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北米人の新年の抱負のトップ3は痩せること、借金を返すことと、計画性のある生活を送ること。

Katie: Midori, have you made your New Year's resolution yet?

Midori: Yes, I have. Would you like to guess what my resolution is?

Katie: Sure, I would. Let's see…. Is it something to do with a relationship?

Midori: You are right! My resolution is to find a nice boyfriend that I can share my time with in Canada. By the way, do you know what kind of resolutions people have in Canada?

Katie: Most people make at least one resolution, probably related to health and fitness.

Midori: Can you give me some examples?

Katie: The majority promise to eat healthier, exercise more, lose weight or quit smoking.
Returning debts and organizing their lives better seem to be popular resolutions as well.

Midori: I wonder how successful people are in keeping their resolutions.

Katie: Unfortunately, while they may get off to a good start the challenge for most people seems to be to maintaining the new behavior for the whole year. On average only about 20% of people, manage to keep their resolutions each year.
新年の抱負を守れる人は全体の20%と言われている。

Midori: They may be setting goals that are too difficult for them.

Katie: That is probably true in many cases. Most of them probably make and fail the same resolution year after year.

Midori: A good new year's resolution in that case is to resolve to make an easier resolution than the last year.

Katie: That should certainly help. So, do you think you will succeed in keeping your resolution?

Midori: I will certainly try my best.

Would you like to guess （当ててみる？）
Let's see （さーて・・・）
By the way （ところで）
Can you give me some examples? （例を挙げてくれますか？）
The majority （大半）
off to a good start （駆け出しは良い）
On average （平均で）
year after year （来る年も来る年も）
try my best （全力を尽くす）