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Task 3
International sporting events are often presented as arenas for promoting world peace and multicultural harmony. (Try your skills in discussing whether the international sporting events can promote world peace and understanding across cultural divides).
Using the quotations below as your point of departure, write an essay in which you discuss this. "I have seen for myself just how important sport is in bringing people together from all backgrounds, from all walks of life and from all age groups." "In accordance with the Olympic ideal, international sporting events promote friendship, mutual understanding and cooperation between the nations and the peoples of the world." "Hosting international sporting events is mainly an opportunity to promote national prestige and commercial interests." "Rather than promoting world peace, international sporting events just stir up national chauvinism."“Fotball(soccer) connect people together” |
Popular events like the football World Cup and other international sporting occasions are essential in easing international tensions and releasing patriotic emotions in a safe way.
Every four years, the whole world stops to watch international sporting events such as the Olympics and the Football World Cup in which athletes show their best performance to make their country proud of them. These sporting occasions have proved to be helpful in easing international tensions in difficult times when powerful leaders were trying to control the world?s economy and other governments were fighting over land.
The Olympic Games are one of the best examples which prove how sporting events can bring nations together, at least temporarily. From ancient History, when Greeks and Romans would interrupt battles to participate in the games, to the more recent international disputes, when athletes from Palestine and Israel would forget their differences, compete pacifically and even embrace each other after an event. Moreover, these popular
International sporting events are often presented as arenas for promoting world peace and multicultural harmony. (Try your skills in discussing whether the international sporting events can promote world peace and understanding across cultural divides).
Using the quotations below as your point of departure, write an essay in which you discuss this. "I have seen for myself just how important sport is in bringing people together from all backgrounds, from all walks of life and from all age groups." "In accordance with the Olympic ideal, international sporting events promote friendship, mutual understanding and cooperation between the nations and the peoples of the world." "Hosting international sporting events is mainly an opportunity to promote national prestige and commercial interests." "Rather than promoting world peace, international sporting events just stir up national chauvinism."“Fotball(soccer) connect people together” |
Popular events like the football World Cup and other international sporting occasions are essential in easing international tensions and releasing patriotic emotions in a safe way.
Every four years, the whole world stops to watch international sporting events such as the Olympics and the Football World Cup in which athletes show their best performance to make their country proud of them. These sporting occasions have proved to be helpful in easing international tensions in difficult times when powerful leaders were trying to control the world?s economy and other governments were fighting over land.
The Olympic Games are one of the best examples which prove how sporting events can bring nations together, at least temporarily. From ancient History, when Greeks and Romans would interrupt battles to participate in the games, to the more recent international disputes, when athletes from Palestine and Israel would forget their differences, compete pacifically and even embrace each other after an event. Moreover, these popular