Topic 1: Increasing travels between countries enable people to learn different cultures or to increase tension between people from different countries

engrossed by 
the grace, endurance and 
fortitude 
shown by athletes 
that they pay little attention to their nations of origin, cultural and language differences. 
Despite those elements in favour of sustaining this international event, the Olympics  ere facing many 
challenges today. The expenditures are one of the biggest. So many services and facilities are required 
for  serving  athletes,  media  and 
spectators 
that  up  to  present,  only  those  cities  from  industrialised 
countries are capable of and interested in hosting such events. The Olympics are meanwhile the hotbed 
of various scandals. 
Tempted 
by the prospect of large financial rewards, many athletes take 
proscribed 
performance-enhancing drugs, a stain on the sportsmanship pursued by the Olympics. Critics also view 
international sporting events as a substitute for war,