the current hype over environmental issues is unecassary. do you agree?

i disagree. from article one, "climate change is upon us, and it has arrived welll ahead of schedule. scientist's projections that seem dire a decade ago tuen out to have been unduly optimistic: the warming and the melting is occuring much faster than the model predicted. now truly terrifying feedback loops threaten to boost the rate of change exponentially, as the shift from white ice to blue water in the artic absorbs more sunlight and warming soils everywhere becme more biologically active, causing them to release their vast stores of Carbon into the air ." thus it shows that the hype over environmentall issues are necessary. Our earth is dying, with ice caps melting at top speed, countires staring to be submerged, like the recent mynmmar cyclone, temperature rising way above normal temperatures. what climate scientists have predicted for the future are more optimistic than it really is. it is NECESSARY to have this hype, or maybe an even bigger hype to save OUR earth.

in the fifth article, they mentioned that "yet a false perception of risk may be about to lead to errors more expensive even than controlling the emission of benzene at tyre plants. carbon-dioxide emissions are causing the planet to warm. the bet estimates are that the temperature will rise by 2-3 degress celsius in this century, causing considerable problems, almose exclusively in the developing world , at a total cost of 5000 billion dollars. getting rid of gloabal warming would thus seem to be a good idea. the question is whether the cure will actaully cost more than the ailment" i disagree with the author. the current hype over these environmental issues pushes us to help save the world and not like what the author have stated, waste money saving earth. it doesnt mean that if the solution is expnsive we should not continue with it. even if the solution cannot change much, like a few degrees celcius, it doesnt mean we should not continue with the solution. what we have are funds, if we are not even willing to pump in the funds to help save the earth, who is going to?

the authors raise several reasons why they think people today need exercise.do you agree with them?

The authors have raised several reasons to why people need exercise and have reduced exercising. The reasons include having a diet that is high in animal fat, cholesterol, sugar and salt, our home and working environments and an over reliance on medical technologies. I agree with the authors but I believe that are also emotional reasons too.

People need to exercise regardless of their diet and even more so if they have a very unhealthy diet. Diseases or sickness are often a result of an unhealthy lifestyle. Examples would include cancer and coronary heart diseases. These diseases could prove fatal or take a long time to treat. Medical expenses will be high and it brings additional unneeded stress on an individual and his or her family.

A person cannot remain healthy if he or she does not try thus people should also exercise regardless of his or her age. Vigorous physical activity helps in a child’s overall development so he or she reaches optimal size and necessary capacities when he or she reaches adulthood. Recent research shows that exercise can decrease the gathering of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and cholesterol on artery walls of children and adults. Although there is no proof that exercise can make a person live longer, the elderly are still encouraged to exercise because exercise keeps them mentally alert, increases their speed of recuperation from illness or injury, strengthen their immune system just to name a few.

People living in today’s high tech world have begun living sedentary lifestyles that are very unhealthy because they usually exclude any form of physical activity. Adults and children alike spend most of their time in front of a computer either working or playing computer games. There’s still the television set in the living room, which constitutes yet another few hours of little or no physical activity. Prevention is better then cure and these people should start taking their health more seriously and understand the importance of exercising. Strenuous exercise is not needed but fun forms of exercise such as swimming and taking up a sport is encouraged. It is through exercise that people can develop and keep a strong self-image and a sense of emotional balance.

why has sport become globalized and more dominant?

the author mentioned that "the change in our attitude is symbolized by a profound change in the nature of the sport. Until about 20 years ago most people's experience of it was a team activity. Just like the individual, discipline rather than creativity, men rather than woman, compulsion rather than choice." this shows how sports has become more globalized over the years. It is able to change in this way because, "most cultural forms are limited in their ability to travel, most obvioulsy by the language, but sport has an extraordinary ability to communicate." thus through this special way where sports can communicate, it has become more globalized over the years. i agree with the author because it can communicate as there are many different kinds of sports events that require countries to go overseas to compete, in this way they are able to cross national frontiers and become more globalized by always improving from learning from other countries.

according to the author it has become more dominant because, people are putting more attention to sports. in terms of doing it and in terms of watching it. people are doing more sports to maintain healthy and "longer lifespans will increase people's desire to pursue a healthy lifestyle . the new physicality of looking good as well of feeling good" i agree with the author, in this era where everyone is more superficial where people go for brands, models wearing size zero with many wanting to look like them, people would want to do sports to get that kind of figure. Also, the author mentioned "many enjoy watching sports, because we like to see the supreme skill of those who act as the benchmark for the rest of us, combined with the excitement of not knowing who;s going to win, and no play, no rock concert can beat that." i agree with the author for example, during world cup, many like to it around and watch, just to crticise their playing to be amazed by their playing and especially from the sudden rush of excitment when someone scores a goal.

thus i agree with the aurthor that sports has become more globalized and more domainant.