Spotlight Audio 7/2008

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 'Mythical music'

Contents

1. Introduction

People

2. Dalip Singh Rana (p. 7)

World View

3. Mythical music (p. 12)

A Day in My Life

4. Shelter Agnes Moshipe (see p. 9)

Britain Today    

5. The best and worst of being British (p. 14)

Special Report

6. Black and white ...and read all over (see p. 16)

Debate

7. Should gay marriage be legal? (see p. 30)

Focus: Meet the Aborigines   

8. The language of minorities

9. "Meet the Aborigines" (excerpt; p. 36)

10. Interview with Martin Cooke

Everyday English

11. Flying (pp. 59-60)

Replay: A look at recent news events    

12. Introduction

13. Cyclone Nargis

14. London's new mayor

15. The blade runner

American Life

16. Your English can save the world (p. 72)

English at Work

17. Apologizing (see p. 64)

Peggy's Place

18. All's fair in love and (class) war (p. 58)

Spoken English

19. Order, please! (see p. 68)

Short Story

20. A dog's life (p. 47)

21. Conclusion / quiz

Total playing time - 63.49