Advanced VOA Listening

UNIT 1 HISTORY AND RELIGION
CHAPTER 1 Visiting the Homes of Patsy Cline, Babe Ruth and Edgar Allan Poe ... 10
CHAPTER 2 A Middle-Aged Game Show for Teens ... 18
CHAPTER 3 A New Generation of Buddhism in America ... 26

UNIT 2 SCIENCE
CHAPTER 1 Biologists Flock to Panama to a Century-Old Tropical Research ... 34
CHAPTER 2 Local and Global Pressures Threaten Coral Reefs ... 42
CHAPTER 3 Mars Rover: ‘A Mars Scientist’s Dream Machine’ ... 50

UNIT 3 HEALTH AND MUSIC
CHAPTER 1 ‘Walking Miracle’ Inspires Others ... 58
CHAPTER 2 Can Pollution Make Vaccines Less Effective? ... 66
CHAPTER 3 Behind the Music: The Making of a Paul Reed Smith Guitar ... 72

UNIT 4 SOCIAL ISSUES
CHAPTER 1 Afghan-American Works to Bring Equality to Afghan Women ... 82
CHAPTER 2 Human Bodies Offer Anatomy Lessons From Inside Out ... 88
CHAPTER 3 Farm Worker Shortage Blamed on US Immigration Crackdown ... 96

UNIT 5 LIFE STYLES
CHAPTER 1 Tourists in Washington, DC See Sights on Scooters ... 106
CHAPTER 2 California Dates Shipped Around the World ... 112
CHAPTER 3 Chuck Yeager Broke Sound Barrier 60 Years Ago ... 118

UNIT 6 ART AND ENTERTAINMENT
CHAPTER 1 Santa Fe International Folk Art Market Transforms Lives,
Communites ... 126
CHAPTER 2 Thriller Spy Series Delivers ... 134
CHAPTER 3 Downtown New York Stages Cultural Festival Born After 9/11 ... 142

UNIT 7 HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER 1 US, China Pledge Increased Cooperation on Food Safety ... 150
CHAPTER 2 Scientists: Climate Change Could Affect World Food Supply ... 160
CHAPTER 3 Drop in Breast Cancer Rate Tied to Drop in Hormone Use ... 168

UNIT 8 POLITICS AND ECONOMY
CHAPTER 1 Iowa Republicans Make Early Presidential Choices ... 176
CHAPTER 2 US-India Deal Part of Nuclear Equation Involving China, Iran ... 184
CHAPTER 3 Study Says Environmental Factors Shaping New Global Economy ... 192

UNIT 9 EDUCATION
CHAPTER 1 South Korean Military Contributes to Iraq Coalition
in Safe Kurdish Region ... 202
CHAPTER 2 50th Anniversary of US Landmark School Desegregation ... 210
CHAPTER 3 Student Newspaper Shows Diversity,
Concerns of LA Adolescents ... 218

UNIT 10 RELIGION
CHAPTER 1 Milwaukee’s Islamic Center Celebrates 25 Years ... 228
CHAPTER 2 Muslim Somali Workers Say They Lost Jobs for Praying at Work ... 236
CHAPTER 3 Muslim Speed Dating for Lifelong Commitments ... 244

UNIT 11 HUMAN RIGHTS AND LAW
CHAPTER 1 Rare Video Inside Zimbabwe Shows Impact of Hyperinflation,
Food Shortages ... 252
CHAPTER 2 US House of Representatives Committee Probes Case
with Racial Overtones ... 262
CHAPTER 3 Amnesty International Accuses Burma of Continued Atrocities ... 270

UNIT 12 EDUCATION 2
CHAPTER 1 Muslim Americans Establish Own Schools in US ... 280
CHAPTER 2 High-Tech Korea Eyes ‘Ubiquitous’ Future ... 286
CHAPTER 3 ‘Ghetto Film School’ Nurtures Future Filmmakers ... 294

ASSIGNMENTS ... 303