Learn English with the News | Taylor Swift Outrageous Ticket Sales (FREE PDF)

Welcome back to JForrest English, I'm Jennifer,  

and today we're going to  read a news article together.

A news article about Taylor  Swift's concert in Toronto.

So you can add a lot of advanced vocabulary,  

advanced grammar and correct  pronunciation to your.

1st I'll read the headline  People are selling Taylor.

Swift Toronto tickets for.

Outrageous prices?

Days before official sale, so we're talking about.

The Taylor Swift Swift concert  taking place in Toronto The.

City of Toronto in Canada, which is Canada's.

Largest city and the.

Prices are outrageous.

So what does this adjective tell you?

About the prices, if I say the prices  are outrageous, well, it means.

The prices are very high, extremely  high, and it also implies.

Too high.

Now the adjective outrageous means shocking.

Shocking in this.

Case because they're too high.

It can also mean morally unacceptable.

So you might be looking at one of.

Taylor Swift's outfits,  What she's wearing and say.

That's outrageous if you think  it's morally unacceptable.

Now let's take a look.

At too high because I could  say the prices are very high.

Or I could say the prices are too high.

If I say something that is.

Too high, too plus adjective.

It means that you think they.

Should be less because that's what.

The this word to means.

Whereas if I just say, oh  the prices are very high,  

it doesn't necessarily mean  I think they should be.

Less, perhaps what you're purchasing.

Deserves the high price and  you're just stating a fact.

The prices are very high, but it's worth it.

But the prices are too high.

You think they?

Should be less.

Now don't worry about taking notes because  I summarize everything in a free lesson PDF,  

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Now let's continue and find out.

About these outrageous prices.

So how much do you think  it will be for one Taylor?

Swift ticket.

Let's see if you're If you're  right, Okay on Thursday.

Mega.

Pop * Taylor Swift finally confirmed  that she would be bringing her.

Sold out eras tour to Toronto.

So sold out.

This is an adjective to describe.

Her tour.

In this case, it's an adjective  because it comes before the noun.

The noun is tour.

You could say her tickets sold  out in 20 minutes for example.

So in this case.

The verb is sold out.

Her tickets sold out in 20 minutes,  but in this case it's an adjective.

Now when something.

Sells out.

It means all.

The supply of it is gone, so 100% of the.

Tickets are sold.

That's sold out 100% of tickets.

Are sold.

Now this.

Is a very good thing if.

You're running any sort of event  conference, anything that people buy?

Tickets to You want those tickets?

To be sold out.

This could even be a ticket on an airline.

Oh, all the.

All the tickets are sold out so I can't get on.

That flight, for example.

So in that case you can.

Say to be sold out.

So your verb is to be and  then sold out is an adjective.

All the tickets are sold out.

Are sold out to be sold out.

Let's continue.

So she would be bringing.

Her Sold out heiress to her to Toronto for a  recordbreaking 6 nights at the Roger Center.

The Roger Center is the location  where she'll be performing in Toronto  

following months of desperate.

Pleas so a plea is please, please please that's.

A plea and desperate is when you have a  very strong emotion of necessity in that.

Please please please please please a  desperate please from Canadian swifties.

So I didn't quite know what this  was at first, but her name is.

Taylor Swift.

So I guess the people who are fans of Taylor.

Swift are called Swifties.

I like Taylor Swift music.

But I've never heard this expression.

I guess I probably wouldn't consider myself a.

Swifty, I don't know.

What about you would you consider?

Yourself a Swifty?

Are you a die Hard Taylor Swift fan?

I think this expression is probably.

Reserved for the die hard fans.

The Die hard fans.

This might sound negative.

Because it has the word die in it,  but it it's not, I guess another.

Way of A more positive way I guess would  be a the Super fans, the mega fans.

So the die hard fans.

Are her best fans, I hope.

You're a die hard fan of my channel, are you?

Put that in the comments if.

You are, so you can say Jennifer, I'm a die hard  fan or if you want to use a different adjective.

You could also say huge fan in addition to super.

Or mega.

So put that in the comments  and of course I want you to be.

Super Mega fans.

OK, let's continue.

