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Hello, I'm Sally and I have made an important decision.

In 2025, I'm going to CHANGE MY LIFE. I'm going to tell you about my New Year's resolutions.

My first resolution is to stop going shopping. I really like going shopping, I think it's one of my favourite activities. But I spend a lot of money on shoes, bags and clothes every weekend and I really need to stop. I am NOT a millionaire and I want to spend my money on important things.

My second resolution.... Hum... I would like to be more organized. I'm really really absent-minded and extremely messy. Every week I lose something : my keys, my phone. It's horrible.My house is not tidy at all and I need to change that. I never invite friends because I hate dusting, mopping the floor, etc.

My third resolution, hum... Let me see. I think I'm going to travel around the world. I would like to visit China, Spain, France, Australia and I never take the time to do it. My sister lives in Paris so I will also take some time to visit her.

My last resolution is to practice a sport more regularly because I'm really lazy, and I spend too much time watching TV series and action films. So this year, I will do more sport.

Hey I'm Peter !

A new year is beginning and I have decided to CHANGE MY LIFE.

Today I'd like to talk to you about my 4 New Year's resolutions for 2025.

My first resolution is to spend more time with my friends and family because I work a lot and I don't see my friends and family much. I will take some time to play with my children and to go to the cinema with them, and I will try to work less.

My second resolution... Hum... I think I'm going to eat more healthy food because I go to fast food restaurants three or four times a week and I know it's not a good habit. I really love eating , I hate doing the cooking and I usually don't have the time to do the cooking so fast food restaurants are usually the perfect solution for me.

My third resolution... Well... This one is the most difficult for me. I would like to stop smoking. I started smoking when I was 19 years old and now that I am 34 years old, I think it's time for me to stop. I am a very determined person so I think I can do it.

And my last resolution is to learn to play the guitar. I think it's a really cool instrument and I really like singing, so I think I will try and learn how to play it.

John Lennon was born in Liverpool, England, in October 1940, in the middle of a World War II German bomb attack. He grew up there too.
After his father left the family, his aunt Mimi took care of John because his mother died in an accident when he was 17 years old.
When he was 15 John Lennon formed a pop group called the Quarrymen. He also attended art school in Liverpool.
Lennon married Cynthia Powell in 1962, and the following year, they had a son, Julian. However, when he met the artist and musician Yoko Ono, he divorced Cynthia. He married Yoko Ono in 1969. Together, they had a son, Sean.
At the beginning of the 1970s, he left England and went to live in America.
Lennon began a solo career and in 1971 he released his famous song Imagine, which reached number one on music charts all around the world.
In December 1980, he died when Mark Chapman, a fan, shot him five times outside his apartment in New York.
The news of his death devastated fans but his music still inspires people all over the world.

The crabby fox, ashamed of being caught stealing, felt a fierce surge of guilt as the farmer stood surveilling it, forcing the creature to flee into the forest.

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Hello, how are you today. It's very nice here you know

What city were the Beatles from?
What was their nickname?
What type of music did they play?
What instrument did Ringo Starr play?
What year did they begin their career?
How many songs did they write?
How many albums did they release?
What's the name of their studio?
In how many countries did they give concerts?
When did they stop touring?

What country were the Beatles from?
How many members were there?
What instrument did Paul McCartney play?
Who made up the name 'Beatles'?
How many films did they make?
What type of film is Yellow Submarine?
What year did they go to the USA for the first time?
What was the name for the fans' hysteria?
In what city did they give their last concert?
What year did they break up?

John Lennon was born in Liverpool in October 1940 and grew up there. In 1956, he formed his first band, The Quarrymen. All in all, he married twice: in 1962 to Cynthia Powell, but he got divorced in 1968 and then he married Yoko Ono in 1969. He had two sons: Julian Lennon was born in 1963 and Sean Ono Lennon in 1975. At the beginning of the 1970s, he left England and went to live in America. In 1971, he wrote the famous song Imagine. In December 1980, he died when Mark Chapman, a fan, shot him five times outside his apartment in New York.

- So I'm really wondering where I should go on holiday this year. People have told me Spain's really nice. What do you think? Have you ever been?
- Yeah, I went to Madrid actually. I spent two weeks in Madrid during the summer.
- Oh cool, like, two weeks. That's quite a long time isn't it? Whereabouts did you go to in Madrid?
- Well I stayed with a friend and she lives in the centre so I stayed with her and we just travelled around and we went around the city as well, so all the neighbouring villages.
- Oh that's really nice, you saw quite a lot of Madrid then. What types of things did you do there?
- Mainly just sightseeing, but then one night we went to a movie family effort and an animated movie because her cousin's boyfriend is trying to be a director so he worked with Sony and they made this movie and I got a free ticket out of it.
- That was really cool. Was the movie good?
- I didn't understand much of it because I don't speak Spanish but I could follow it.
- That's good. What was it about, the movie?
- It was about three mice I think. They went on an adventure but I can't really remember but I knew that the kids liked it.
- That's all that matters then, that random was the three mice. Did you sample any Spanish food when you were there?
- I did actually. Her grandma who is from Seville came and made traditional dishes for us so she made paella and I had lots of chorizo and lots of wine which was good.
- What was your favourite out of what you had? Did you have a specific favourite dish that you ate or not really?
- Not really, I went to Tapa and I genuinely loved all of it.
- That's pretty good so you definitely recommend going to Madrid?
- Yeah definitely, especially in the summer.
- Was it really hot then when you went?
- Yeah it was boiling but instead of like Barcelona where it's really sticky and hot it's really dry so it's quite nice.
- So it's quite bearable then. Okay cool. I definitely think about going to Madrid.

The Roaring Twenties is a nickname for the 1920s in the United States. It was a time of hope, prosperity, and cultural change. With the economy and the stock market booming, people were spending money on entertainment and consumer goods.

The optimism of the early 1920s was largely due to the end of the World War I in 1918. The United States had been on the winning side of the war and had emerged from the war as a major world power.

Sometimes the Roaring Twenties is also called the "Age of Jazz." Jazz music became very popular across the United States. People listened to it on the radio and heard live jazz bands at dance halls.

With all the optimism and the booming economy, people were buying lots of products on credit. The overall debt of the country grew rapidly. At the same time, people were speculating on the stock market. Stock values soared and people thought they would go up forever. However, on October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed. This day is known as Black Tuesday and it signaled the beginning of the Great Depression.