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。

Lesson 1 French Golden Globe Nominee The Chorus Strikes Chord with Filmgoers
Lesson 2 Top Instrumentalist Steve Vai Showcases Signature Sound on Real Illusions: Reflections
Lesson 3 Football :America' s Game
Lesson 4 American Journalist Gathers Love Stories from the Slavery Era
Lesson 5 47th Annual Grammy Awards Presented in Los Angeles Ceremony
Lesson 6 Eastwood, Scorsese among Oscar Nominees for Best Director
Lesson 7 "Million Dollar" Night at the Academy Awards
Lesson 8 Planner Assists US Brides with Traditional Indian Wedding Preparations
Lesson 9 Travolta, Thurman Team Up for Get Shorty Sequel Be Cool
Lesson 10 UN Effort Aims to Bring Safe Water to Billions
Lesson 11 Terri Schiavo:Dying In America
Lesson 12 Legal Appeals Effectively End in Schiavo Case
Lesson 13 US Court to Hear New Schiavo Appeal
Lesson 14 Terri Schiavo Dies amid Controversy
Lesson 15 Business Highlights
Lesson 16 Author Revives Interest in African American Jockey Jimmy Winkfield' s Extraordinary Life
Lesson 17 Britain's Prince Charles, Camilla Parker Bowles Wed
Lesson 18 World's Largest Passenger Plane Completes Maiden Test Flight
Lesson 19 Mona Lisa Moved to Refurbished Room in Louvre
Lesson 20 Weekly Economic Highlights
Lesson 21 Father of Tissue Engineering Wins Biggest Medical Research Award in US
Lesson 22 Wireless Technology Helping to Shrink Digital Divide
Lesson 23 Ethiopian Human Rights Group Criticizes International Assessment of Electoral Process
Lesson 24 Ethiopia Bans Demonstrations after Opposition Claims Widespread Ballot Fraud
Lesson 25 Ethiopian Police Clamp Down on Growing Student Protests
Lesson 26 US General: Syria Should Do More to Prevent Iraq Terrorism
Lesson 27 Rice Stresses Democracy as Key to Defeating Iraq Insurgency
Lesson 28 US Attorney General Promises to Safeguard Civil Liberties
Lesson 29 US First Lady Besieged by Protests in Jerusalem
Lesson 30 US Authorities Detain Cuban Exile
Lesson 31 Venezuela Threatens to Sever Ties with US
Lesson 32 Islamic Website Says Zarqawi Wounded
Lesson 33 Bush,Abbas to Meet at White House
Lesson 34 US Koran Abuse Probe Finds Mishandling,but No Flushing Down Toilet
Lesson 35 UN and Serbian Representatives Clash over Report on Kosovo
Lesson 36 Washington Post Confirms Identity of Watergate "Deep Throat"
Lesson 37 Rice: US Hopes Iran' s Influence in Iraq Will Be Helpful Rather Than Destabilizing
Lesson 38 Right-wing Israelis Step Up Protests against Gaza Pullout
Lesson 39 Jews and Muslims Clash on Controversial Jerusalem Anniversary
Lesson 40 A Deadly Strain of Influenza Becomes a Terrorist Weapon in Daniel Kalla' s Pandemic