Although the official Ticketmaster verified.

Sale is still days away.

Resellers have already begun to list.

Tickets for outrageous prices.

So now you know.

That, this, this Outrageous when I hear.

This all, It's outrageous.

I have a sense of I'm a little bit angry.

About it because.

It's too much.

It's too much compared to what you get in return.

So when you say it, you do  have like a negative reaction.

Towards it.

That's outrageous.

Now you could use this for  someone's decision, Maybe?

Your boss asked.

You to come in on.

Saturday, even though it's your son's  birthday and he knows it's your son's  

birthday to do some work that isn't even  that important and you could say that's.

Outrageous.

So you are expressing your  extreme dissatisfaction.

Towards his request.

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So I put this dialogue here  for you, and that's outrageous.

This is how native speakers.

Reply to someone's news or an event if we think it  

is very shocking and remember  it has that negativity in it.

That's outrageous.

So have begun to list.

Tickets.

If they list tickets, it  simply means they make them.

Available for purchase.

So to list tickets for outrageous prices, some  of which even exceed people's rent for one month.

OK.

So if it exceeds, it means it's more than.

So how much do you think  people pay for rent in Toronto?

And if it exceeds that,  how much do you think that?

Taylor Swift ticket is any  idea now how much these?

Outrageous prices are.

Put it in the comments if you have a guest.

OKA reseller here.

This is a person.

But it's a person who sells something again.

So you could be a reseller if  you buy a product on Amazon.

Let's say or Aliexpress and  then you sell it on a different.

That's what a lot of people do to make money.

They're resellers.

They buy something from one place and  they instantly sell it in another.

Place hopefully to make money in return,  so obviously they want to buy it for  

less than they sell it.

For So that's a reseller and that's someone's.

Job or hobby, They've begun, so  the present perfect because it's  

in progress now, it started in the  past, continues until the present.

All right, Exceed.

Remember, this means more than more than  more than people's rent for one month.

More than it comes as no surprise  that the majority of these.

Speculative listings now Don't worry.

About what's a speculative listing,  

well, we'll find out because they  provide a definition of it below.

These speculative listings come  with a staggering 4 figure.

Price tag.

OK, so if something comes with a price.

That's just another.

Way of saying what the price of it is.

Oh, I went on this amazing vacation.

But it came with.

A steep price tag.

I just said a steep price tag.

That is another way of saying a high.

Price tag.

So it came with a.

Steep price tag now if you don't want.

To use price tag and you just want to use.

Price You actually have to change the preposition.

You can say it came at A.

Steep Price or Cost?

So here, notice it came at.

I'm changing the preposition from  with to at and this is when you.

Just use price or cost.

If you want to use tag then  it's come with it came with.

A steep price tag.

An outrageous.

Price tag A staggering price tag.

A staggering 4 figure price tag.

So now you know how much the price.

Is right because it's a four figure price tag.

So notice it's.

For figure price tag it's not for.

Figures with an S on.

Figures because this is  functioning as an adjective.

So you could say there are four figures,  but here it's a four figure price tag.

Now what?

Is a four figure price tag?

Well, you can think of a figure as a number.

So right here.

If her ticket sold for one.

Dollar that would be a one figure.

Price tag because there's  literally 11 Figure 1 number.

If it were $10.

That's a 2 figure price tag, 3 figure price tag.

4 Figure Price tag OK And then this would be.

A5 Figure price tag.

Thankfully, it's hard to read  without the comma I find.

So thankfully, it's not $10,000.

But because it is 4 figures a four  figure price tag, we know that.

The price is about $1000,  

which is what some people are paying  for one month in Toronto for the rent.

All right.

So that's four figure a four figure price tag.

Staggering.

This is similar to outrageous.

It means shocking.

A staggering.

4 Figure Price Tag Shocking or surprising?

So are you shocked by?

This price for one ticket 1 ticket.

So if you want to take your girlfriend,  boyfriend, husband, wife, friend, me, you can.

Take me to Taylor Swift.

That will be at least $2000 for you  come with a staggering 4 figure.

Price tag just to sit up in  the nosebleeds in an arena.

