Some people think that hosting international sports events may be beneficial for a country. To what extend do you agree or disagree?
International
sports
events
always attract the attention of people from all over the world. Hosting those events
can potentially influence the image of a city or a country
. To my knowledge, a successful event can highly improve the reputation and attract investment.
To begin
with, it’s not only a company’s effort to hold a successful event but also
the local government. For instance
, the successful f1 grand Prix since 2004 in shanghai shows good governance and thus
proved that it’s a stable and good place for capital. International sports
events
need an accurate schedule and a wide range of resources including transportation, security and so on, which can show the power of a government. That kind of power is also
needed when developing a city or country
.
Moreover
, big sports
events
, such
as the Olympic games, can unite people in a country
and thus
boost the economy. To be specific, some survey shows that the economy in a developing country
will surge after they had held the Olympic games by an average of 4 years. Though it’s hard to say which the result or cause, they are highly correlated. We can still say that their popularity growth is a factor of economic growth. By the way, jobs created by keeping stadiums running are also
worth a fortune for the city.
To sum up, the apparent advantage of hosting international sports
events
mostly overweight its disadvantage despite its potential benefits. The positive effect on citizens’ health can never be valued through money.Submitted by bfl on
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately
Linking words are very important in your essay.
To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.
Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.
In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.
Linking word examples:
- firstly
- secondly
- thirdly
- in additional
- moreover
- also
- for example
- for instance
- therefore
- however
- although
- even though
- despite