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Training in the Arctic
Welcome to Talking Sport!
Today we hear about athletes training for the Olympics in the Arctic.
BBC reporter Kieran Fox has been following the Belgian athletics team who have been training in the snow and ice.
So why are these athletes training in the cold weather?
Join Natalie in this week's video to hear about the athletes' training and learn the phrases 'team unity' and 'competitive edge'.
Learning point
Vocabulary: 'team unity' and 'competitive edge'
Now tell us what you think
Join in the conversation! What gives you the competitive edge?
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Nowdays, tha fact of you know foreign language (can use it properly) is absolutly not a competitive edge. I am a usual person, I can listen end try to understand another man, perhaps that is my competitive edge. Also, I hope my coment will be the first and it will give me an additional competitive edge.
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Congratulations for this useful section to learn English. I hope following this section will give me the competitive edge when I'm passing the English exams
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My attitude and motivation to do things is my competitive edge. When I motivated to do something I put all my efforts, experience, and knowledge to reach the objective.
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Speaking English certainly gives me the competitive edge, so that I can get light years ahead of other professionals and students by reading and writing things in a language some of them can't. But in order to be even further ahead, I'm planning to start learning German next February.
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If you are a little man it’s not good in such cities like Chicago, especially at night because a lot of bad guys are in the streets, but if you’re a tall and tough enough, you have a competitive edge over them.
If you’re a policeman and going to catch a couple of bad guys you’ve got to have the team unity among your partners to do it more productively.
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My competitive edge is not think being in a competitive edge. I think if we try to do our best we naturally be in a competitive edge and if not we can try again or change our mind and trying another thing.
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I am a hard-working person and teachers know it, so it gives me a competitive edge during exams - when I cannot remember something, they are benevolent and give me another chance, because they know that I studied hard.
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I think learning English, good university degree and working experience give me a competitive edge when I'll look for a new job
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Pakistan cricket team has a competitive edge over the England team because Pakistan has the match winning bowling attack
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