VOA Special English Listening 1
Lesson 1 Time Reduced in Dentist's Chair 1
Lesson 2 HIV Mutations Weaken Virus 2
Lesson 3 Black Friday Holiday Shopping Kicks off 3
Lesson 4 Drylands Vulnerable to Climate Change 4
Lesson 5 Better Protective Suit Sought for Ebola Caregivers 6
Lesson 6 Save More Than Forests 7
Lesson 7 Farming with Salty Water Possible 8
Lesson 8 Modern Technology Helping Weather Predictions 9
Lesson 9 Bold Commitment Needed to Stem Climate Change 10
Lesson 10 Scientists Build Robots to Live With Humans 11
Lesson 11 Budget 12
Lesson 12 Debt 14
Lesson 13 Poverty 15
Lesson 14 Unemployment 16
Lesson 15 Income Gap 17
Lesson 16 Foods 18
Lesson 17 Fresh Water 20
Lesson 18 Energy 21
Lesson 19 Farm Bill 22
Lesson 20 Bitcoin 23
Lesson 21 Blues 24
Lesson 22 Top Songs 25
Lesson 23 Movie 27
Lesson 24 Oscar 28
Lesson 25 School 29
Lesson 26 Future City Competition 30
Lesson 27 Sochi Olympics 32
Lesson 28 Super Bowl 33
Lesson 29 World Cup 34
Lesson 30 Soccer 36
Lesson 31 Artists 37
Lesson 32 Pop Star 38
Lesson 33 Filmmakers 39
Lesson 34 Designers 41
Lesson 35 Athletes 42
Lesson 36 Drought-Stricken California Considers Upgrading Water System 44
Lesson 37 Affordable Light for People Without Electricity 45
Lesson 38 Hong Kong to Destroy Ivory 46
Lesson 39 Immigrants 47
Lesson 40 Independent Bookstores 48
Lesson 41 Love for Chocolate 49
Lesson 42 National Day of Service 50
Lesson 43 New Battles against Poachers 51
Lesson 44 Prayer Breakfast 52
Lesson 45 Smoking and Drinking Problem 53
Lesson 46 Struggles to Find Missing Children 55
Lesson 47 Music Helps Impoverished Children Perform Better in School 56
Lesson 48 Tourism in Detroit 57
Lesson 49 Turmoil and Mental Health 59
Lesson 50 Women on the Rise 60
Lesson 51 Family Robots—The Next Big Thing? 62
Lesson 52 Bird Flu 63
Lesson 53 Dogs Understand Human Feelings 64
Lesson 54 Google Glass 65
Lesson 55 Healing Power of Rhythm 67
Lesson 56 High Blood Pressure in Young Adults 68
Lesson 57 Home Births 69
Lesson 58 Honeybees 71
Lesson 59 Landmine-Defeating Shoes 72
Lesson 60 Simulating Blindness to Help Improve Hearing 74
Keys to Exercises 76
Tapescripts 114