描述
VOA（美国之音）是世界上最大的新闻广播机构之一，它的英语节目就是一套完美的英语听力素材。因此，听VOA英语广播是提高英语听力的重要途径之一。 VOA特别英语节目的语言简明、易懂、灵活、生动，其语速慢，用词浅显，句子简短明晰, 词汇量在美国人最常用的1500个单词之内，播放速度为每分钟90个单词, 适合于听者循序渐进地学习，但文中信息量并没减少。 通过VOA的听力实践，听者不仅能了解到当今世界上的一些最新热点新闻，还能熟悉美国英语的语音、语调，掌握其语言特点，培养准确连贯的英语语感，学到地道的英语语言，扩大知识面，增加词汇量，为进一步听懂VOA标准英语打下扎实的基础。 本书收录了2007年的Special English（特别节目）中的Words and Their Stories（词语掌故）这一专题节目。 Words and Their Stories（词语掌故）这一专题节目向听众介绍美国英语中生动有趣的词语和习惯用法，它通过讲故事的形式讲解每一个词语。听众不仅能享受到娓娓动听的词语掌故、学到地道的美国英语，还能增加对美国社会文化背景知识、历史传统与现状的了解。
目录
A Chip on Your Shoulder: What Are You Going to Do About It?(免费使用)
Ace in the Hole: Put on Your Poker Face
All About Eyes: Once He Caught My Eye, It Was Love Everlasting
All About Names: He Was a True Jack of All Trades
Back, Shoulders and Chest: A Pat on the Back for a Job Well Done
Baloney: It's Just Not True
Baseball Terms: This Is a Whole New Ballgame
Battle-Axe: Use at Your Own Risk
Belittle: Thomas Jefferson First Used This Word
Bigwig: Such an Important Person
Bird Words: Someone Who Eats Like a Bird Eats Very Little
Buff: Are You a Buff About Something?
Chickenfeed: It Doesn't Add Up to Much
Circus: Some Agree It Is the 'Greatest Show on Earth'
Colors: I'm Feeling Very Blue Today
Computer Terms: Ever Google Someone?
Couch Potato: Life as a Full-Time Television Watcher
Deep Six: It Is Well Hidden
Dog Talk: Life in a Dog-Eat-Dog World
Doughboy: Military Expressions