VOA标准英语听力训练丛书是为了帮助高校本科生、研究生和社会各界英语学习者突破英语听力难关，并提高英语综合能力所收录和编写的。本书所包含的新闻题材非常广泛，内容十分丰富：有对反恐、伊拉克局势、巴以冲突等当前国际热点问题的追踪报道，有关于突发性新闻的报道，还包括了美国国内围绕其“爱国法”的延期和对长期处于植物人状态的特里·夏沃是否应实施安乐死所引发的争议的报道。同时还收入了一些关于经济、环保、通信、文学、音乐、电影、体育、医学等软新闻方面的内容，提高趣味性，有助于大家在提高听力的同时，增长知识，扩大视野，加深对各种文化和社会现象的了解。
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Lesson 1 Alaska
Lesson 2 American and British English
Lesson 3 American Independence Day
Lesson 4 American Indians
Lesson 5 American Vacations
Lesson 6 Baby Boomers
Lesson 7 Benjamin Franklin
Lesson 8 Best Movies of 2006
Lesson 9 Camp David
Lesson 10 C-SPAN
Lesson 11 December Twenty.Fifth
Lesson 12 Diet Wars
Lesson 13 Dummies Books
Lesson 14 Eating Eggs
Lesson 15 Engagements
Lesson 16 Fantasy Leagues
Lesson 17 Katharine Hepburn
Lesson 18 Kyoto Protocol
Lesson 19 Leisure Activities
Lesson 20 Lie Detectors
Lesson 21 Mayor and Governor
Lesson 22 Melting Pot
Lesson 23 Muslim Girls in the United States
Lesson 24 NASA
Lesson 25 Notable Books of 2006
Lesson 26 O. Henry
Lesson 27 Obesity in the United States
Lesson 28 Peanuts
Lesson 29 Pizza
Lesson 30 Place Names
Lesson 31 Political Differences
Lesson 32 Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.
Lesson 33 Retirement
Lesson 34 Saint Patrick' s Day
Lesson 35 Santa Claus and Christmas Day
Lesson 36 Silicon Valley
Lesson 37 Teenage BIoggers
Lesson 38 Terms in Congress
Lesson 39 Thanksgiving
Lesson 40 The Amish People
Lesson 41 The Da Vinci Code
Lesson 42 Golden Gate Bridge
Lesson 43 The Gullah People
Lesson 44 The Mississippi River
Lesson 45 The Onion
Lesson 46 Train Travel in the United States
Lesson 47 U.S. Climate
Lesson 48 Washingtons
Lesson 49 Why Spanish Is the Most Popular Foreign Language Spoken in the United States
Lesson 50 Wine Making in California
Lesson 51 Women on Wheels:Driving Change in Motorcycling-Lady Bikers