ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: The Ticketmaster monopoly is over, now what?

กำลังสร้างบทเรียน...
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In 2022, outrage around predatory concert ticket pricing came to a head when tickets went on sale for Taylor Swift's Errors Tour.
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Tears and anger as ticket sites crash for millions of Taylor Swift fans.
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Extensive wait times, steep fees, and glitches.
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Tickets were going for as much as $499 before fees.
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And though it's not the first time fans and artists have complained about Ticketmaster, that moment became a turning point.
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Congress even held hearings and quoted song lyrics.
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I think it's a nightmare dressed like a daydream.
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The meltdown around the Arrows tour exposed how Ticketmaster and Live Nation had become the gatekeepers to most major live music experiences.
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And in April 2026, a federal jury ruled against this ticketing monopoly.
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Breaking news, a verdict has been reached in the antitrust trial against entertainment giant Live Nation.
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A federal jury has found Live Nation and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster, have been operating as a monopoly.
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And the story is far from over.
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So there will be a whole other round of litigation now.
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And there's really only one question anyone cares about.
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Will tickets get cheaper?
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Ticketmaster and Live Nation first merged in 2010.
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The DOJ allowed it to go through with what's called a consent decree, which is like a contract between the government and the merging parties.
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One of the important things they promised not to do was to condition Live Nation concerts
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and tours on a venue taking Ticketmaster for its whole season.
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Basically, they can't say, if you want our concerts, you have to use Ticketmaster.
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But it wasn't until 2024 when the government stepped in.
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The DOJ, under former President Biden and 40 states, sued Live Nation.
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The allegation?
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Live Nation used its power across concerts, venues, and ticketing to shut out competitors, locking venues into exclusive deals with Ticketmaster.
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They were claiming that Ticketmaster and Live Nation were violating this part of the consent decree, that they were sort of, in some cases, coercing explicitly,
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sometimes implicitly, these venues into using Ticketmaster if they wanted any of the concerts that Live Nation promotes.
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But by the time the case is ready to go to trial, the politics change.
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Donald Trump is elected in 2024, and when the trial begins in New York in March 2026, the federal government settles.
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The settlement that is not yet final is a few what I would call sort of band -aids over the competitive problems.
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Under the settlement, Live Nation would divest interests in 13 venues, allow venues to use competing ticket services without retaliation,
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and cap certain Ticketmaster service fees at about 15 % at venues it controls.
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A lot of people have been coming out against the settlement and saying, it's really kind of a slap on the wrist.
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32 states and the District of Columbia reject the settlement and bring the case to trial themselves.
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And they won.
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After a five -week trial, the verdict came down and the jury sided with the states.
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The jury found that they monopolized two markets.
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One was the market for ticketing platforms.
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This is the Ticketmaster product.
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They also monopolized the market for amphitheaters And they even found a number,
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$1 .72, upcharges that resulted from this maintained monopoly power.
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Next, the judge needs to decide what the punishment is.
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And Live Nation has said they will appeal.
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The states are expected to ask for a breakup, but Live Nation will probably ask for something similar to the deal they already worked out with the DOJ.
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Live Nation could be expected to argue, look, we're already in this agreement with the DOJ.
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This covers it.
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I think that if there's a good remedy here, and that's a big if, then I think consumers can expect over time to see a lot more benefits than just $1 .72.
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I think they can see better innovation in ticketing platforms, which we know has been a problem.
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I think they can see lower fees even than that number.
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But one thing that's not going to happen, it is these hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars paid for these big, extravagant, once -in -a -lifetime type of concerts.
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I think they're still going to be very expensive.
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The cost of concerts keep going up, and not just for fans, for promoters, for the venues that put on these shows, and most notably for the artists.
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That's because over the last two decades, the music industry completely changed how artists make money.
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Streaming made music cheap and touring became the business.
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On a $100 ticket, including fees, you're looking at the artists getting 75 to 80 % of that ticket price.
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The artist portion is going to pay for the tour bus, to going to pay for gas, flights, the crew.
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A portion of the ticket, approximately 10%, goes to the venue.
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And then it goes to the ticketing company.
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They get paid on every single ticket sold.
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Even if Live Nation and Ticketmaster are forced to split, a breakup isn't a price cut.
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Which raises the question, how does this ruling change things for the fans?
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Ultimately, what is this going to mean for fans right now? not much.
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However, I think it's important to note there are other things that are better for fans, even if it doesn't mean a dramatic decrease in prices.
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More competition is a good thing.
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If you have five ticketing platforms instead of one, they have to compete on the fees.
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That could trim the service charges and the processing fees, the stuff that turns your $89 ticket into $130.
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Still, this doesn't mean people are going to see huge price cuts for tickets to large shows.
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And despite the cost, concert attendance is at an all time high.
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Gen Z has spent an average of $2 ,100 on concert tickets over the past two years.
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And they're even going into debt choosing buy now, pay later options to buy tickets.
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Most of the drive behind those really big expensive concerts is just people's willingness to pay.
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You know, boomers will pay anything to see Bruce Springsteen one more time.
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Millennials will pay anything to see Taylor Swift.
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It's just the nature of people having money to spend, the importance of these experiences that have driven prices really high.
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That doesn't mean that there's some amount of that that is from ticketing and the promotion services, but it's not maybe the big ticket item, so to speak.
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คำศัพท์และข้อสังเกตด้านการพูดสำหรับบทเรียนนี้

