Introduction styles Use an ATTENTION GRABBER:a fact,figure,or statistic that get your reader's attention.Use it to illustrate a point and follow it with elaboration in the body. ASK A QUESTION to interest the reader or create a controversy.Answer the question in the body paragraphs. Use a GENERAL TOPIC INTRODUCTION:a general statement about the current situation.Get more specific in the rest of the introduction and body. Use an ANECDOTE:a personal story which is to the point and relevant to your essay. Cite an INTERESTING QUOTATION:base your topic on an expert's opinion,or simply use the quotation to get your reader's attention
Introduction styles • Use an ATTENTION GRABBER: a fact, figure, or statistic that get your reader’s attention. Use it to illustrate a point and follow it with elaboration in the body. • ASK A QUESTION to interest the reader or create a controversy. Answer the question in the body paragraphs. • Use a GENERAL TOPIC INTRODUCTION: a general statement about the current situation. Get more specific in the rest of the introduction and body. • Use an ANECDOTE: a personal story which is to the point and relevant to your essay. • Cite an INTERESTING QUOTATION: base your topic on an expert’s opinion, or simply use the quotation to get your reader’s attention. □
Reading comprehension Para.1 Some people believe that international sports creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together.Others say that the opposite is true:that international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred.There is probably some truth in both arguments,but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sports encourages international brotherhood.Not only was there the tragic incident involving the murder of athletes,but the Games were also ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor national contests
Reading comprehension • Para. 1 Some people believe that international sports creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together．Others say that the opposite is true: that international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sports encourages international brotherhood．Not only was there the tragic incident involving the murder of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor national contests．
2.One country received its second-place medal with visible indignation after the hockey final.There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match,the losers objecting to the final decisions.They were convinced that one of their goal should not have been disallowed and that their opponents'victory was unfair.Their manager was in a rage when he said:"This wasn't hockey.Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished.The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension of the team for at least three years
• 2. One country received its second-place medal with visible indignation after the hockey final．There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the losers objecting to the final decisions．They were convinced that one of their goal should not have been disallowed and that their opponents’ victory was unfair．Their manager was in a rage when he said: “This wasn’t hockey．Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished．” The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension of the team for at least three years．
The American basketball team announced that they would not yield first place to Russia,after a disputable end to their contest.The game had ended in disturbance.It was thought at first that the United States had won,by a single point,but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play.A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other,and another player popped it into the basket.It was the first time the USA had ever lost an Olympic basketball match.An appeal jury debated the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand.The American players then voted not to receive the silver medals
• The American basketball team announced that they would not yield first place to Russia, after a disputable end to their contest．The game had ended in disturbance．It was thought at first that the United States had won, by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play．A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player popped it into the basket．It was the first time the USA had ever lost an Olympic basketball match．An appeal jury debated the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand．The American players then voted not to receive the silver medals．
Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game.The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals,or in non-national teams,might be too much to hope for.But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism
• Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game．The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals, or in non-national teams, might be too much to hope for．But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism．