How do Americans Celebrate the New Year?
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hi everybody I'm Alicia from English
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do you know how Americans celebrate New
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Year's Day in this lesson you'll learn
some important phrases about American
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New Year's and some valuable cultural
tips
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in English the first day of the year is
called New Year's Day New Year's Day
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during this day almost everyone gets a
day off from work closed stores gas
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stations and other businesses are common
sights on January 1st in the u.s. the
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largest parties in the nation are
celebrated the night before so Americans
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tend to take it easy on this day
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on New Year's Day we greet each other by
saying Happy New Year Happy New Year
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on the other hand when you meet a group
of people on New Year's Day you can say
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Happy New Year everyone happy new year
everyone
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Americans also celebrate the holiday
with special events and customs the most
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popular one is New Year's resolutions
New Year's resolutions it's a promise
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that a person makes to do something new
such as a healthy activity it could also
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be to stop or give up a bad habit and
it's often a lifestyle change New Year's
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resolutions are popular in the United
States though often not really seriously
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followed most of the time people will
promise to give up a bad habit or start
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a healthy new habit over the course of
the new year popular resolutions include
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quitting smoking losing weight becoming
more ambitious with goals and getting a
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better job
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on this special day American people also
have a New Year's party New Year's party
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it's a party either at home or at a bar
with friends and family people countdown
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the last seconds of the old year and
welcome the new one one of the biggest
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celebrations in the nation is held in
Times Square in New York this is
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typically regarded as the official New
Year party for the entire country though
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each timezone rings in the New Year with
its own celebration
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let's wrap up this lesson by recapping
what you've learned listen to the phrase
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and repeat after me New Year's Day
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New Year's Day Happy New Year
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happy new year new year's resolutions
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New Year's resolutions New Year's party
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New Year's party well done you just
learned how Americans celebrate New
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Year's Day and some important facts
about the holiday and if you really want
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the very first lesson go to English
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I'll see you next time bye
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