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1. How Does the World Cup Influence the World

2. The World Cups Bad Influence

3. Mac Margolis News Week

4. Link

5. Accessed from home on June 17, 2014

6.Subject: Possible global economy loss because of the world cup. Occasion: 2014 World cup, cancellation of schools and businesses Audience: Economist, Fifa World cup fans Purpose: to use facts and to present the possible bad economic influence of the world cup Speaker: Mac Margolis and Willem Smit Tone: Nervous, Cautionary, argumentative

7. This article opens with the description of a sign telling that schools and business will close for world cup games in brazil. The author then builds on this idea of closure by stating that Brazil is a "nation in cleats" and that everyone in brazil will stop what they are doing to watch the game. He then uses this proposal to introduce Willem Smit and the possible cost of the world cup, stating the financial losses countries will have if just half of their work force stops to watch their country play. Margolis concludes by conceding this is all a prediction and that the world cup while it has the potential to hurt the economy, also has the ability to boost it.

8. The world's obsession with the world cup has the potential to cost millions.

9. I am not entirely persuaded by the author. While the idea that millions of business will be lost sounds thus costing the world money looks good in writing, the revenue from tourism television rights, souvenir and merchandise sales, and job opportunities al made possible by the world will out weigh any negatives. Also, history proves that world cups make more money than they cost.

10. "Smit reckoned that if just half the workforce in contending nations knocks off to cheer their side on during the World Cup games, the cost to the global economy could be $10.4 billion in lost production time alone" "Mexico and Germany will be worst hit, forfeiting a potential $1.7 billion each in employee downtime if half the workforce slacks off to root for their teams. Close on their heels is Brazil, which stands to lose $1.2 billion, as its workers abandon their desks for the bar stool"  "to shutter shops, empty schools, slow down industry, and snarl traffic as millions scramble for home"  "argues that the World Cup will bring a wealth of construction jobs and up to a million tourists to the host country during the games"