Empty seats in the Olympics

One reporter yesterday severely slammed the Brazilians for leaving so many empty seats in the Olympics. He said that the athletes spent a fortune to cross the globe to be able to participate in such an important sports event, only to discover that in many venues, half of the seats were empty which was a shame!

Surely, I noticed this phenomenon too. In diving, badminton, and even track and field, there were a lot of seats unoccupied; consequently the atmosphere was anything but warm.

I was wondering what were the reasons for that. Was it because the people in Brazil don’t watch the sports they have no interest in? (I think using the words "do not" too  close to one another in the same sentence is too repetitive) I know some sports will enjoy a higher popularity in one country but not necessarily in the other. It is like one person’s meat could be another person’s poison. Or maybe it was because Brazil has been through an economic downturn recently, therefore people don’t really have a mood to cost spend a fortune to do something that are irrelevant to improving their lives.

ЭССЕ. Essay for exam

The problem of professional sport has been worrying people for a long time. Discussing this question, people are usually divided into groups: those who believe that the prof.sport is bad for us; and people,who deny this very (for emphasis) fact.
As for my opinion, I agree with the first group of people. Sport influences  our education and companionship with our friends. Firstly, I can say that education needs much more time allocation relative to what the students have in schools. Sport is a tough activity, which usually doesn't leave free time. Secondly, some people get injured, which is serious enough to leave some sport men with injury for all their lives. It influences life in whole. Moreover, professional sport isn't an occupation for life. Frequently people had to look for other jobs when the time when they were winning and victorious had already passed away. It is very sad.
Speaking about the opinion of other people, I disagree with them. They consider that sport doesn't affect health at all, but rather helps it. On  one hand, it is right, but on the other hand, each athlete risks his own life. It can be very dangerous.
In the concluding part, I would like to say, that professional sport is very risky, and not everyone will be able to do it. But sports are always needed because it improves our immunity and health.

Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende.

I love this book because it is a historical novel (which is my favourite genre).
The plot was set in the 16th century, when the conquerors came to these lands to take over the territory.
The book recounts the life of Ines, a Spanish conquistadora, and at the same time retell the bloody ordeal (this word fits the context better) during the conquest of Chile.
I loved this book, and I even sent it as a gift to one of my language partners last Christmas.

A film "Requiem for a Dream"

A long time ago I heard about this film. I read a lot of good reviews about it. A few days ago, I wanted to watch some film with my husband. I enjoy watching melodramas, historical and fantasy films.
We decided to watch this film.
When I was watching this film, I made a conclusion: I don't like it!
But I can't turn it off. (I failed to understand what you want to say on the second part so I just cut it out)
It was a terrible film. After a watching it, I couldn't sleep, I thought about its characters.
These horrible scenes stay in my head. Now I am wondering, how did it get good reviews?
I think we need to make good movies to make people better.
This film, I suppose, might make people worse - they can see cruelty towards other people and they might do the same.
I think that it could lead some teenagers to be  more interested in drugs and the cool life of the bad guys.
I really think/believe ("consider" would be a little misuse here ) that a lot of  the world's  (should be possessive) bad things came from these unnecessary knowledge.
Children learn a lot of things from it, which they should have not known so early like weapons, sex, and violence.

What do you think about this film?