Sunday, July 31, 2011

Meet The Fockers

Listening time: 116 min



Summary: Meet The Fockers is a part 2 of Meet The Parents. In part 1, Jack accepted Greg to become his son-in-law. In part 2, Pam, her parents, and her nephew came to Greg's parents house to discuss about Pam's wedding. Greg's parents are happy and open-minded. However, everything was not smooth when Jack was suspicious that Jack had a son with his wet nurse. The more Jack did the more tangle everything was. Espescially, when Jack knew Pam was pregnant, he was angry and left Greg's parents house with his grandchild. Finally, Jack understanded that everything that he did was wrong, and he should believe his family and Greg. The end of the movie was a happy wedding party of Greg and Pam.

Personal: I think Jack is a good father, but he is a conservative man . He always tries to protect Pam, but his ways was not ok. He should believe his family and should not treat them by his experience in CIA. Everything would be easier if Jack was loose himself.

Key words: spy, sulky, pregnant, legacy, nephew, quirky, hasty, infantilize, marry, DNA, wet nurse.

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Brains Gain From Physical Activity by Older People

Listening time: 4 min



Summary: The news talked about people can reduce the risk of dementia, if they are being active. Dementia is a name of desease related to brains. According to researchs, biking, jogging, and tennis are good job to reduce the risk of dementia. Besides, low intensity activity is reduce the risk of thinking issues and memory loss. Even, with 30 min walking at a quick speed every day can lower the risk of cognitive impairment.
Personal: I think these researchs are a good news for everyone; especially, elders who has problem with brains. In my country, there are a lot of elders are living with dementia, and dementia has strong effect on their life. I hope with people will prevent and reduce the risk of dementia by being active.

Key words: dementia, reduce, brain, memory loss, active, think, emotion, risk

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

Listening time: 71 min




Summary: Welcome home Roscoe Jenkins is a comedy movie. The main character is Roscoe Jenkins who was very successful in Hollywood. Roscoe Jenkins had ever visited his parents for nine years, and he just sent a modern TV to his parents. Finally, Roscoe JenKins came back with his fiance and son to take part in his parents 50th anniversary celebration. However, everything was muddle because of life style and conflict in the past. After Roscoe Jenkins and his parents experienced some hard times, Roscoe realized that his families were more important than an arrogant and selfish fiance and his life in Hollywood.

Personal: There are someone is busy with their business, and they forget their family. Undoubtedly, material is very important in life, but family is more important. Almost parents are happy when their children are successfull. However, they will be happier if the children really care and spend time with them. We should remember that material can be created, but parents and family are only one that we can not create.

Key words: mercy, anniversary, bitch, fighting, bitch, steroid, engage, cousin, celebration,fiance.

Friday, July 22, 2011

Study Says AIDS Drugs Can Raise Life Expectancy in Africa

Listening  time: 3:58 min



Summary: The news talked about the HIV/ AIDS drug can help patients in Africa increase their life expectancy. The life expectancy is nineteen years for men, and more than thirty years for women. Moreover, the drug can prevent from HIV. If you take the drug every day it will reduce the risk of  infection in sex and for gay men.

Personal: This news is really good for HIV/AIDS patients. They will have more time to enjoy life and make their life significiant when they take the drug. I hope we will have a drug to treat for HIV/AIDS patients in the world someday, so we will have a better world.

Key words: expectancy, drug, reduce, HIV/AIDS, prevent.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Nanny Diaries

Nanny Diaries

Listening time: 106 min



Summary: The Nanny Diaries movie is a true story of a college graduate who worked as a nanny for a rich New York family. The girl lived at the parents’ house to take care of their son. She had to follow many rules and was busy with the kid. The parents did not care about their son; they were too busy with their business, shopping, traveling, parties, etc. Since the nanny was responsibility for their son, so they could be free to do things that they thought were more important than their son. The nanny was trying to make the kid happy, but it was not easy to look after a child who was neglected and ignored by his parents. However, after they experienced some hard times, the nanny was able to make them understand that their son was the most important thing in their life.  

Personal: For me, being a parent is a holy thing. It is very important to nurture and take care of their children. Children desperately need love from their parents more than anything. It is

definitely difficult to raise children; therefore, if parents cannot fulfill their duty, they should not

have children.

Key words: anthropology, divorce, nanny, stroller, challenge, miserable, jar.

Friday, July 15, 2011

No Need to Go to Extremes to Lose Weight

Listening time: 15: 30 min
Summary: According to the news, people are facing how to diet and lose weight effectively. In the weigh loss industry, there are lots of ways to lose weight. For instance, tapeworm, diet with low fat or low carb, and surgery. However, each way also has advantages and disadvantages. For example, surgery to resize stomach can help you lose half of overweight pounds in the first year; however, most of people regain weight. The experts said that we should be on diet and had physiscal activities to lose weight more effectively.

Personal: Nowadays, there are many fat foods and obese people. Consequently, we have lots of ideas to lose weight, and we have to choose which is best for us. Diet and weight loss not only keep a good shape, but also keep your health well. I think we should prevent obesity before it happens.

Key words: diet, lose, weight, obese, fat, vegatable, burn,surgery,

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Guess Who

Listening time: 105 min

Summary: The movie is a funny story about a couple. They decided to inform the girl's parents about their engage. Everything seemed smoothly until a couple met her parents. The girl's father was shocked because the man is unemployment, dept , and, especially, he is white. Therefore, the father opposed and hated the man openly. The father did everything to kick the man out of house. In addition, there were lots of funny situations turning around black and white throughout the film. Excepting laughs, the audiences infer an important lesson about discrimination.

Personal: After I watched Guess Who movie, and I infered an important lesson for myself. You know what, true love is worth everything. You can not love someone if you are racist, color skin does not matter, and you can not evaluate someone by their skin and appearance. Besides, the most important thing is personality.

Key words: engage, wedding, money, black, white, racist, unemployment, selfish, liar, joke.

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Time

Women Inmates Train To Start Businesses After Prison

Listening time: 4 min.

Summary: This report talked about the training program for women to start business after leaving prison. It is difficult to get a job and have a better life with prison document. The training called LIFE which included business and social skills. Moreover, they were teaching how to manage and plan for their own business. There were some women started and succeeded in their own business, after they left prison. Therefore, the trainers hoped this training program would be widely opened to other prisons.

Personal: I found the training program for prisoners to be very significant. It helped prisoners who graduated from this training had a job and better life. Therefore, the number of crim will be reduced, and the resident's life will be safer. I think other prisons should start this training program.

Key words: inmate, manage, prison, business, viable, social, communicate