บทเรียนฝึกพูดนี้ใช้วิดีโอ “The Ticketmaster monopoly is over, now what?” เป็นสื่อ คำที่ถูกพูดซ้ำบ่อยที่สุด: ticket, Nation, Ticketmaster, concert, venue วิดีโอนี้มี 74 ประโยค และ 1057 คำ สำหรับฝึกพูดตาม ช่วงที่มีเสียงพูดยาว 6:03 ผู้พูดพูดด้วยความเร็วเป็นธรรมชาติ ประมาณ 175 คำต่อนาที ใกล้เคียงกับบทสนทนาในชีวิตประจำวัน 82% ของคำอยู่ใน 3,000 คำที่ใช้บ่อยที่สุดในภาษาอังกฤษ ส่วนที่เหลือควรดูไว้ก่อนเริ่มฝึก

คำศัพท์สำคัญในวิดีโอนี้

คำที่ควรเรียนรู้ 15 คำจากวิดีโอ พร้อมคำอ่านและความหมาย:

คำศัพท์คำอ่านความหมาย
monopoly คำนาม/məˈnɑpəli/การผูกขาด
compete คำกริยา/kəmˈpiːt/แข่ง, แข่งขัน
consent คำกริยา/kənˈsɛnt/ตกลง
verdict คำนาม/ˈvɜː.dɪkt/คำพิพากษา
argue คำกริยา/ˈɑɹ.ɡju/เถียง, ถก
anger คำนาม/ˈæŋɡə/วิโรธ
promotion คำนาม/pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/การเลื่อนตำแหน่ง
lyrics คำนาม/ˈlɪɹ.ɪks/เนื้อ, เนื้อร้อง
tear คำกริยา/tɛɹ/ฉีก
punishment คำนาม/ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/โทษ, ทัณฑ์
innovation คำนาม/ˌɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃən/นวัตกรรม
complain คำกริยา/kəmˈpleɪn/บ่น
sue คำกริยา/sjuː/ฟ้อง, ฟ้องร้อง
nightmare คำนาม/ˈnaɪt.mɛɚ/ฝันร้าย
elect คำกริยา/ɪˈlɛkt/เลือกตั้ง

ไวยากรณ์ในวิดีโอนี้

โครงสร้างที่ผู้พูดใช้บ่อยที่สุด พร้อมคำพูดจริงจากวิดีโอ:

โครงสร้างในวิดีโอ
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — การกระทำที่เริ่มก่อนหน้านี้และยังดำเนินอยู่have been operating · have been coming
Present perfect have/has + กริยาช่อง 3 — เหตุการณ์ในอดีตที่ยังเกี่ยวข้องกับปัจจุบันhave complained · has been reached · has found
Passive voice be + กริยาช่อง 3 — เน้นสิ่งที่เกิดขึ้น ไม่ใช่ผู้กระทำhas been reached · is elected · are expected

การออกเสียงที่ควรระวัง

ผู้พูดใช้รูปย่อและรูปลดเสียง 10 ครั้ง เช่น doesn't, they're, can't ให้พูดแบบสั้นตามที่ได้ยิน

  • เสียง “sh” และ “zh”: promotion /pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/, punishment /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/, innovation /ˌɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃən/, litigation /ˌlɪtɪˈɡeɪ̯ʃən/, retaliation /ɹɪˌtæl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
  • คำยาว — ลงเสียงหนักให้ถูกพยางค์: monopoly /məˈnɑpəli/, innovation /ˌɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃən/, litigation /ˌlɪtɪˈɡeɪ̯ʃən/, subsidiary /sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i/, competitor /kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɚ/

เสียงที่คนไทยมักออกเสียงยาก:

  • เสียงท้ายคำ — ออกเสียงให้ครบ ไม่เปลี่ยนเป็นตัวสะกดแบบไทย: merge /mɝd͡ʒ/, settle /ˈsɛtəl/, lyrics /ˈlɪɹ.ɪks/, attendance /əˈtɛn.dəns/, decrease /dɪˈkɹiːs/
  • /v/ — ไม่ใช่ /w/ ให้ฟันบนแตะริมฝีปากล่าง: venue /ˈvɛnjuː/, verdict /ˈvɜː.dɪkt/, innovation /ˌɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃən/, violate /ˈvaɪəˌleɪt/, divest /daɪˈvɛst/
  • /z/ — เสียงก้อง ไม่ใช่ /s/: expose /ɪkˈspoʊz/, monopolize /məˈnɒpəlʌɪz/

วิธีฝึกกับวิดีโอนี้

  1. ฟังวิดีโอให้จบหนึ่งรอบโดยยังไม่ต้องพูด แล้วจดคำที่ยังไม่รู้จัก
  2. เริ่มที่ความเร็ว 0.75× พูดตามทีละประโยค แล้วกลับไปใช้ความเร็วปกติเมื่อเริ่มคล่อง
  3. อัดเสียงตัวเองแล้วเทียบกับต้นฉบับ โดยสังเกตคำอย่าง monopoly, compete, consent เป็นพิเศษ

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