The Nosebleed section is the  highest section, so they're the.

Worst seats, and we refer to that  section commonly as the Nosebleeds.

That's not the official name of it.

That isn't the name that Ticketmaster,  the website selling the tickets.

They wouldn't use that because it doesn't sound.

But that's just the common name for it.

So someone might ask you oh.

Where are you sitting?

And you say, oh, I'm in the  nosebleeds and that's not a good.

Place to sit.

It's the worst seats.

They're the highest up, and if  they're the highest up, it means.

You're the farthest away from the.

Stage okay, so I'll write that for you.

Let's continue.

The US leg of the tour.

Leg of the tour in this.

Case leg simply means section or.

So when the tour was in the US, that's one leg.

Of the tour, so she has her entire tour  

where she's going to many different  locations, so when she's in Europe.

That would be 1.

Leg of the tour, one part.

Of the tour and then if.

She goes to Africa.

That would be another.

Leg of the tour, so it would be the African leg.

The European leg, The American leg, for example.

The US leg of the tour was  met with unprecedented demand.

If something is unprecedented, it  means it hasn't been experienced.

Before, excuse me, so it.

Suggests that there has been  more demand than experienced.

Before, so obviously an extremely.

High level of demand and  even crashed Ticketmaster.

'S website immediately after the first batch of.

Tickets went live in November 2022.

OK, I'm sure you know the  verb crash to crash a website.

Because we've all experienced this,  

when a website crashes, it means it  stops functioning because of a problem.

If your computer crashes, your  computer stops functioning,  

and that's a sign that there's  some sort of a problem.

So a website could crash.

But your device, such as your  computer, laptop, iPad, phone could.

Also crash.

So an example you could say my computer crashed  and now I have to start the report from scratch.

When you start something from scratch,  you start it from the very beginning,  

because if your computer  crashes, everything freezes or.

Your computer restarts and then it won't save the  document you were working on most of the time.

All right, according to Ticketmaster.

A speculative listing.

Now we know this definition of  speculative listing is when unofficial.

Sellers list tickets for sale,  even though they do not actually.

Have those tickets.

So remember I.

Taught you what a reseller is?

Well, in this case, they're selling  the product before they've even.

Purchased the product, so  they don't actually have.

The product yet that they're selling to  someone else, so could you imagine paying?

For figures for a ticket that doesn't technically.

Exist because the person selling  it doesn't actually have.

The ticket yet?

Ooh, that's a little risky.

I would say they are betting or speculating.

They This is the resellers.

The resellers who are selling the tickets  that they don't actually have yet.

So they, the resellers are betting or speculating.

So this is.

Where the word comes from the speculative listing.

Is because they're betting that they.

Will be able to get the tickets.

They're speculating and then resell them to fans.

So resell.

Sell again.

Remember.

Sell again to fans, Ticketmasters.

Website reads.

I did not know this was a thing.

I don't buy a lot of concert.

What about you?

Have you heard about this?

Where someone?

Does this speculative listing  where they sell a ticket that  

they don't actually own yet  seems a little risky to me?

What?

About You all right.

Tickets on StubHub are  currently priced at a minimum.

Of $1800.

So here you can read this as 1800  or 1800, so a minimum of 1800.

So that's almost 2000  obviously, but remember before.

It just said four figure, so a four figure.

Goes up to 9009, nine, nine, because  once you get to the next, it's now.

A5 Figure because you'll add  1 digit right 10,000 is 5.

Figures but 1000 two 9999.

Is 4 figures, so the tickets aren't  actually $1000, they're eighteen $101,800.

Each for seats in the 500 section.

This is the Nosebleed section,  so you're paying $1800 for the.

Worst seat in the arena?

Would you pay that now?

This is outrageous.

Can you see?

And remember, there's a little bit of anger in it.

That's outrageous.

Would you agree with that?

If you agree with that, then put.

That's outrageous in the comments below.

And remember, if you include an emoji, which?

Is useful to show emotion.

The emoji has to be some sort of angry or  type of emoji, so you can include that with.

That's outrageous if you want as well.

Who knows, maybe you think.

This is totally worth it to see  Taylor Swift because you're a Swifty.

