You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic: Some people think that hosting an international sports event is good for the country, while some people think it is bad. Discuss both views and state your opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. You should write at least 250 words.

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, unique things, which can improve us not only physically but

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mentally. There are some folks who think that hosting an international

sports

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event

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is good, even though, for some,

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bad. Actually, everything has noticeable pros and cons. So, the following facts are the considerable advantages and disadvantages of doing as a host to an international

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event

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.

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, hosting an international

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can raise the city or

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’s profile and

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is the main reason why events are hosted. So, if the

country

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’s profile is high, more and more tourists and economic investments will come undoubtedly.

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, South Africa held the 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP as a host and after that year, the rate of foreigners who come to that

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was more than 20% if we compare it with 2009, the previous year.

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, it can create a bunch of job opportunities since jobs very demanding at

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times. The most obvious incident is Brazil’s 2014 WORLD CUP which devises more than 80000 part-time and permanent jobs.

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, having a

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event

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in the

country

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can make people feel happy and enthusiastic.

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, if we have a national football match today, we will sing the national anthem and children are playing happily, creating a lovely environment.

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, doing something like

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can still have negative impacts on the

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as we have to build a qualified stadium for the events which can cost a lot of money. As an example, Brazil had to build 12 stadiums which cost about 220-300 million dollars so that they could hold the world cup

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.

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, if we can’t host the

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greatly, negative publicity will happen without a doubt. As an instance, Winter Olympics had received unfavourable attention because of corruptions and overruns.

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but not least, local businesses experience a loss because of massive advertisements because many big companies spend millions of money for advertisements, sponsoring the

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and local businesses become dim among those advertisements. To sum up, everyone has their own thought on every matter and it is very unique. It may be good or bad depending on the point of view. But, is there anyone who doesn’t want to live in a lively place which is decorated with

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. Since I am a fan of

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and it seems to me that in

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case, there are more advantages than disadvantages, I sincerely think that hosting an international sport is good either for the

country

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or the people who live in it.