雅思口语：为什么有的国家想要举办国际体育赛事比如奥运会？

why somecountries want to host international sports events such as the Olympic games?

For thebenefits of the host country, it helps to boost the domestic economy, improveits global image, and encourage the citizens to participate in sportsactivities, which, in turn, will improve the general health of a country. And ona global scale, sports events are supposed to make the world united, and honourhumanity. But it seems like many countries failed to realise the downside ofhosting such events, of which the major one being that a huge amount capital willbe invested into the construction of the sports facilities. Against thebackdrop of the gloomy global economy, this can cause financial strains to thegovernment.