You're a die hard.

Taylor Swift fan You're a super fan.

And you would gladly pay.

This money to see Taylor Swift.

That is entirely possible for.

Some people and in that case.

It wouldn't be outrageous.

To them for each seats, for each for.

Seats in the 500 section.

Remember this is the nosebleeds on the  first night of the tour in Toronto.

The majority of 100 section tickets, so the  lower the number the closer you are to the stage.

So the 100 section would be  perhaps the closest to the stage.

Certainly a lot closer than the 500 section.

The majority of 100 section tickets are.

Priced between Whoa, whoa, here we go this.

Is even more outrageous.

Perhaps 2.

$1700 or $2700 to a mind boggling $12,000.

Wow.

What do you think that's outrageous or?

I'm a Swifty so.

I'm going to gladly pay 12.

1000 dollars to see Taylor Swift.

You're probably wondering about mind boggling.

Mind boggling?

This is an adjective.

It means extremely surprising or  difficult to understand or imagine.

So if I say like that's mind boggling,  

it means I'm having a hard time even  understanding how 1 ticket could cost.

$12,000 is mind boggling, so it's  similar to outrageous, but it.

Also implies that you just.

You're having a difficult time even  understanding how this could be.

So what do?

You think that's outrageous?

Or you could also.

Say in the comments section.

That's mind boggling.

That's mind boggling.

What do you think?

Or you can say I'd pay that.

I'd pay that because I'm a Swifty.

How did they spell it, Swifty?

I'd pay that because I'm a  Swifty, so those are your.

I'd pay that because I'm a Swifty.

That's mind boggling.

That's outrageous.

Put your choice.

In the comments.

The most expensive tickets currently available  on StubHub are running for $13,214 each.

It just.

Keeps getting more and more expensive  now, so 13,214 dollars because you see.

The dollar sign after each All right, who's?

Taking me to Taylor Swift and  I want the 100 section tickets.

I don't want the Nosebleed tickets, please.

In general, ticket prices seem to  decline as the tour in Toronto goes on.

When something goes on, it means  progresses as the tour progresses.

As it goes on, so I'll write that there for you.

As the Tour in Toronto goes on, but so far there.

Doesn't even seem to be any seats  available for less than $1000.

Now you know why some people some people  are saying that's outrageous, Other.

Perhaps?

Not because they're Swifties.

So now what I'll do.

That's the end of the article.

So what I'll do now is I'll read  the article from start to finish  

and this time you can focus on my pronunciation.

People are selling Taylor Swift Toronto tickets  for outrageous prices days before official sale.

On Thursday, Mega Pop * Taylor Swift.

Finally confirmed that she would  be bringing her sold out heiress.

Tour to Toronto for a record.

Breaking six nights at the Rogers Center following  months of desperate pleas from Canadian Swifties.

Although the official Ticketmaster  verified sale is still.

Days away resellers have already.

Begun to list tickets for outrageous prices?

Some of which even exceed  people's rent for one month.

It comes as no surprise that the majority of these  

speculative listings come with  a staggering 4 figure price tag.

Just.

To sit up in the nosebleeds.

The US leg of the tour was met  with unprecedented demand and  

even crashed Ticketmaster's website immediately.

After the first batch of tickets  went live in October 2022,  

according to Ticketmaster, a speculative listing  is when unofficial sellers list tickets for sale.

Even though they do not  actually have those tickets.

They are betting or speculating.

That they will be able to get.

Tickets and then resell them to  fans, Ticketmasters website reads.

Tickets on StubHub are currently  priced at a minimum of $1800 each.

For seats in the 500 section on the  first night of the tour in Toronto.

The majority of 100 section tickets are priced  between $2700 to a mind boggling $12,000.

The most expensive tickets currently available  on StubHub are running for 13,214 dollars each.

In general, ticket prices seem to  decline as the tour in Toronto goes on,  

but so far there doesn't even seem  to be any seats available for less.

Than $1000.

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Did you think they were outrageous?

Mind boggling.

Juggling.

Or maybe you're a super fan, a die hard fan.

So you are ready.

And excited to pay that.

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