For EEC 12:
Here's the VOA (Voice of America) text that we looked at in class. You can listen to it online or download the mp3 too.
Baseball Terms: This Is a Whole New Ballgame
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2007-08/2007-09-05-voa5.cfm
Feel free to look around the VOA Special English website too: http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/index.cfm
