新年新气象！你的新年计划是什么？

Good morning, this is Lei with Anchor English. Happy New Year! It has been a long time. How was your holidays? I had a great holiday with Gary and family.

New year means new beginning, new plans, new goals, and new actions. What are your new year resolutions? Here are some words you can use when you make your new year plans:

I want to do 我想要做。。

I will do 我将要做。。。

I plan to do 我打算做。。。

I am going to do 我将要做。。。

Learn how to do sth 学习如何做。。。

Be better at sth/ doing sth 在某方面更好。。

Master sth 熟练掌握。。。

Be competitive at doing sth 在某方面更有竞争力。。。

Make progresses 取得进步

Improve 提高，进步

At least 至少

No less than 不少于

No more than 不多于

Every day/ every week.. 每天，每周

Twice a day/ Twice a month 一天两次，一个月两次

Every other day/ every other week 每隔一天，每隔一周

Daily/ weekly/monthly ，每天，每周，每月

By the end of the year 年底之前

By the end of March 三月份之前

Before summer 夏天之前

As soon as possible 越快越好

Within a month/ Within a quarter 一个月之内，一个季度之内

Reward myself by doing sth/ with sth用。。。奖励自己

Punish/ Punishment 惩罚

Hold someone accountable让某人负责

Accountability partners 责任伙伴

Example: I want to get six packs this year. I will work out daily. I plan to work out every day. In order to get my six packs before summer, I need to do high intensity workout at least every other day. If I can accomplish my goal by the end of May, I will reward myself with a summer vocation to show off my abs. I will have my husband as my accountability partner to hold me accountable to accomplish my goal.

What are you goals this year? Spell them out. It helps.

Bye for now…