Oral blog Entry Four - Comparison of two pictures

Picture 1
Picture 2

Questions to help compare and contrast the two pictures

• What kind of people do you think prefer to go to live music performances and what sort of people prefer to listen to recorded music?

• Which do you prefer, listening to recorded music or going to live concerts?

• Have you ever been to a performance similar to this?

Well both of these pictures are related to music. The first one is of a live rock concert and the second one is of a young woman who looks as if she is listening to a CD. I think that different types of people go to live concerts it's just that they go to different sorts of performances. For example young people probably like going to rock concerts such as this in the picture whereas older people may prefer to go to concerts where classical music is played such as operas or orchestras. Although I know a lot of older people went to see The Rolling Stones when they played here in Auckland last year.
I think most people like listening to CDs and mp3s and we all probably listen to different types of music depending on how we are feeling at the time. I like both going to live concerts and listening to CDs .
I've been to lots and lots of live concerts although they aren't usually rock concerts! I've even met a few famous people after some of the concerts, but of course I'm not telling you who! I've also been to a few music festivals where it generally rains and you end up walking around in rivers of mud.

The Reith Lectures

Every year a series of lectures known as the Reith Lectures, which began in 1948, are broadcast on the BBC. You can find out why they were initiated and read a short history about them here.
In this modern era of technology it is now possible for you to not only listen to these lectures on your computer in your own time but to also download them from the internet. In addition you lucky, lucky learners transcripts of the lectures are also supplied so you can check those chunks you missed when you listened.
Here is a link to the BBC and this year's lectures by renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs, who outlines how we can face the changes and problems the 21st century presents us with.
You can download this year's lectures and save them to your computer to listen to again. You may need to navigate through a few pages to do this and you will need to follow the instructions on the BBC website about how to do this. But don't wait forever as the lectures are only available to download for a certain amout of time after they are first broadcast.