Ib English Oral: Whatever It Takes to Stay in the Game
English Oral: Whatever it takes to stay in the Game
Describe picture:
• Soccer game
• Man in the foreground wearing a jacket with anti doping inscription
• Caption ....
What is meant by “Whatever it takes to stay in the Game?”
• Give your best to stay in the game, competition
This sentence has various meanings:
• train a lot
• doping
• when you are injured take tablets
• performance drugs
Why would you want to stay in the game?
• willing to make a lot of money
• get famous
• be able to afford everything
• build up reputation
• sponsor, good future for family
Several cases of doping in different sports (Armstrong, Mutu, Culpepper)
Why would you dope?
• Professional athletes are under a lot of pressure to be competitive (media, sponsors, managers, etc.)
• what they only care is money
• most of the athletes have short careers -> less time to achieve best performance (peak level of their career) (Ronaldinho + Marktwert)
• with some doping they improve their performance
Types of doping drugs:
1 Stimulants, such as amphetamines,
2 anabolic steroids, such as nandrolone,
3 diuretics, to help lower body weight,
4 blood doping agents, such as EPO.
Example from other sports
• From previous research: quote Armstrong: do everything possible, ...
• winning at all costs
• Armstrong was 2 years ahead
• as a result -> he won 7 tour de France in a row
• maybe unfair but he was not the only one.
• Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer support
Example Mutu
• took sibutramine , weight loss drug
• 9 month ban
• had to loose weight to get back to good fitness level
• soccer doping is not acceptable
Risks
• get charged
• sanctioned
• suspension
• risks like a business ( win or loose situation)
Conclusion
• drug use is a risk, when you don’t get caught you get famous.
• when you get caught you loose only your reputation
• the fame and money remains
(c)Alex
Describe picture:
• Soccer game
• Man in the foreground wearing a jacket with anti doping inscription
• Caption ....
What is meant by “Whatever it takes to stay in the Game?”
• Give your best to stay in the game, competition
This sentence has various meanings:
• train a lot
• doping
• when you are injured take tablets
• performance drugs
Why would you want to stay in the game?
• willing to make a lot of money
• get famous
• be able to afford everything
• build up reputation
• sponsor, good future for family
Several cases of doping in different sports (Armstrong, Mutu, Culpepper)
Why would you dope?
• Professional athletes are under a lot of pressure to be competitive (media, sponsors, managers, etc.)
• what they only care is money
• most of the athletes have short careers -> less time to achieve best performance (peak level of their career) (Ronaldinho + Marktwert)
• with some doping they improve their performance
Types of doping drugs:
1 Stimulants, such as amphetamines,
2 anabolic steroids, such as nandrolone,
3 diuretics, to help lower body weight,
4 blood doping agents, such as EPO.
Example from other sports
• From previous research: quote Armstrong: do everything possible, ...
• winning at all costs
• Armstrong was 2 years ahead
• as a result -> he won 7 tour de France in a row
• maybe unfair but he was not the only one.
• Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer support
Example Mutu
• took sibutramine , weight loss drug
• 9 month ban
• had to loose weight to get back to good fitness level
• soccer doping is not acceptable
Risks
• get charged
• sanctioned
• suspension
• risks like a business ( win or loose situation)
Conclusion
• drug use is a risk, when you don’t get caught you get famous.
• when you get caught you loose only your reputation
• the fame and money remains
(c)Alex