Everyone is familiar with a to-do list, but most people don’t really understand the 【小题1】 (important) of having a list of the things they want to accomplish. Creating a to-do list is creating a list of goals. The list tells you what you need to do 【小题2】 (achieve) some larger outcome in your life.

A list is a way to break down your life goals into manageable 【小题3】 (step) you can complete in a specific amount of time. In this sense, your list becomes a guide 【小题4】 (show) you how to succeed in life.

The way most people start off creating to-do lists isn’t 【小题5】 (particular) effective. It is easy to end up with many items 【小题6】 aren’t important. Developing a talent in creating your lists 【小题7】 (be) very beneficial. First, you need to see your list as 【小题8】 sacred (神圣的) place. It is there to help you achieve your life goals. It represents items on which you plan to spend part of your valuable and limited time. This doesn’t mean you can’t put 【小题9】 (small) items on the list — like getting groceries. It does mean that you need to make sure you only use your list 【小题10】 things that are actually valuable to you.

Studying abroad seems to be a global trend these days. A study suggests that more than two thirds of the students studying abroad 【小题1】 (influence) by movies in choosing their universities since the past decade. American movies such as A Beautiful Mind set in Princeton, The Social Network in Harvard, and The Graduate in Berkeley, California are playing 【小题2】 important part in attracting foreign students to America. The global 【小题3】 (succeed) of the Harry Potter films is considered as a factor in 【小题4】 (encourage) overseas students to come to England. Universities in New Zealand have benefited from The Lord of the Rings’ effect since it was first released.

Films can also be 【小题5】 (help) to get through difficult situations.   In 2009 there was a sharp decline in Indian students choosing Australian universities 【小题6】 some reasons. So Prateek Chakravorty, a Bollywood director, 【小题7】 graduated from University of Technology Sydney, made From Sydney With Love about two Indian students falling in love with some of the 【小题8】 (building) of Sydney University. By 2014, the number of Indian students in Australia was rising again.

When universities are competing 【小题9】 (fierce) for the attention of overseas students, the cinema screen can be a recognized way 【小题10】 ( attract ) overseas students. Will you choose universities because of movies?

Some people are great at remembering faces. However, for some people, remembering a face can be difficult. Even for others, remembering a face may be impossible. Such people have a condition 【小题1】 (call)“face blindness". Its actual name is Developmental Prosopagnosia, or DP 【小题2】 short.

Experts say DP can differ 【小题3】 (great) from patient to patient. In less severe cases, people are unable to describe the face of someone they have just met. In severe cases, people cannot even recognize 【小题4】 (they) own children in a group photo.

Those who have DP show no clear signs. Take Dacia for example. If you met her, you probably wouldn't know the fact 【小题5】 she suffered brain damage as a child. There would be no sign of it until you meet her 【小题6】 second time. She wouldn't remember you at all. Dacia has mostly recovered from her 【小题7】 (injure). But now, she suffers from face blindness.

Once face blindness 【小题8】 (think) to be very rare. But recent 【小题9】 (study) have shown that it might be more common than experts thought. The study on face blindness will not directly lead to any treatments. However, it could lead to a much 【小题10】 (deep) understanding of how we all remember the world around us.