Spotlight Audio 9/2009

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

Listen to "Animal high"

1. Introduction

People

2. Spencer Wells (p. 6)

World View

3. Animal high (p. 12)

A Day in My Life

4. Brian Jeroloman (see p. 9)

Britain Today

5. Where are all the good men and women? (p. 13)

Debate

6. Should anyone own the Arctic? (see p. 20)

Focus: Australia's Rainbow Region

7. Excerpt (p. 35)

8. The myth of the Rainbow Serpent (see p. 34)

Everyday English

9. Walking (see pp. 49-50)

Replay: A look at recent news events

10. Introduction

11. India and Pakistan

12. Obama in Ghana

13. News of the World scandal

American life

14. Last year's bag is full of great memories (p. 65)

Language

15. Pass the test (see p. 14)

English at work

16. Interpreting (see p. 55)

Peggy's Place

17. Eddy, the mother of invention (p. 54)

Society

18.  Interview with Robert Green (see p. 22)

Vocabulary

19. At a farmers' market (see pp. 46-47)

Short Story

20. "Who shot little Billy?" (p. 43)

21. Conclusion / Quiz

Total playing time 59:46