Goodbye 2019 / Hello 2020 - Learn English words for the end of the year - Happy New year

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English Addict with Mr Duncan


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well hello there this is Misterduncan in England on the very last day of 2019
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some might say that this year has been one of the most turbulent in a long time
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with political upheavals in many parts of the world including here in the UK
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with BREXIT and the general election taking place and many natural disasters
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some of which are still going on as I speak, 2019 has been a very eventful year
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indeed on a lighter note how was your festive holiday? did you celebrate Christmas?
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did Santa Claus bring you everything you asked for? I hope so
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so another year is coming to an end how was 2019 for you did everything go
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as planned or were there some unexpected hurdles along the way to get across the
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end of another year brings with it many things we often end up reflecting over
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the past 12 months we look back over the year and tried to work out if it was a
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good one or not did I accomplish everything I set out to
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do did I do enough to make my life better will I look back and remember
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this year fondly or view it with regret perhaps we will come to the conclusion
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that despite all the negativity during the past 12 months for you it was not a
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bad year it could have been so much better but then again it could have been
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so much worse
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as the year comes to a close we normally begin making plans for the new one we
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lay down some ideas for the following year perhaps there is a part of your
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life with which you are unhappy you might feel as if some changes have to be
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made a change of career perhaps maybe there is some place you have always
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wanted to travel to perhaps next year will be the time to go there we call
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these changes resolutions these are the things we resolve to do you might just
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have a couple of resolutions or maybe a great long list of things you wish to
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change these new year resolutions are a great way of kick starting the new year
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in an upbeat and positive way
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with each passing year we all become a little older there is nothing we can do
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to stop this from happening it is inevitable unavoidable unstoppable it is
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to be expected if there is one thing I have noticed about life it's that the
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older you get the faster time seems to pass you by when I was a young boy time
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seemed to go by so slowly the hours seemed like days the days seemed like
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weeks and the months seemed like years and the years seemed like forever youth
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makes fools of us all it feels as if we will live forever time seems endless
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eternity is our playground of course this is not true
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once you pass a certain age time begins to speed up the years seem like months
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the months seem like weeks the weeks seem like days you find yourself asking
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again and again what happened this week where did the year go is it really December again?
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of course it's not all doom and gloom there is a bright side to all this age
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need not be a hindrance or barrier time could also be its own reward
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with age comes knowledge and wisdom you are able to cope with things much better
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those little surprises that life tends to throw at you become more bearable
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perhaps it is more about your own attitude to the passing of time rather
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than the occurrence itself there are many things that exist in this world
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that can be described as a cliche some might say that life is one big cliche we
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all know the story already we know how it starts and we certainly know how it
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ends but it is up to you to make the big chunk in the middle the way you want it
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to be after all life is what you make it
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the period of time between Christmas and the new year is a strange one it feels
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as if everything is on hold some people take this time off while a few go back
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to work some do it by choice while others do not
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the day after Christmas Day is called Boxing Day this was traditionally the
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day when servants and tradesmen were given presents for their hard work
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during the year the gifts were known as Christmas boxes so the day became known
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as Boxing Day the day when the Christmas boxes were given out the phrase itself
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is still used today it normally relates to money given at
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Christmas as a bonus it is often given before the festive season arrives these
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days Boxing Day is observed in the UK as a public holiday
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so have you made any New Year's Eve plans? how will you see in the new year?
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some people get together and have a party so they can see in the new year
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together in Scotland the new year is seen as an important festival it is
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called hog money this is the name the Scots give to the final day of the year
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the traditional hub many celebrations begin on New Year's Eve and go on right
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through the night until the next morning it is common for firework displays to be
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held as the New Year arrives as the clock strikes 12:00 the fireworks will
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begin most major cities around the world have firework displays to coincide with
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the arrival of the new year the most famous ones are Sydney Hong Kong New York and London
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so this is the end of 2019 and what a rollercoaster ride it has been but how
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was it for you? was it a good one? let us all hope that 2020 will be a prosperous
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one and however idealistic it might sound, for most of us a peaceful one
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I will see you all again next year which is just around the corner
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this is Misterduncan in England saying thanks for joining me during 2019 and
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may I take this opportunity to wish each and every one of you a joyous happy
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fun-filled new year and of course for the last time ever in 2019...
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ta ta for now 8-)
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