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Advanced Audio Blog #11

Resolutions Broken

CONTENTS
2 English
2 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences

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1. Resolutions Broken

2. It's nearing the end of January, and I am sitting at a beautifully set table in a nice restaurant
with my husband. The lights are low and soft, and they reflect in a spectrum of color off
the fine crystal stemware. Polished silver forks lie prone on a spotless white linen
tablecloth next to a plate of almost translucent china. A five layer chocolate cake
complete with vanilla ice cream sits on that plate between us, staring me down, daring
me to go ahead take a bite.

3. I do.

4. "That lasted longer than most," my husband says, his mouth full of delicious dessert.

5. "Just leave me alone, why don't you," I say, taking yet another bite. "It's so good!"

6. "Yep," he says.

7. Yes, it's another year, and another year's resolution is broken. This is an eventuality that I
have come to expect. Most of the New Year's resolutions I have made in my lifetime have
had the common theme of depriving myself of something that I love; something that an
authority has deemed "bad for you." Chocolate, sweets, tobacco, alcohol, sitting on the
couch, watching all of the sequels to Halloween; you name it. If someone has said that it's
bad for you, I probably like it. And I have made at least one resolution to give it up.

8. Perhaps this year, I will make a resolution to not make resolutions. Is that contradictory?
Well, that's me. Perhaps I'll go with the Greek idea of the Golden Mean, something my
favorite Founding Father, Ben Franklin, lived his life by. Everything in moderation. I'll
make a resolution to give up the guilt associated with breaking my resolutions. Yeah,
that's what I'll do.

9. And, just maybe, I'll have another piece of that cake.

10. if you were to make a resolution, what would it be and why?

VOCABULARY

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 V oc abular y English C lass

lying flat, to rest in a

lie prone horizontal position phrasal verb

bad feeling caused by

guilt thinking something bad has noun
been done

book or movie that continues

sequel the story begun in an earlier noun
book or movie

having information that

contradictory disagrees with other adjective
information

to think of someone or
to deem something in a certain way verb

to take away from somebody

to deprive or something verb

eventuality something that might happen noun

to tell someone to do
to dare something difficult to show verb
courage

almost see-through, just

translucent clear enough for light to adjective
come through

something smooth and shiny

polished from being rubbed verb

SAMPLE SENTENCES

The silverware lies prone on the table. He lay prone on the floor.

Sometimes feelings of guilt can stop you She felt guilt after breaking the glass.
from doing something nice.

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"Godfather II" is considered one of the The sequels were not as good as the first
best sequels ever made. movie.

The two girls gave contradictory The contradictory information confused

statements about what happened at the the students.
dance.

The car was deemed unsafe for highway He deemed it smart to not fight with his
driving. boss.

Cinderella's stepmother deprived her of He couldn't think because he was so sleep

love. deprived.

If you plan well, you can handle any Rain is an eventuality we need to consider
eventuality. for the event.

The boy dared his brother to eat a can of She dared me to jump off the ramp with
dog food. my skateboard.

The translucent stained glass windows The translucent jellyfish swam through the
look wonderful on sunny days. water.

The silverware at the restaurant is nicely They polished the floor so clean that they
polished and set. could see their reflection.

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