JOC Sets Up Team to Monitor Online Abuse of Athletes
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The Asian Games is a big sports event in Asia. Many Japanese athletes will play in it.
Before the games, two Japanese sports groups made a plan. The groups are the JOC and the JPCParalympic athletes.
The two groups opened a new center in Nagoya, a city in Japan. People at the center watch social media for bad comments about athletes.
This bad talk online is called cyberbullying. It can hurt athletes' feelings.
The center works 24 hours a day. Workers look for mean words about athletes every hour.
A former football player named Kakitani Yoichiro spoke about this problem. He said people should stop and breathe before they write angry words online.
He said, 'Take six seconds to breathe before you speak.' This can help stop bad comments.
The goal of the new center is simple: to protect the athletes from hurtful words online.
Vocabulary15 words
- Asian Games
- a big sports event for countries in Asia
- JOC
- a group that helps Japan's Olympic athletes
- JPC
- a group that helps Japan's Paralympic athletes
- Paralympic
- sports games for athletes with disabilities
- social media
- websites or apps where people share messages
- cyberbullying
- saying mean things to someone online
- Kakitani Yoichiro
- a former Japanese football player
- monitor
- to watch something carefully
- protect
- to keep someone safe
- athlete
- a person who plays sports
- comment
- words someone writes online
- 24 hours
- all day and all night
- breathe
- to take air in and out
- hurtful
- words that make someone feel bad
- center
- a place where people work together
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Answer key
1. A center to watch social media 2. To protect athletes from bad comments 3. Breathe for six seconds before speaking
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The _____ is a big sports event in Asia.
Two Japanese sports groups are the _____ and the _____.
JOC helps _____ athletes. JPC helps _____ athletes.
The two groups opened a new _____ in Nagoya.
People watch _____ for bad comments about athletes.
This bad talk online is called _____.
The center works _____ a day.
A former football player named _____ spoke about this problem.
He said people should _____ before they write angry words.
The goal is to _____ the athletes from hurtful words.
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