VOA慢速英语:What Is Your New Year's Resolution?

短语讲解：

1. However, when talking about a New Year, a resolution is a promise people maketo themselves to be better.

talk about 讨论，谈论; 考虑（做…）
例句：He went on to talk about his accident.
他接着谈到了他的意外事故。

2. These people may use the New Year as a time to turn over a new leaf!

turn over 移交; （使） 翻转
例句：He was determined to mend his ways and turn over new leaf.
他决心改过自新,重新做人。

3. The phrase go back to the drawing board comes from Peter Arno, who worked as a cartoonist for New Yorker magazine.

come from 源自; 来自某处
例句：He's just come from the countryside.
他刚从乡下来。

4. They may agree with the old saying that a leopard never changes its spots.

agree with 与某人[观点]一致， 同意[赞同]某人的意见
例句：I quite agree with you. That's a good way of looking at it.
我很赞同你的观点，这是看待该问题的一个很好的角度。