Réponse :
Bonjour,
- Sports helps to establish an atmosphere of peace and love between countries.
RIGHT ( people ) « people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations »
WRONG ( for G.Orwell ) « I’m aways amazed when I hear people saying … »
- Sport helps to prevent war.
RIGHT ( people) « the would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield.
WRONG ( for G. Orwell )« sport is frankly mimic warfare »
- International sporting contests tend to make people hate one another.
RIGHT « that international sporting contests lead to hatred »
- Even on the village green it is impossible to play for the fun and exercise.
WRONG « it is possible to play simply for the fun and exercise »
- When the question of national pride is involved, people turn into wild animals.
RIGHT « but as soon as the question of prestige arises…. the most combative instincts are aroused »
- At the international level, nations see success in sport as a national virtue.
RIGHT « seriously believe …that running, … are tests of national virtue »
- Serious sport is based on fair play.
WRONG « Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play »
- Serious sport is an imitation of war.
RIGHT « in other words it is war minus the shooting »
- Most of the games we play today are of recent origin.
WRONG « Most of the games we now play are of ancient origin »
- The games we play today have been taken seriously all through the centuries.
WRONG « but sport doesn’t seem to have been taken seriously between the Roman times and the nineteenth century »
- The Anglo-Saxons were the first to turn sport into business.
RIGHT « England and the United States, games were built up int heavily financed activity »
- Violence in sport has become like a disease.
RIGHT « the infection spread from country to country »
- The rise of nationalism and the popularity of international sport can be explained by exactly the same mechanism ( as a disease )
RIGHT « There cannot be much doubt that the whole thing is bound up with the rise of nationalism »
Explications :
Pour les deux premières il y a deux réponses possibles en fonction du point de vue. L'avis de George Orwell et celui des gens en général ( avec lequel il n'est pas d'accord )
