Lesson 1 French Golden Globe Nominee The Chorus Strikes Chord with Filmgoers 1
Lesson 2 Top Instrumentalist Steve Vai Showcases Signature Sound on Real Illusions:Reflections 9
Lesson 3 Football:America's Game 14
Lesson 4 American Journalist Gathers Love Stories from the Slavery Era 23
Lesson 5 47th Annual Grammy Awards Presented in Los Angeles Ceremony 31
Lesson 6 Eastwood,Scorsese among Oscar Nominees for Best Director 38
Lesson 7 "Million Dollar"Night at the Academy Awards 47
Lesson 8 Planner Assists US Brides with Traditional Indian Wedding Preparations 52
Lesson 9 Travoita,Thurman Team Up for Get Shorty Sequel Be Cool 56
Lesson 10 UN Effort Aims to Bring Safe Water to Billions 64
Lesson 11 Terri Schiavo:Dying In America 73
Lesson 12 Legal Appeals Effectively End in Schiavo Case 80
Lesson 13 US Court to Hear New Schiavo Appeal 85
Lesson 14 Terri Schiavo Dies amid Controversy 90
Lesson 15 Business Highlights 94
Lesson 16 Author Revives Interest in African American Jockey Jimmy Winkfield's Extraordinary Life 99
Lesson 17 Britain's Prince Charles,Camilla Parker Bowles Wed 108
Lesson 18 World's Largest Passenger Plane Completes Maiden Test Flight 113
Lesson 19 Mona Lisa Moved to Refurbished Room in Louvre 121
Lesson 20 Weekly Economic Highlights 125
Lesson 21 Father of Tissue Engineering Wins Biggest Medical Research Award in US 129
Lesson 22 Wireless Technology Helping to Shrink Digital Divide 135
Lesson 23 Ethiopian Human Rights Group Criticizes International Assessment of Electoral Process 143
Lesson 24 Ethiopia Bans Demonstrations after Opposition Claims Widespread Ballot Fraud 150
Lesson 25 Ethiopian Police Clamp Down on Growing Student Protests 155
Lesson 26 US General:Syria Should Do More to Prevent Iraq Terrorism 161
Lesson 27 Rice Stresses Democracy as Key to Defeating Iraq Insurgency 166
Lesson 28 US Attorney General Promises to Safeguard Civil Liberties 173
Lesson 29 US First Lady Besieged by Protests in Jerusalem 178
Lesson 30 US Authorities Detain Cuban Exile 183
Lesson 31 Venezuela Threatens to Sever Ties with US 189
Lesson 32 Islamic Website Says Zarqawi Wounded 194
Lesson 33 Bush,Abbas to Meet at White House 201
Lesson 34 US Koran Abuse Probe Finds Mishandling,but No Flushing Down Toilet 205
Lesson 35 UN and Serbian Representatives Clash over Report on Kosovo 209
Lesson 36 Washington Post Confirms Identity of Watergate"Deep Throat" 214
Lesson 37 Rice:US Hopes Iran's Influence in Iraq Will Be Helpful Rather Than Destabilizing 221
Lesson 38 Right-wing Israelis Step Up Protests against Gaza Pullout 227
Lesson 39 Jews and Muslims Clash on Controversial Jerusalem Anniversary 232
Lesson 40 A Deadly Strain of Influenza Becomes a Terrorist Weapon in Daniel Kalla's Pandemic 236