Pan American Games 2011

 

The Pan American Games are Coming to Guadalajara in 2011!

The Pan American Games are the America continents version of the Olympics, with 42 countries competing in over forty sports. They are held every four years and take place the year prior to the Summer Olympics.

To get ready for this amazing event, there were many plans put in place for environmental initiatives to clean lakes, monitor drinking water, and revitalize the downtown.

As a developing city, Guadalajara has a lot to gain in terms of promoting awareness of the city as a tourist or business location.

As one web site says, “Whenever a city hosts a major sporting event, the local economy is injected with a new lease of life. Tourism is one industry which specifically benefits from any sporting event.”

The 16th edition of Pan-American games…the biggest multisport event in Latin America…will be hosted by Guadalajara, Mexico, from October 14 to 30, 2011.  More than 5,700 athletes will be competing in Guadalajara in 40 different sports.

The Pan American Village will have 650 apartments, two parking lots and almost 65% of the area will be green areas.

There will be 40 Different Sports. For example:

1. Waterpolo
2. Fencing 
3. Basketball
4. Bowling
5. Canoeing
6. Cycling
7. Rugby
8. Rowing
9. Volleyball
10. Softball
 

Adapted http://www.focusonmexico.com/pan-american-games-2011.html

QUESTIONS:

1)      Do you like sports? What kind of sports do you most like?

       2)     In the text above, look at the  picture of a different sport from Brazil. Which one is it? How do you practice it?  

3)      Which of those sports you don´t like? Tell us why.

4)      What do you think about the incentive the government gives for sports in your country? Is it enough?

5)      In Brazil, you will have an important event, the Olympics in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro city.  If you could, which adaptations would you make in your country to get ready for that event?