Some countries achieve international sports by building specialised facilities to train top athletes, instead of providing sports facilities that everyone can use. Do you think this is positive or negative development? Discuss both views and give your opinion.

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It is a heated argument, in order to achieve
internationall
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international
sports events, whether it is necessary to construct the most advanced
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to train top experts in the sports field. Many countries are deciding to build these kinds of facilities, despite the fact they will become useless once the
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event is finished.
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essay will examine both views to prove that it is a negative development. First of all, building an enormous building can be beneficial to their country's economy. It is the case if the income of sports events covers the total amount of
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spent to build
buildings
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as stadiums and other training centres.
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, there is a great example which China
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a summer Olympic Games in 2008. The official spokesman of the Chinese government revealed statistics that
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earnings during the Olympic game already exceeded the cost of creating a giant stadium which is only used by professional athletes by 4 times. Even after the event,
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kind of building became the most popular destination among tourists and people have been keen to take a picture outside of the stadium and which means it is still earning
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present day. Second of all , mistakenly calculated investment in specialised
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can lead to financial crises. it is true that highly costed building become a waste of
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if it is designed to use only once.
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, Greece created a number of enormous
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to organize the summer Olympic games in 2004 and landed a huge amount of
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from the EU about 400 billion euros. After the sporting event, the Greece government has forbidden stadiums from civilian usage. Even if normal people enter the centre, they can not use it properly.
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,
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kind of building lost its economical significance and become a just symbol.
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, Greece faced an economic crisis and have not recovered for the next 15 years. In conclusion, governments must be careful before spending huge amounts of
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to build giant
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for international events. If not, the whole country will suffer from financial crises.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • specialised facilities
  • train top athletes
  • international sports
  • boost
  • reputation
  • attract
  • sporting events
  • access
  • general public
  • inequality
  • opportunities
  • overemphasis
  • elite sports
  • neglect
  • grassroots development
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