さぁ、長文ならぬ、中文読解!新年一発目にふさわしい内容です。
新年の豊富はNew year’s resolutionです。
The start of every New Year is when we all make plans to change our life for the better over the forthcoming twelve months. Psychiatry professor Jayashri Kulkarni says: “January 1 is a ‘magical’ date and a vow made on this day is much more powerful than one made on August 26, for example.” So, we all make a list of things to quit, start or change. Unfortunately, most of these promises are, more often than not, broken by January 31st. They are usually the identical resolutions that were not fulfilled from the previous year, and the years prior to that. The website usa.gov says people, “tend to make the same resolutions year after year, even though they have a hard time sticking to them”.
Research shows 45 per cent of us make a New Year’s resolution. The most common vows include losing weight, volunteering to help others, quitting smoking, saving money, and getting fit. Others include eating healthier food, drinking less alcohol, and going on a trip. However, research also shows that most of us are not so good at sticking to these. A study from the University of Scranton reveals that 71 per cent of us stick to our annual promises for the first two weeks; six months later, less than 50 percent are still on track to keep their resolutions. Most people who give up on their resolutions do so because of a lack of willpower and the use of the ‘escape clause‘ that they will ‘try again next year’.
しかしながら、研究はまた示しています / 私たちのおおくはそんなにすぐれていないのです / これらをやりつづけるほど。 Scranton大学の研究は / 明らかにしました / 私たちの71%は最初の二週間は年間約束をこなします。 6か月後は / 50%以下がまだ新年の抱負をやりつづけているのです。 多くの人 / 新年の抱負を挫折してしまう / は、そうしてしまうのです / ~によって / 意志力の欠如と逃げのフレーズをつかってしまうことによって / 来年挑戦しよう、という。
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