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。本书附带光盘1张。

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 of2006

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 Protoc01

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 Bloggers

Lesson 38 Terms in Congress

Lesson 39 Thanksgiving

Lesson 40 The Amish People

Lesson 4l 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