Spotlight Audio 2/2009

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 'Who exactly is... Alex Rodriguez?'

Contents

1. Introduction

People

2. Alex Rodriguez (p. 6)

World View

3. Nature gets trumped (p. 11)

A Day in My Life

4. Andy Doig (see p. 9)

Britain Today

5. Looking for the change we all need (p. 14)

Debate

Focus: Language

7. Grammar reference (p. 16)

8. Vocabulary reference (p. 16)

History

9. Interview with Jon King (p. 46)

Everyday English

10. Talking about relationships (p. 59)

Replay: A look at recent news events

11. Introduction

12. Terror attacks in Mumbai

13. Irish pork scandal

14. The right to stay at home

Around Oz

15. Crisis? What crisis? Australia's gold rush (excerpt; p. 50)

Lifestyle

16. Traditional trading (excerpt; p. 28)

English at Work

17. When negotiations break down (p. 64)

Travel

18. Interview with Rev. Tillman (p. 36)

Peggy's Place

19. There's no smoke without fire (p. 58)

Vocabulary

20. Jewellery (pp. 54-55)

Short Story

21. "Friends" (p. 45)

22. Conclusion / quiz

Total playing time - 63.14