Transcript Question 5. Attending a live performance – for example, a play, concert, or sporting event, is more enjoyable than watching the same event on.

Question 5. Attending a live
performance – for example, a play,
concert, or sporting event, is more
enjoyable than watching the same
event on television.
Do you agree or disagree with the
following statement: Use specific reasons
and examples to support your opinion.
1.Troy Lund
• I think the enjoyment you get from attending an
event live versus watching it on television
depends on what the event is.
• I’m a big sports fan, I enjoy watching professional
football games or hockey games live.
• If you’re not a person who enjoys crowds, you
will probably enjoy the performance more if you
watch it recorded.
2.Arroe Collins
• At home, you’re just a remote control away
from turning things off.
3.Eric Medler
• It’s getting together with a group of people
who have a common interest.
• I wholeheartedly believe that live
performance is always better than television.
4.Bernie Beamon
• If you get a chance to see a live performance,
it’s way better than seeing it on TV, ‘cause you
remember all the people and the sounds and
the lights – especially at a concert where they
have all the special effects and stuff being
right there is...uhm, better than seeing it on
TV.
5.De Niro
• Attending a live performance is really the best thing in
the world.
• I watch concerts on television all the time, and I love
them! I listen to music on CDs, and it’s a wonderful
experience. But nothing ever comes close to the feeling
that I had in that concert hall.
• There’s something about being in the middle of a
crowd. Well, you just feel the energy, and you’re into
the game more, and it’s an amazing experience.
6. Morgan Barnhart
• I can still get the same feel and the same
energy and the same vibe from watching it on
television, plus I’m in the comfort of my own
home, so that I kind of like a little bit better.
7. Shelby Lanier
• I think that attending a live performance has
many things involved in it that you can’t get
off of a televised performance, but at the
same time, it really depends on your comfort
level, and the price or the cost of going to that
event.
8. Daniel G
• There is less noise and it’s more comfortable
to watch an event on television versus being
there live.
• There is a certain excitement in witnessing an
event live – an energy you can feel by being
there, that is heavily reduced and can’t feel as
much of it as if you’re only watching it on
television.
9.Danielle Fornes
• I’ve done a lot of both, but I think that seeing,
for example, a concert live, nothing beats that.
• Just the ambience, the feel of the crowd,
being surrounded by people who are
cheering, the sound quality is more interesting
just being in the venue at the moment.
COMPLETE ANSWERS
1.Troy Lund
• I think the enjoyment you get from attending an event live versus
watching it on television depends on what the event is. I’m a big
sports fan, I enjoy watching professional football games or hockey
games live; other people might find those events less comfortable
because of the number of people who are attending as well as
something as simple as the climate or the temperature at football
games; sometimes it’s raining or snowing, and there’s nothing you
can do about that, so...I think the same goes for live performances
or movies. If you’re not a person who enjoys crowds, you will
probably enjoy the performance more if you watch it recorded.
However, if you don’t mind having people within elbow distance, I
think the live performance always gives you a, a clearer
understanding and comprehension of what it is that you’re
watching.
2.Arroe Collins
• You know what’s great about catching a live
performance versus watching something on a
Blu-Ray or a DVD? Being there. It’s the energy of
everybody who is there that makes a concert an
event. Be it the crowd screaming; the music
bouncing off the walls; there’s an echo to the
right; the bass guitars may be messing up a tad
bit, and you catch it. But because you were there,
it becomes an experience. At home, you’re just a
remote control away from turning things off.
3.Eric Medler
• I absolutely believe attending a live performance of a play or a
musician or a band or a football game or a baseball game is a lot
more enjoyable than watching the same event on television. First
off, you’re doing – it’s getting together with a group of people who
have a common interest. You have a bunch of football fans all in the
same place, rooting for the same team – so there’s a real
camaraderie about that in that situation. You watch it on
television... hah. I could fall asleep on the couch! So there’s not that
human connection. And I think the same thing with any live
performance, if I’m going to see a play or go to see a musician;
being able to just connect with other people. I actually personally
play guitar, and I go and I play in restaurants and nightclubs, and
there’s something about having a live musician in front of me that I
really enjoy. Something where you feel that connection – that
human connection. So I wholeheartedly believe that live
performance is always better than television.
