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actually, i think that podcast is a really useful tool for people to use. People can listen to whatever they want and fully enjoy the content. It is more like a radio show that includes wide range of topics. If people like comedy, they can choose the related topics on podcast. I find that podcast is a really interesting on line tool. i enjoy the radio show because the expression is in a funny way. I will definitely often use it in the future. It makes feel relaxed and comfortable. Here are the three links to the podcasts which i selected from Yahoo podcasts: http://aradio.disney.go.com/podcasts/yahoo/audio/radio_disney_now_070417.mp3, http://s3.amazonaws.com/chinesepod/0491/mp3/chinesepod_D0491pb.mp3, http://media.libsyn.com/media/sciencefriday/scifri-2007041324.mp3. The topic are related to science and comedy. Also, the audio book is a interesting tool as well. The difference to podcasts is that the it is a reading of certain book. People can certainly save a lot of time and energy when they want to read certain long books. Audio book provides people the readings of certain books they want to read. By simply clicking the button, they can enjoy the book on line. It is easy to use. Meanwhile, i think it is really useful for the classes. Teachers can use all kinds of materials from the audio book to teach in the classes. It is very convenient for teachers. Here are the some audio books i choose from the librivox website: http://ia350607.us.archive.org/1/items/fishers_boy_librivox/fishersboy_thoreau_blb_64kb.mp3, http://ia340937.us.archive.org/2/items/utopia_j_librivox/utopia_01_more_64kb.mp3. I like audio book very much in a way that it provides variety kinds of readings of the books. However, i think that some audio book websites are not convenient to use. People have to pay money if they want to get the readings of sertain books. And in order to get some readings, people also have to be a member of some websites. I find it is so complex to use. But overall speaking, the two kinds of on line tools are useful for people. People can also listen to the readings or radio shows through lots of media tools, such as they can listen directly through the websies or they can use i Tunes to listen or they can use RSS feeds to listen.