(Blue) VOA - Voice of America 2005 News Listening Standard English - Fourth Quarter Collection (MP3) (MP3)

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Publisher: Xueyuan Audio-Visual Publishing House
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Features: 2CDs + 2 learning manuals! Target Audience: English learners preparing for CET-6, TEM-4, and TEM-8 exams; TOEFL and IELTS training courses; international students, visitors, and relatives planning to study or work in the U.S.; journalists, foreign affairs professionals, and employees of foreign companies; English majors and non-English majors in colleges and universities; self-learners aiming to improve their listening skills.
Five Features:
1. VOA original texts with key vocabulary annotations.
2. Clear audio with normal speed (120 words per minute).
3. Carefully selected new and trending news reports.
4. Comprehensive and diverse news sections to provide a broad understanding of global news.
5. Synchronized learning manuals and CDs, including all texts and annotations.
Four Functions:
1. Use on a computer with text display synchronized to audio.
2. Unique multi-level directory for faster and easier news browsing.
3. Manual, automatic, and loop playback options.
4. All audio can be saved to an MP3 player.
VOA 2005 News Listening Standard English Quarterly Collection is sourced from VOA’s new news in the fourth quarter of 2005. We have carefully selected nearly 8 hours of exciting listening content, covering global current affairs from multiple perspectives. Authentic American English is the best choice for practicing your listening skills. VOA 2005 News Listening Standard English brings readers close to the waves of world culture through four aspects: international news, health and science, American life, and entertainment reports, keeping you at the forefront of the times.
Headline News:
- European countries restrict the entry of African refugees.
- Four years after 9/11, is the U.S. safer?
- Animal rights activists question the ethical implications of cloning.
- Ancient sea monster discovered in Argentina.
- European countries take measures to prevent the spread of avian flu.
- The human genome will bring fundamental changes to medicine.
- New U.S. textbooks emphasize the influence of the Bible on literature.
- The American Music Association awards annual prizes.