Sunday, April 20, 2008
Do you agree with a boycott of the olympics?

T: politics

I: boycott of the Olympics

C: coming Beijing Olympic games

K: boycott-To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion.
Athletes to skip the Beijing Olympics.

S: No, there should not be a boycott.

Topic sentence(TS)
TS 1: athletes have trained long and hard for the Olympics and their efforts should not go to waste.
TS 2: diplomatic ties between China and the countries involved in the boycott will be strained.
TS 3: China has prepared for the Olympics for a long time and should be allowed to reap the fruits of its success.
TS 4: China should not be blamed for the chaos in Tibet, another country, resulting in a boycott.
Ts 5: there should be a boycott as pollution levels are unsafe.

P: TS 3- There should not be a boycott of the Olympics as the Chinese people have laboured long and hard in preparation for the Beijing Olympics.

El: New buildings have been built specially for the Olympics and money spent on pollution control measures.

Eg: Four great buildings: Water Cube, Bird's Nest, Z crisscross, Eggshell
more than 6 billion pounds spent on pollution control measures.
1100 coal burning power plants switched to gas.
reducing emissions of sulphur and nitrogen dioxide from 5 main electricity generators
cutting production at the biggest company by 4 million tonnes.
2000 buses and 5000 taxis replaced or upgraded
Beijing is even willing to implement extra measures planned for next summer, including the possible closure of factories and restrictions on more than a million cars for the duration of the Games.

Ev: Beijing has sacrificed time, capital and reduced its economic growth to combat pollution and build great works of art, ultimately to make the Olympic games a success. They have kept their promise and displayed a high level of commitment to making the Olympic games a success. The international should give Beijing a chance to prove itself.

L: Therefore i feel that there should not be a boycott of the Olympic games.