Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles Hello today we're going to be talking to the people of London and asking them about their new year's eve plans what they're doing why they like New Year's and why it's so important to people and whether they have any new year's resolutions alright I'm here with anthony and what's this guy's name I'll let him tell you. Oh, nope, shy. Ah he's shy. ok maybe later yeah, he mugged me off I know. Rude, English So the first question for new year how are you celebrating it for this year i am actually going abroad I'm going to Austria to have a look at what they do over there yeah, go to Austria but then I think we're taking a trip to Italy as well so i'm gonna get a really nice cultural awareness yeah exactly a bit of an awareness but normally in England I'd go to my parents sort of chill out with my parents Okay, eat way too much food yeah drink too much and then fall asleep watching Jools Holland so the alcohol consumption is it quite high for you and your parents or just you? Umm same for everyone really the house yeah yeah is special like whenever works so hard you know across the year and then Christmas and he is the time to really let loose A: and drink as much as you want. C: Let loose or let it all go Let it all go, exactly. and then have an argument probably yeah so er it ends like that often doesn't it, yeah! I'm here with my new friends Sky and Alicia with friends right? Okay thanks i want to ask your question about new years, umm do you guys have any new year's resolutions this year to be more positive i would say yeah. To be more positive? Yeah and stressed less and yeah that's probably it. I'd like to do all the things that I didn't do this year. Okay and what things didn't you do this year that you'd like to do just putting things aside just getting just be more productive. Are you the kind of guy that puts things off a bit yeah yeah, yeah a lot. Same as me actually that's kind of my resolution like sincerely I think I put shit off too much in my life yeah and what do you think could reduce stress this year? Umm I dunno just like seeing the bigger picture umm and I guess like planning ahead more I don't umm yeah, I dunno. Nice, it's quite a personal question really! Do you think New Year's Eve is overrated? I do yeah yeah I do I mean I haven't had a lot of variety in my new year's eve experience but I mean even like we've been living in London and wanting to go see the fireworks and things like that that would be like the idea of it is amazing yeah and when you get me like there's hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people millions of people here and they just can't get home cos the tubes down you know is that kindof thing, yeah, but umm and you're you're trapped like sardines I know it's not what you need but i think yeah i mean i think it is kind of overrated again I think it depends on who you spend it with really. very true, it's all about the company absolutely absolutely yeah so who you spend it with and just don't get too drunk. That is, that would be my advice anyway. i like it. Err, Louise do you have any new year's resolutions err for this year? i do have a new year's resolution if I don't complete my last one will be to do the splits I'm about an inch away so hopefully can you explain to our foreign learners what the split are? Cameraman Charlie - "Or better yet, show us?" not on this floor without warming up that would be dangerous but it's splitting one leg forward and one leg back it's a gymnastics move yeah that's the one. Are you into gymnastics? Umm I'm a trampoline coach. if that counts a little, I'm not very good I can only do a little bit but dancer mostly Nice, and err last year you said you have accomplished your new year's resolution what was it? Err well that was it, to do the splits. Oh, so I've only got a week or so to try and get that last bit Just that one inch and if you don't manage, if you do manage to do that next year do you have any other resolutions? Ooh errmm probably to do split leaps in the air better next so that's jumping in the air with your legs split Can you remember your worst New Year's Eve experience? Ahh, yes I can i was at a drama school and had a massive argument with my other half at the time and then all of our friends around it just wasn't pretty yea, no one had a good time. it just kind of ruined the evening I think I'm not... maybe I was drunk, dunno but no I remember that one being, was it me that had an argument? I don't know. I dunno if it was me or not Well someone ruined it. Someone had an argument and it ruined it. but err it was all very dramatic we we're at drama school and drinking too much...I keep talking about alcohol. that's bad isn't it. just keep talking about alcohol... the Brits are alcoholics. I know, it's yea..Would you say we are compared to other nations? Not the Irish maybe not. No not the Irish. I'd say yeah I mean on average i think we like a drink more than anyone else yeah yeah but I think it's like a steady flow of drink we don't always get hammered all the time err well saying that...just contradicting myself at the weekend it's fine it's fine yeah yeah compared to dry countries we're probably a little bit more? Probably. I don't know, yeah, your right yeah Last year what were your resolutions and did you accomplish them? I can't remember I think they're basically the same but yeah probably not I probably accomplished them for about the first week and that's probably about it. I didn't have any I never have any. If you hadn't have asked me I wouldn't have even thought of it, you know? Try and improve every year but That's cool I'm glad I asked, maybe I'll make a difference Any new year's resolutions? That's a good one Err I'm gunna work harder definitely gunna work harder a lot more editing yeah a lot more editing a lot more everything bits and bobs just yea kind of really concentrate this year and make 2017 really successful because i did that last, well I kind of thought, ooh 2016's gunna be my year to really go for it okay and nothing happened umm but that's probably due to my over... I was kind of overestimating myself maybe. Pipe dreams are good Yeah exactly i know i've learned from it yeah i can move up but umm yeah I really wanna work hard and I think for everyone 2017, err 2016's not been a great year just with like all the stuff that's been going on in the media and the amount of people that passed away. Famous people that passed away I don't know why but that hit a lot of people quite hard for some reason umm and obviously war isn't great. As well, that's not great but yeah 2017 work harder, concentrate more try my best to spend a bit more time with family, you know. A bigger and better 2017 at work 100% Okay, my other question is what do you typically do on New Year's? Catch up with friends generally. Usually there's a big group of us umm we all get together every year, so I shall probably do that, not sure where yet but yeah that's the general gist of it. What are your plans for this year for new years? Are we going to a party, right? yeah, a friends party what happens at these parties? cos in other countries you know sometimes New Years isn't a big thing, sometimes it's at different times of the year what how did the British celebrate New Years? Umm basically just drinking and talking and the countdown to fireworks. Just a good chance to see old friends, make new friends. It's pretty casual isn't it I mean people make quite a big deal of it in terms of drinking Yeah, that's about it. Stay up till midnight, yeah? later obviously Nice, is there any traditions after midnight like in Spain every every chime of the clock. Ding! They put a grape in their mouth. Do you do anything like that? Nah, we've not heard of anything like that really. One other question Okay What's the kind of, what's the past New Years you've ever had? Oh gosh, umm I had a good one in America watched the ball drop in New York in America on TV and had friends doing silly games again in lots of different rooms have silly games in and beer pong learnt how to do that What about you? Oh, you know I haven't even thought about it I write all these questions but I didn't even asked I haven't even thought of the answer... for myself umm I probably want to get them a little bit more balance between travel and work nice because I'm one focusing a lot on work and at the moment i'm living in germany and I should be traveling europe but at the moment I'm focusing all on my work and forgetting to travel, right, enough. So that would be good. Yeah absolutely yeah, So here's to a bigger and better, traveling world wide, new year! Absolutely! 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