Hello hello, dear listener, and welcome into IELTS speaking part three.
We're talking about sports and Rory loves the topic of sports right, Rory?
No, I don't, I hate it, I just happen to know a lot about it.
That's all, yeah.
But come on Rory, like yoga is kind of sport.
You keep saying this, but I don't think that's true.
I think yoga is a practice, oh oh, a practice like a habit or a routine?
Is it necessary to build public sports places?
Well, for the vast majority of people, I'd certainly say so.
There's a huge obesity crisis right now and people need opportunities for exercise and personal development.
So not only is it necessary, you could also say it's crucial or things will only get worse.
What are the benefits of sports for children?
What, aside from shielding them from the worst effects of the crisis I mentioned?
It's good for them to have the opportunity to compete against each other and socialize.
Which sports, and sports like weightlifting and sports events like the Olympics can offer people.
Of course, there are other ways to do this.
It's just one of the healthier options.
Do young people like to do sports?
You'd have to ask them, but I suspect most of them do, probably unless they can't participate in it, or maybe they don't want to take part for some reason.
I mean it can be fun and promote general well-being, in addition to releasing all the various neurotransmitters and endorphins that people are always on about.
But obviously, if you are dead set against that, then the opposite would probably be achieved.
Do you think local sports teams can help increase community connections?
It depends on how the whole thing is structured, really.
And it could also be a matter of perspective.
Historically in my country there have been sports teams with memberships based on religious affiliation.
So while it might promote bonding among people in the in-group, it probably reinforces the borders without groups.
So it's certainly possible, but it should be done with consideration for aspects similar to those that I mentioned, if that's the goal.
Is technology helpful for people to do sports?
Oh, definitely.
I mean not just in extreme cases like monitoring bodily functions and output, but also in terms of enabling people to do things.
A wheelchair is a piece of technology that helps to do this.
A hip replacement could be another.
Of course, it could also be used to exclude people, but I think that's probably the exception rather than the rule.
What do you think of companies donating sports venues for poor children?
I mean on the surface it certainly seems like a nice thing to do and can give people an opportunity to lift their spirits or even lift themselves out of poverty if they become a professional sports player.
However, I always find myself asking how the companies benefit from such an arrangement.
Sadly, corporations are always driven by things like the bottom line and the profit motive.
So this has to be a factor in such decisions somehow, which can poison how you think about these things.
Yay, thank you Rory for your answers.
No worries, hopefully they were very sportsmanlike.
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Public sports spaces or public sports venues, dear listener, these are different places where people do sports and we say do sports so like stadiums parks, certain sports playgrounds gyms, and you can say that people need opportunities for exercise.
So like for doing exercise because um, lots of people are obese now nowadays, like they're like very fat, so there is um obesity crisis.
Obesity, he has this problem with overweight.
Surely obesity has got to be a bad name word.
Hmm interesting, i don't know.
And what about scotland?
Really like um, Do you have an obesity crisis in Scotland?
I feel like most countries have this now.
Although, especially Western countries.
So, actually, I didn't look this up.
Let's look it up now.
Proportion of Scottish people.
So, actually, obese is C1.
Do you listen?
It's band 8.
Nice.
Extremely fat, like overweight, obese.
And this is dangerous for health.
Or obesity is the noun.
So...
Something like 32% of adults in my country are obese.
Oh, okay.
Which is the highest level on record, with two-thirds of adults classed as being overweight or obese.
Right, listen, so obesity means that a person has some health problems.
So their overweight affects their health negatively.
Jesus, that's a lot of people.
So, but then we just ask ourselves, what is 32% of 5 million people?
That's 1.6 million people.
Amazing!
Okay, so that's not good.
And then 64%, so two-thirds, that's 3.2 million people are overweight.
Wow, that is crazy.
I didn't realize it was that many.
That's wild, isn't it?
Hmm...
Right, dear listener.
We can talk about the advantages of sports for children, or the benefits, the upsides.
And you can mention that children have the opportunity to compete against each other.
Compete against each other, right?
To socialize with each other while they do some sports.
And sports provide children with healthier options for socializing.
So health healthier, not more healthy, but actually some people do say more healthy.
Young people usually enjoy doing sports or they like to do sports.
Well, because they can get active, it is fun, they get endorphins endorphins like these happy hormones in the bodies.
They can compete, lighting.
Always mention these two things together.
There's those two aspects of these things and we can talk about promoting general well-being, like films and books.
In every town you usually have your local sports teams right and we have a community of people, like in a village, in a town, some community Places where just people go and they socialize, they get together.
And the question is about like local sports teams.
Do they help increase community connections?
Pretty much like if everyone goes to a football match.
