VOA Special English News NEWS (Volume 1) ()

Author: Zhang Bigui
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: This book consists of three parts. The first part is the VOA Special English introduction, the second part includes notes, exercises, exercise answers, and audio transcripts; the third part is the Special English vocabulary list. The notes section not only covers words, phrases, names of people, places, international organizations, and institutions but also provides concise background explanations for some major international events, helping readers understand the content they hear. This enables English enthusiasts to improve their listening skills while broadening their knowledge. The book is accompanied by two clear audio cassettes, collecting a total of 124 news items. The news is compiled around major international events that occurred from 2001 to the end of 2002. The topics include current international hot issues such as the anti-terrorism war in Afghanistan following the September 11 attacks in the U.S., the escalating Israeli-Palestinian crisis, the India-Pakistan conflict, and more. It also covers events from various countries around the world, such as the kidnapping case in the Philippines, the currency crisis in Argentina, arms smuggling, plane crashes, volcanic eruptions, weather, environmental pollution, space exploration, and more. Each news item is accompanied by at least one or two exercises in the form of multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blank questions, true-or-false questions, and short-answer questions.