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The modern Olympic Games are the leading international sporting event nowadays. However, there are constant voices to call for s
The modern Olympic Games are the leading international sporting event nowadays. However, there are constant voices to call for s
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2017-02-25
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The modern Olympic Games are the leading international sporting event nowadays. However, there are constant voices to call for stopping the Olympic Games. The followings are opinions on whether we should abolish the Olympics from different media. Read them carefully and write your response in about 300 words, in which you should:
1. summarize briefly the arguments on both sides;
2. give your comment.
Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
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The Olympic charter’s call for a "peaceful society" and the "preservation of human dignity" is a very noble one, but its means are rather odd. Through fierce athletic competition between nations, individual rivalries between athletes, who, training for 75% of their waking life, probably play a very little role in their society anyway.
The Olympics is an arena for individual achievement: however, if someone is to win a race, others must lose. Emphasis is not placed on athletes improving their personal best but on who wins.
Having many nations come together shows worldwide solidarity, but it is a strange sort of solidarity, nations united by their athletes in Lycra and branded shoes. The cultures of nations are shown by little more than flag waving and the appearance of their mascots.
The Guardian
The original "spirit" of the Olympics was supposedly that of sporting competition between amateurs, who competed for the honour of doing so, and to test themselves against the best sportspeople from around the world. However, the Olympics has become ever more commercialised, high-jacked by global corporations and turned into a giant advertising hoarding. The kinds of moneys and rewards potentially available from excelling on the international stage has served to incentivise not only professionalisation, but also corruption and cheating. The professed aspirations of the Olympic movement and the grubby reality of the contemporary Olympics are now utterly opposed.
The New York Times
Citizens of the host city, often uninterested in the Olympic spectacle, can end up having to foot the bill by paying extra taxes, or having their existing taxes routed away from other services. The construction of Olympic facilities, company investment and the regeneration of areas in host cities can be very disruptive, pricing local residents and shopkeepers out of their areas. Building an Olympic site can necessitate the demolition of homes and historical places. Previous Olympics have shown that Olympic resources, when the games are over, do not always benefit the host city or society. Olympic sites can become ghost towns, so characteristic of the year they were built in as to be aesthetically odd, impractical, inhospitable and unfashionable a decade later.
TIME
The athletes competing in the Olympic games have worked hard for years, showing dedication to achieving physical greatness. They keep to a strict diet, and put in hundreds of hours training in a week, all for the honor of competing against the best athletes in the world. Those that are caught cheating are dealt with harshly, which teaches against honesty and dedication to one’s dreams.
Athletes dedicate the best part of their lives to this ideal, by constantly improving their performance. Individual performance stands here for "celebration of collective values"—including that of fair competition. Individual athletes represent whole nations—their competing actualizes transnational togetherness and the search for commonality and global cooperation.
Above all, the Olympic spirit is a beacon of hope. Countless times the games have instilled hope and togetherness in many. In a world of growing animosity, it is encouraging to see a sense of peace and togetherness gather every four years.
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The Olympic Games Shouldn’t Be Abolished The modern Olympic Games have received both criticism and appreciation, as indicated in the recent news articles. On the one hand, the Games are denounced in some news articles, because they are highly commercialized, prohibitively costly, and void of social benefits. On the other hand, the Olympic spirit is regarded as "a beacon of hope", and contributes to peace among nations, when we are in troubled times. Although I am not a sport fan, I am inclined to believe that the modern Olympic Games have its place in the international community. Despite all the criticisms, the modern Olympic Games have two integral benefits that are irreplaceable. First, the Games are international platforms to showcase human talents and potentials. For example, the 10-second barrier used to be considered as the threshold for one to be a world-class sprinter. However, since 1990s, many sprinters have been able to break this barrier, and the current world record is 9.52 seconds held by Bolt. Watching world records being broken time and again leads to a positive "can-do" attitude for us, spectators and commoners. Whenever we meet problems, we will draw upon the spirit of "faster, higher and stronger", rising to the challenges. Second, the modern Olympic Games send a strong message about world peace. In this sports event, athletes put aside conflicts, disagreements and discrimination; they compete with each other on an equal footing. This shows that we could all go together and enjoy a big family gathering. There is no boundary in sports and nothing exemplifies this better than the Olympic Games. In conclusion, if we abolish the modem Olympic Games because of some fixable issues, we are throwing the baby out with the bath water. The Games are a vital platform for us to excel ourselves and forge a bound cross national borders.
解析
题目给出了四家媒体对是否取消奥运会的意见,在概括时,考生须注意归类。前三则报道以取消奥运会为观点,最后一则报道则认可奥运会的存在价值。根据题目的要求,考生可采取以下的布局:
第一段:总结新闻报道中取消奥运会的主要观点(商业化、成本高、社会效益低)和支持奥运会的主要观点(带来希望,有助世界和平);提出个人见解——奥运会不应被取消。
第二段:指出奥运会两个重要贡献。其一,奥运会是重要平台,展示人类无尽的才能与潜力;其二,奥运会对世界和平有促进作用。
第三段:总结全文,我们不能“因噎废食”,奥运会的重要作用不容磨灭。
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