Spotlight Audio 11/2008

English is spoken in many different ways around the world. Spotlight Audio gives you not only American English and British English, but often Australian, South African, Irish and other regional forms of pronunciation in 70 minutes of interviews, exercises and dialogues connected to Spotlight magazine.

Listen to 'Voice from the past'

Contents

1. Introduction

People

2. Voice from the past (p. 10)

World View

3. Scotland goes for gold (p. 10)

A Day in My Life

4. Rykie Woite (see p. 9)

Britain Today

5. Crime time: violence on Britain's streets (p. 14)

Language

6. Interview with David Crystal (see p. 16)

Focus: Wales

7. King of the castles (excerpt; p. 38)

8. Interview with Marc Morris

Debate

9. Is it all right to wear fur? (see p. 22)

Everyday English

10. Drinks (pp. 59-60)

Replay: A look at recent news events

11. Introduction

12. What now in Iraq?

13. Power-sharing in Zimbabwe

14. The voice of Agatha Christie

Literature

15. Interview with Lin Anderson (see p. 45)

Around Oz

16. Bringing in workers to do what we won't (p. 48)

English at Work

17. Cultural communication styles (see p. 64)

Peggy's Place

18. Smile! You're on a police camera (p. 58)

Word Power

19. French words en masse (see p. 65)

Short Story

20. "Who's Bob?" (p. 47)

21. Conclusion / quiz

Total playing time - 61.18