Olympics 奥林匹克运动会 boycott 联合抵制
Showcase vt. 展示 overt politicking 公然的政治活动
Achievement n. 成就,功绩 withdraw participation 推出比赛
Enrichment n. 丰富,肥沃 symbolize vt. 象征
outrage n. 愤怒
AGAINST
4. Sport can be used as a political tool to project both national identity and political ideology
5. Sport can be used as a publicity tool, on an international level, for a country’s ideology. For example, sporting competition between USA and Soviet bloc during Cold War was regarded as “Capitalism vs. Communism”.
6.Coubertin’s belief in “Peace Through Sport” a utopian dream. Boycotts and others sorts of overt politicking are symptoms of the fact that the Olympics have long been tools of governments. The political value of the Olympics to governments hinges, ironically, on international sports being seen as above politics.
7.Governments may use the Olympics to score points against other governments, most prominently by boycotts. To withdraw participation from a high-value event such as the Olympics symbolizes a correspondingly high level of moral outrage