auditing table access in Sql2k8

It is difficult in auditing the SELECT staments in SQL Server. As triggers cant be used for this purpose, trace seems to be the only option until v2005. The new audit objects in v2008 should be a cool new feature to improve the audit tasks. http://blogs.msdn.com/euanga/archive/2008/05/28/sql-2008-how-do-i-tell-if-a-specific-table-is-still-being-used-in-an-app.aspx