Spotlight 9/2009

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Spotlight September 2009

LANGUAGE
Examinations

Which English exam is right for you? Our sample questions help you decide.

Pass the test

SOCIETY
United States

Four years after Hurricane Katrina, people are moving into new houses. 

Good to be home

TRAVEL
Australia

Hippy towns, broad white beaches, mysterious rainforests: Australia's exotic Rainbow Region has them.

Australia's Rainbow Region

Spotlight 9/2009 magazine contents

THIS MONTH'S TOPICS

PEOPLE

Names and Faces
Explorer Spencer Wells, little star David Banda Mwale and others

A DAY IN MY LIFE

United States
Brian Jeroloman plays baseball for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats

WORLD VIEW

News in Brief
Walking on water on England's coast, and a shower that comes in a bottle

LANGUAGE

Pass the test!
Which English exam is right for you? Our sample questions help you decide

DEBATE

Canada
The race for the Arctic is on - people in Montreal have their say

SOCIETY

United States
Four years after Hurricane Katrina, people are moving into new houses

LITERATURE

Africa
A "lost boy" who ran away from war finds a new home in South Africa - and writes a successful book about it

PRESS GALLERY

Comment
Opinions on recent events, including  President Obama's message to Africa, and media spies in Britain

TRAVEL

Australia
Hippy towns, broad white beaches, mysterious rainforests: Australia's exotic Rainbow Region has got it all
 
HISTORY

A Picture and Its Story
Henry Hudson was looking for an ocean route to Asia, but he found what, 400 years later, was New York

ARTS

What's New
The latest books, films and events, plus a short story that asks the question "Who shot little Billy?"


LANGUAGE SECTIONVocabulary At a farmer's market

Grammar Basics "May" and "might"

Everyday English Walking

Language Cards Pull out and practise

Travel Talk At the launderette

Peggy's Place The latest from a London pub

English at Work Working with an interpreter

Crossword Find the words and win a prize

Word Power Vehicles, all kinds of vehicles

Perfectionists Only! Nuances of English

Spoken English Multi-word verbs with "put"

News and Reviews Language and product news, and this month's Spotlight Audio


COLUMNISTSColin Beaven: Britain Today
Wanted: a few good men and women

Amy Argetsinger: I Ask Myself
The political magic of movie stars

Peter Flynn: Around Oz
A whole country confused by digital TV

Ginger Kuenzel: American Life
Changing seasons and finding treasures

Paul Smith: Before You Go
Late? Me? Never!


REGULAR SECTIONSEditorial

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