Listen to VOA--"Voice of America" Standard English Listening. Vocabulary One-Stop Solution (with CD)

Author: Hong Shisong, Li Dejun (editors)
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: This book starts with the difficulties of understanding standard English from VOA—core vocabulary (mainly referring to typical phrases, idioms, and slang)—and adopts a positive breakthrough strategy to help readers fundamentally solve VOA. The book is divided into five thematic parts, carefully selecting more than 500 typical passages for readers to repeatedly "intensive listen." From these passages, nearly 3,000 common words and phrases are selected, annotated in detail, and accompanied by various exercises to facilitate thorough mastery. The book is specially equipped with a high-quality multimedia MP3 audio disc. The disc provides all the intensive listening passages from the book and also includes 65 extensive listening passages with transcripts. Additionally, a printable vocabulary list for the entire book and the disc is provided, containing over 5,000 words. The authors, with nearly two decades of personal experience, prove that mastering the vocabulary in this book can truly break through the vocabulary barrier of contemporary American English, laying a solid foundation for a leap in listening and speaking skills.