 3/6 because of unknown vocabulary. The expressions you must learn are "stick to" a resolution: keep it and "escape clause": clause that releases you from a contract.

These are the right answers:
1. Who is Jayashri Kulkarni? A Psychiatry professor
2. When are most New Year's resolutions broken by? Most of these promises are broken by January 31st.
3. What did the website usa.gov say people have a hard time doing? People have a hard time sticking to their resolutions. (keeping them)
4. How many of us make a New Year's resolution? 45% of us make a New Year's resolution.
5. How long do 71% of us stick to our resolutions? 71% of us stick to our annual promises for the first two weeks.
6. What kind of clause do people use to stop their resolution? They use of the 'escape clause' that they will 'try again next year'.

Good job! Keep working hard!

Unknown said...

Hi María,
Thank you very much

Greetings