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Some people think that competitive sports have positive effects on teenager education, while others argue that effect is negative. Discuss both view and give your opinion.

#people #sports #effects #teenager #education #effect
Two given diagrams illustrate
percentage
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the percentage
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 of
favourite
 takeaways and amount of
Indian
 restaurants in Canada between 1960 and 2015. On the first
chart
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chart,
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 it can be noticed, that Canadians’ the most
favourite
 takeaway is Chinese food (34% of participants eat there) and the least
favourite
 are Mexican, Japanese and Greek in the list of specified types (only 1% of participants eat there for each type). The second diagram shows the increase of amount of
Indian
 restaurants from 1960 to 2007 up to approximately 9000 points and
fluctuates
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 near 9000 from 2007 to 2015,
got to
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reaching
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 8000 points in 2000.
Due to
 these two charts a conclusion may be made: Canadians’
favourite
 food is mostly Asian (
in particular
 Chinese and
Indian
); a great increase
of
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in
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 demand
on
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for
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the
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apply
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Indian
 food can be seen from 1960 to 2007 when
number
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the number
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 of restaurants increased from about 200 to about 9000 (by 45 times).
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • foster
  • teamwork
  • growth mindset
  • sense of responsibility
  • manage success and failure
  • undue pressure
  • emphasize
  • winning at all costs
  • cheating
  • aggression
  • physical and emotional burnout
  • integration
  • social cohesion
  • diverse group of peers
  • encouraging empathy
  • hyper-competitive
  • overshadows
  • joy and love for the game
  • healthy and enjoyable activity
  • stressful obligation
  • means to an end
  • promote a balanced approach
  • competition is healthy
  • sportsmanship
  • valued above victory
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