Spotlight Audio 9/2008

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 'Monster mice'

Contents

1. Introduction

People

2. Isaiah Akpan (p. 7)

World View

3. Monster mice (p. 11)

A Day in My Life

4. Kim Kilgore (see p. 9)

Britain Today

5. Visit Britain for a very, very long weekend (p. 14)

Closer Look

6. Which woman for the job? (see p. 16)

Debate

7. Are you worried about terrorism? (see p. 24)

Focus: Travel

8. Quiz: How much do you know about New England?

9. Falling for New England (excerpt; p. 32)

10. Interviews with New Englanders

Everyday English

11. The village fête (pp. 59-60)

Replay: A look at recent news events

12. Introduction

13. Pakistan's wild frontier

14. Women bishops in the UK

15. Nelson Mandela's birthday

Around Oz

16. Giving up smoking makes me normal (p. 48)

English at Work

17. Giving feedback (see p. 64)

Peggy's Place

18. The customer is always right (p. 58)

Tradition

19. Interview at the Te Papa Museum

Short Story

20. Preserving Romeo (p. 47)

21. Conclusion / quiz

Total playing time - 59.56