Simplified Speech #108 – Happy New Year!
Episode description
Happy New Year! At the end of each calendar year, most people take time to think of the past year and look forward to the next. In this Simplified Speech episode, Andrew and Kassy reflect upon 2020 and discuss their goals for 2021.
Fun fact
Every country has different traditions for the turning of the new year. In South Korea, many people hike a local mountain in the middle of the night just to have a beautiful and memorable view of the first sunrise of the year.
Expressions included in the study guide
- To stack up against [something]
- To get fired up
- To cross [something] off [one’s] list
- To feed off [something]
- To have a rhythm going
- In store
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Simplified Speech #108 – Happy New Year!
Episode description
Happy New Year! At the end of each calendar year, most people take time to think of the past year and look forward to the next. In this Simplified Speech episode, Andrew and Kassy reflect upon 2020 and discuss their goals for 2021.Fun fact
Every country has different traditions for the turning of the new year. In South Korea, many people hike a local mountain in the middle of the night just to have a beautiful and memorable view of the first sunrise of the year.Expressions included in the study guide
- To stack up against [something]
- To get fired up
- To cross [something] off [one’s] list
- To feed off [something]
- To have a rhythm going
- In store
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Sign inHosts: Andrew Bates and Kassy White
Music: Something Elated by Broke For Free
Episode preparation/research: Andrew Bates
Audio editor: Andrew Bates
Transcriptionist: Andrew Bates
Study guide writer: Matty Warnock
English editor: Stephanie MacLean
Operations: Tsuyoshi Kaneshima
Project manager: Jessica Cox
Image: Moritz Knöringer (Unsplash.com)
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