Like people socialize, so it helps to build up community.
Yeah. especially in small villages, in small towns.
But in cities, what about in cities?
Well, it's difficult to increase community connections, but there are different communities in large cities, like football fans, hockey fans, people who enjoy tea, people who enjoy yoga.
You see, like many different communities.
And you can say that if it is structured well, again, why not?
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And you can talk about your country.
Like historically in my country, sports have always been ta-ta-ta, right?
So local competitions and sports have always helped increase community connections.
And they promote bonding among people.
Bonding, like again, like connections.
People bond, connect together.
A synonym for a community it is yeah, but it's a members of a particular group.
So if you're in the in group, then you exclude members of an out group by just association or lack of association.
Yeah, in group, a social group whose members are very loyal to each other and share a lot of interests.
A very good answer about technology, dear listener.
So you can actually Google this question and it's going to be helpful for your essays as well for ideas.
So Rory talked about monitoring bodily functions.
So we have different devices like rings watches bracelets, which monitor bodily functions like your heart rate, The amount of water in your body.
How many calories you burn.
Yeah, how many calories you burn.
Your body fat percentage.
Body fat percentage, yeah.
So, we do have lots of devices, technology, which monitors our bodily functions.
Also, you can talk about disabled people, like a wheelchair helps people who do sports.
Also different things like a hip replacement.
So if a person breaks some bones, they can replace bones with replacements, right?
So kind of like insert another bone into a person's body.
Well, a metal replacement, if it's a hip replacement.
Right.
Or kind of the whole leg or an arm, right?
Right.
Some companies donate sports venues for poor children.
It's common practice.
A company builds a stadium or builds a gym or some sports playground and just donate this venue, this place, to the town village, to people.
And I am cynical.
So I say they're not just doing this because they are nice people.
Yeah, like rory thinks it's not just because, like it's not for nothing, right?
So rory doesn't believe in the good.
So um, rory thinks that companies have something in mind, they pursue their own interests.
Plus they do something good and you can say that on the surface it's a nice thing to do, it's generous, like if you have some money you kind of donate, it's charity right, and you provide people with an opportunity to lift their spirits.
Lift their spirits so like to become happy, to kind of enjoy life, like yay, to lift their spirits, make somebody happier.
But these companies benefit from such an arrangement, from such things, because they may have some other reasons in mind.
They usually think of their profit, So they have the profit motive.
So they are thinking about their business.
How can I get money from this?
Yeah.
Again, dear listener, it's up to you.
It's worth to think.
But yeah, here on the surface, it's a good thing.
But there might be some, you know, other motives which are not so nice.
Right, dear listener.
Thank you very much for listening.
And we'll get back to you in our next episode.
Okay?
Bye!
Is it necessary to build public sports places?
Well, for the vast majority of people, I'd certainly say so.
There's a huge obesity crisis right now and people need opportunities for exercise and personal development.
So not only is it necessary, you could also say it's crucial or things will only get worse.
What are the benefits of sports for children?
What, aside from shielding them from the worst effects of the crisis I mentioned?
It's good for them to have the opportunity to compete against each other and socialize.
Which sports, um...
And sports like weightlifting and sports events like the Olympics can offer people.
Of course, there are other ways to do this.
It's just one of the healthier options.
Do young people like to do sports?
You'd have to ask them, but I suspect most of them do, probably unless they can't participate in it on time.
Or maybe they don't want to take part for some reason.
I mean it can be fun and promote general well-being, in addition to releasing all the various neurotransmitters and endorphins that people are always on about.
But obviously, if you are dead set against that, then the opposite would probably be achieved.
Do you think local sports teams can help increase community connections?
It depends on how the whole thing is structured, really.
And it could also be a matter of perspective.
Historically in my country there have been sports teams with memberships based on religious affiliation.
So while it might promote bonding among people in the in-group, it probably reinforces the borders without groups.
So it's certainly possible, but it should be done with consideration for aspects similar to those that I mentioned, if that's the goal.
Is technology helpful for people to do sports?
Oh, definitely.
I mean not just in extreme cases like monitoring bodily functions and output, but also in terms of enabling people to do things.
A wheelchair is a piece of technology that helps to do this.
A hip replacement could be another.
Of course, it could also be used to exclude people, but I think that's probably the exception rather than the rule.
What do you think of companies donating sports venues for poor children?
I mean on the surface it certainly seems like a nice thing to do and can give people an opportunity to lift their spirits or even lift themselves out of poverty if they become a professional sports player.
However, I always find myself asking how the companies benefit from such an arrangement.
Sadly, corporations are always driven by things like the bottom line and the profit motive.
So this has to be a factor in such decisions somehow, which can poison how you think about these things.