4.Bernie Beamon
• If you get a chance to see a live performance,
it’s way better than seeing it on TV, ‘cause you
remember all the people and the sounds and
the lights – especially at a concert where they
have all the special effects and stuff being
right there is...uhm, better than seeing it on
TV.
5.De Niro
• Well, this is a pretty easy question for me to answer. Attending a
live performance is really the best thing in the world. I remember a
concert that I attended once – it was a singer with a big band – and
it was the most amazing experience of my life! I sat in that
audience, and I felt as if the music was inside me. It was the most
exciting thing in the world! Now, I watch concerts on television all
the time, and I love them! I listen to music on CDs, and it’s a
wonderful experience. But nothing ever comes close to the feeling
that I had in that concert hall that day. And it’s the same thing with
a sporting event. If you had watched a hockey game on TV, it’s
exciting! Absolutely. But if you’re in a stadium watching a ball game
or you get a chance to watch a hockey game live, there’s something
about being in the middle of a crowd. Well, you just feel the energy,
and you’re into the game more, and it’s an amazing experience. So
I, I really think that – although practically speaking, you can’t go to
live performances all the time – they really are the most enjoyable.
6. Morgan Barnhart
• Attending a live performance is more
enjoyable than watching the same event on
television. I disagree with that. I’ve been to a
concert and a play, you know, I’ve seen live
events and, honestly they’re fun, but I can still
get the same feel and the same energy and
the same vibe from watching it on television,
plus I’m in the comfort of my own home, so
that I kind of like a little bit better.
7. Shelby Lanier
• I think that attending a live performance has many things involved
in it that you can’t get off of a televised performance, but at the
same time, it really depends on your comfort level, and the price or
the cost of going to that event. In this day and age, things have
gotten very expensive – you might pay 65 to 100 dollars a ticket to
go to see a concert or a sporting event, and of course, if you’re
gonna buy...you know, pay for parking and...you know, buy snacks
and drinks and so forth, and souvenirs at the ball game, then you’re
eventually gonna spend a lot more money than you would spend if
you were at home watching it on television. Of course, there is that
air of being there and being part of an event, especially if it’s an
historical event and something monumental takes place. So I really
think it depends on the person, and I think it depends on the
experience that they’re out to have.
8. Daniel G
• Attending a live performance is so much more enjoyable than
watching it on television. Well, some argue that there is less noise
and it’s more comfortable to watch an event on television versus
being there live. There is a certain excitement in witnessing an
event live – an energy you can feel by being there, that is heavily
reduced and can’t feel as much of it as if you’re only watching it on
television. I know that at concerts I’ve attended, I feel more alive
and connected with the performance than if I only watched it on
television. You can be there; you can feel the crowd’s energy and
excitement. You could see it in people’s eyes and hear it in their
cheers and while you can also hear them on television, it’s nothing
like being there in person. It makes you vibrate on the inside. Your
heart beats faster, and it is just so much more fun and enjoyable to
be there, whether it’s a concert or a sporting event or even a public
speech. It’s just so much more exciting and invigorating to be there
in person live versus on television.
9.Danielle Fornes
• Oh, I would definitely, definitely say attending a live
performance is more enjoyable than watching it on TV, and
I’ve done a lot of both, but I think that seeing, for example,
a concert live, nothing beats that. Just the ambience, the
feel of the crowd, being surrounded by people who are
cheering, the sound quality is more interesting just being in
the venue at the moment. The thrill of that is way more
enjoyable than watching it on TV. Same thing with a
sporting event – if you go to a hockey game, it’s not the
same to watch someone being checked into the boards as it
is sitting right there and hearing the sound and hearing the
ice and hearing the crowd. I just really think seeing things
live is way more enjoyable than watching it on TV.