What binge drinking can do to a student's brain

Listening time:5 min

Summary: The report talked about how binge drinking affects the brain of young people. The researcher research about injuries and blackouts. They said your blackout can last from a couple of hours to longer, depends on how much you drank. Many colleges and universities ty to educate students about dangerous of binge drinking. There is a program called eCHECKUP TO GO; it really works withcollege students. The students will learn how much weigh they gain and how much money a night drinking can cost.

Personal: In my opinion, drinking is not good for students; especially, it affects their health and brain. Drinking alcohol will reduce the ability to make decision, controlling attention, responses,etc. Therefore, I think young people, especially students should not drink too much alcohol if they want to live healthy and study effectively.

Key word: binge drinking, student, alcohol, brain, blackout, injuries.

New in Town

Listening time: 96 min

Summary: A woman who lived and worked in FLorida had to move to Minnesota to manage an old manufactory. She was shocked by the weather and people. She tried to improve productivity so she could come back Florida, but the emplyees did not like her and there were some misunderstandings between them. Therefore, she decided to come back Florida and didn't care about this manufactory. However, she was stuck in the blizzard, and a man who worked at this manufactory rescued her. She realiazed that her employees were kind people. She attempted to save the manufactory in the risk of closing. Finally, she and the employees were successful.

Personal: I think the woman in the movie was strong and aggressive person. She overcame obstacles, such as people,the weather and tradition in a new town. Although there were a lot of difficult things, the woman and the employees did not give up. The woman in the movie was the embodiment of the aggressive women nowadays.

Key word: vice president, employee, manufactory, secretary.

World Englishes: An Investigation of International Students' Goals and Experiences

Listening time: 9:56 min

Summary: The video talks about how important english is to people. Nowadays there are more non-native speakers than native speakers. They interviewed four international students to see what english means to them. A man who is from Russia thought both native teacher and non-native teacher are effective. A girl who is from Japan likes English, but sometimes she hates English. She could not decide between native and non-native speakers which is better. The last interviewee who is from India thought English will become an international language and he hoped everyone can speak and understand one language.


Personal: In my opinion, English is very important because it is used all fields, such as business, education, etc. I like talking to native speakers than non-native speakers because I can understand native speakers clearer than non-native speakers. I like to study with native teachers so I can learn English exactly. I hope everyone in the world will use English as a common language, so we can communicate together easily.


Key words: native speakers, non-native speakers, english, effective.

what happens in Vegas

Listening time: 99 min

Summary: What happens in Vegas is a comedy and love movie. A man who was fired and a women who was dumped by her boyfriend. They came to Las Vegas and met each other accidentally. They had a lot of fun in Vegas together. Moreover, they got married when they drunk, and it was such a disastrous decision. Everything was more interested when they won 3000.000. Because of money, they did everything, such as living together, telling lie the judge; even they set traps to each other to get 3000.000 for their own. It was terrible when their eyes were cloudied by money. However, finally they realized that love was more inportant than money. They married again and had a happy life.

Personal: For me, money is an important thing in my life, yet I always try to control my money because I do not want to be controled by money. A lot of people are willing to do everything to have money, even these things are really bad; that why money is a main reason to make spouses divorce. You know, people only disabuse when they lose their love and some important things. This movie is really significant because it points out the relationship between money and love, and how can people handle them. If you are not lucid and strong to control your money, money will control you.

Key words: marry, divorce, jackpot, lawer, trap, lighthouse, promote, wife, husband, money, dump.