“地道英语”：Turn over a new leaf 重新开始，改过自新
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I'm Feifei and I'm with Phil. Hi. Any plans for 2025, Feifei? It's a new year, so I think it's time to turn over a new leaf. Turn over a new leaf? I'm not sure it's the right time of year to be doing gardening, Feifei. It's not that kind of leaf.

And it's just an expression. It means to make a change and make a new start. You stop doing something negative. Turn over a new leaf is the expression we're learning in this programme. So it's a bit like making a New Year's resolution. Yes, the leaf in this expression is a leaf of paper, like a sheet of paper.

So to turn over a new leaf means to turn the page and start a new chapter of your story. You're trying to move on from something negative. For example, I've been feeling very inactive. I've never managed to get into going to the gym, but in 2025, I'm going to turn over a new leaf and get fit. Phil, what about you? Do you think you should turn over a new leaf?

Turn over a new leaf for 2025. Hmm, maybe I should start eating more healthily. I love cooking, but nothing I cook is that healthy. And I love to give myself huge portions. That's probably something negative that I should change. Yes, that's how I'm going to turn over a new leaf. Now, let's hear how some of our colleagues are going to turn over a new leaf. ♪

I've got this terrible habit of biting my nails, but I've decided I need to turn over a new leaf. So in the new year, I'm stopping that. That's my New Year's resolution. I was a bit naughty in primary school sometimes, but my teacher told me to turn over a new leaf and I did. I was very well behaved from then on. So these days, I always look at my phone instead of trying to remember things that I probably know. And so I'm going to turn over a new leaf and

in the new year and use my brain instead and try to remember things. 你正在收听的是 BBC 英语教学的地道英语节目。 以上我们一起学习了短语 turn over a new leaf 的用法。 Of course, it's not just about New Year's resolutions. Anytime you want to put something negative behind you and make a change, you can try to turn over a new leaf.

Leaf 做名词的时候有书中的一纸页面的意思。 Turn over a new leaf 这个表达借由翻开新的一面来比喻重新开始,改过自新。

不论是开启了人生新的阶段,做出了重要的决定和改变, 还是摆脱了某个长久以来的问题或困扰, 用崭新的面貌开始新的生活或者工作, 我们都可以用 turn over a new leaf 或者 turn the page 来形容。 We'll finish here, but if you feel like you don't know enough expressions and idioms in English, and you want to turn over a new leaf, come back for the next episode. See you then. Bye bye.

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