Задание
1
You are going to
read the newspaper article about people who go to watch TV programmes being
made. Choose from the list A-I the sentence which best summarises each part 1-7
of the article. There is one extra sentence which you don’t need. There is an
example at the beginning.
A Studio audiences consist of all kinds of people.
B For some people, being in a studio audience is
preferable to watching television at home.
C Common ideas about what happens when you are in a
studio audience are not always correct
D Studio audiences play an important part in the making
of a television programme
E Members of stidio audiences are sometimes not
regarded with respect
F Despite the disadvantages, it is enjoyable to be in a
studio audience.
G It is hard for some people to understand the reasons
for wanting to be in a studio audience
H People become part of a studio audience for various
reasons
I Viewers
wonder what kind of people
are in studio audiences
STUDIO AUDIENCES
What’s it like
to be in the audiences when a television programme is being made? Cosmo
Landesman found out.
0 –I
Like technical
difficulties, studio audiences are just another common feature of television
life, and yet to many of us they remain a mystery. Watching them getting
excited on game shows, for example, we sit back and ask ourselves – just who
are these people?
1 –
Of all the
audiences for live entertainment, the studio variety is widely considered to be
the lowest of the low. I have heard it said that even people who work in
television treat studio audiences with scorn – or, as one cameraman put it,
‘’like cattle’’.
2 –
I had assumed
that studio audiences were made up of silly people desperate for two seconds of
fame. But there’s no such thing as a typical studio audience. They come from
all classes, professions and income groups. Television tries to attract
different types of people for different type of programme.
3 –
Those of us who
prefer to watch television from home can’t see why anyone would want to watch
television from a studio. Why would anyone bother to apply for tickets, travel
long distances, and suffer hours of boredom in the discomfort of a studio just
to watch what they can see at home?
4 –
One theory is
that people hope that for a second they might appear on television. I didn’t
believe this until I spoke to Angela. Why had she come? ‘’It was a chance to
appear on television.’’ Another theory is that people are curious to take a
look behind the scenes. But the most common explanation I heard was simply a
case of ‘’a friend gave me a ticket’’.
