Vocabulary preview

Vocabulary preview

1. 
   Surplus is an amount of money that is left over.
   
2. 
   Revenue is income from business activities or taxes.
   
3. 
   Exceeded is was greater than a number or amount.
   
4. 
   Gross domestic product is the yearly value of goods and services in a country.
   
5. 
   Debt is an amount of money that you owe.
   
6. 
   Budget is the amount of money you plan to spend.
   
7. 
   Return is a profit on money that you have invested.
   
8. 
   Financial is involving money.
   

Expressing contrast

1. 
   In contrast to Olympics, The FIFA World Cup has been held all over the world, including in Africa and South America. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was chosen to host the 1016 Olympics despite it is likely that future Olympic Games will be held in Africa.
   
2. 
   The 1996 Atlanta Games made a profit however many felt that the use of advertisements at those Games was expensive. These advertisements were very good business for the sponsors, in contrast.
   
3. 
   Montreal lost an enormous amount of money on the 1976 Olympics. In contrast to, 1984 L.A. Olympics made a great success. Why did L.A. succeed where others had failed? Whereas the Olympics before them, the L.A. Games were run mostly by private business.
   

Complete the sentence with your own ideas

1. 
   Even though hosting the Olympics is expensive, I believe that it will improve every country’s economic.
   
2. 
   American football is very popular in U.S. In contrast, most people in my country don’t interested in football much
   
3. 
   Sports like cycling and equestrian require expensive, equipment, on the other hand this kind of sports very useful to peoples health.
   
4. 
   Despite the popularity of soccer, many people only prefer to watch than play.