新奇事件簿 我的2016新年决心

The year 2016 may go down in history as one of the best years for people to stick to their New Year's resolutions². These are the promises people make to themselves at the beginning of the year to lose weight, save money, stop smoking³, etc. Research shows that around half of all adults make New Year’s resolutions but fewer than 10 per cent of them keep to these promises. Many people make goals at the beginning of January but have given up by February. The main reason people do not stick to their resolutions is because they are too unrealistic. People think it will be easy to change their behaviour, but many resolutions need a lot of willpower and many habits are difficult to change.

坚守决心最佳年，2016将载入史册。新年伊始，人们下决心减肥、存钱、戒烟等。研究表明，约50%成年人制定新年决心，但只有不到10%遵守诺言。许多人在1月初制定目标，2月份就已抛之脑后。主要原因是因为目标不切实际。人们以为改变行为习惯非常容易，但许多决心需要强大的意志力，许多习惯也难以改变。

Researchers in the USA asked people about their resolutions for 2016. Top of the list was to live life to the fullest. Nearly half (45.7%) of those who took the survey said they planned to set this as one of their goals for 2016. The second most popular resolution¹ was to live a healthier lifestyle, with two in five (41.1%) saying this would be one of their aims. Losing weight was third on the list (39.6% of people) and wanting to spend more time with family and friends (33.2%) was fourth. The survey found that young people are making more resolutions than older people. Those in the 18-34 age group made an average of three resolutions for 2016, while older people decided⁴ on just two.

美国研究员对民众的2016决心进行了调查。榜单之首为充实生活。近一半受访者（45.7%）表示，这是2016的目标之一。第二大决心是健康生活，五分之二的受访者将其定为目标。减肥排位第三（39.6%），多花时间与家人，朋友排名第四（33.2%）。该研究发现，年轻人的新年决心多于老年人。18-34年龄段人群平均为2016制定三个目标，老年人为两个。

1 resolution   

n.坚定，决心，决心要做的事，决定，决议

参考例句：

• You must stand to your resolution.你一定要坚守你的决心。
• I still haven't given up my resolution to do more reading.我仍然还没有放弃多看些书的决心。

2 resolutions   

n.决心( resolution的名词复数 )；解决；坚决；分解

参考例句：

• He's always making good resolutions but he never carries them out. 他决心经常下得很大，但从不实行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• If she did all these things, maybe-maybe-Elizabeth's resolutions merged into fantasies. 她如果真按照这些做了，也许--也许--伊丽莎白的决心都溶在幻想之中。 来自辞典例句

3 smoking   

n.吸烟，抽烟；冒烟

参考例句：

• He was wise to give up smoking.他戒烟是明智的。
• He has decided to cut out smoking and drinking.他已决心戒烟、戒酒。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。