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competitors
may be rivals 
during 
competitions
, there is friendship when the 
contest
is over. You can see this 
and the respect they have for each other when you watch big sporting events on TV. 
Secondly, when top international 
athletes
compete
together, they motivate and 
inspire each other. This is why new world 
records are often set
at events such as the 
Olympics and many 
athletes
achieve 
personal bests
. 
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Finally, international sporting events encourage people to get involved 
in 
sport
themselves, especially the younger generation. The TV coverage 
of 
competitions
for disabled sportspeople in recent years has led to a massive 
increase in people with disabilities 
taking up
sports
which is life-changing for them. 
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Shopping Vocabulary – Common Words & Phrases 
Shopping Vocabulary Set 1: Going Shopping
to go shopping
– to go to the shops to buy things 
- I won’t be home until 6pm tonight because I’m 
going shopping 
after work. 
to do the shopping
– the activity of buying items from shops 
- I hate 
doing the shopping
as it’s always so crowded in the supermarket. 
goods
– things that are sold 
- Department stores have a wide range of 
goods
on sale. 
window shopping
– the activity of looking at goods for sale, especially in shop 
window displays, without the intention of buying anything 
- One of my favourite activities on a Saturday is to go