Spotlight Audio 8/2010

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 60 minutes of interviews, exercises and dialogues connected to Spotlight magazine.

Listen to "Who exactly is... M.I.A.?" 

1. Introduction

People
2. Who exactly is... M.I.A.? (p. 6)  

World View
3. Blooming awful (p. 12)  

A Day In My Life
4. Susanna Blunt (see pp. 8-9)   

Food
5.  Interview with Judith Gilbert (see pp. 20-21)   

Britain Today
6.  Plane stories for the summer (p. 13)     

Debate
7.  Should developing nuclear power be our priority? (pp. 36-37)   

Society
8.  Interview with Kedell Worboys (see pp. 22-25)   

Replay: Recent news events
9. Introduction   
10.   An apology for Bloody Sunday    
11. A new leader for Australia
12. A new commander for Afghanistan    

Around Oz
13. An ugly debate on immigration (p. 34)   

Travel
14. Road trip to the real California (see pp. 28-33)    

Everyday English
15. Charity (pp. 49-50)    

English At Work
16.  Dear Ken: How can I deal with interruptions? (see p. 55) 

Peggy's Place
17.  I'd like to talk to the manager (p. 54)

Vocabulary
18.   Under the sea (see pp. 46-47)    2:06

Spoken English
19.    Tails (p. 56)  
20. Exercises

Short Story
21.    "A reason to smile" (p. 43)    

22. Conclusion

Total playing time 63:44