184. Should Performance Enhancing Drugs Be Banned in Sports? (English Vocabulary Lesson)

Support the Podcast and Join my Patreon HERE -- https://www.patreon.com/thinkinginenglish Check Out the NEW YOUTUBE Channel!!! - https://www.youtube.com/@thinkinginenglishpodcast TRANSCRIPT - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/11/07/184-should-performance-enhancing-drugs-be-banned-in-sports-english-vocabulary-lesson/ Should performance enhancing drugs be allowed in professional sports? Some argue that drugs are dangerous, unfair, and against the spirit of sport! Others believe sport would be more exciting with PEDs and that it unfair to stop athletes from reaching their best performance. Let’s learn some new vocabulary and discuss sport and performance enhancing drugs in today’s episode!! You may also like... 177. Should Student Loan Debt be Forgiven? (English Vocabulary Lesson) 168. Should Kids Have Homework? (English Vocabulary Lesson) 163. Are Dress Codes a Good Thing? (English Vocabulary Lesson) 156. Should Owning a Dog Be Illegal!?!? (English Vocabulary Lesson) INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/)  Blog - thinkinginenglish.blog YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@thinkinginenglishpodcast Vocabulary List To enhance (v) – to improve the quality, amount, or strength of something The sauce enhances the flavour of the meat Doping (n) - the act of giving a person or animal drugs in order to make them perform better or worse in a competition The anti-doping agency is committed to ending doping in sport To test (v) - produce a specified result in a medical test, especially a drugs test He tested positive of COVID-19 last week Performance (n) - how well a person, machine, etc. does a piece of work or an activity He was fired from his job for poor performance Endurance (n) - the ability to keep doing something difficult, unpleasant, or painful for a long time Running a marathon is a test of human endurance. To cheat (v) - to behave in a dishonest way in order to get what you want She cheated in the test by copying from the boy in front Guinea Pig (n) - a person used in a scientific test, for example to discover the effect of a drug on humans They are asking student to be guinea pigs in their research into the disease Clean (adj) - played or done according to the rules Despite testing positive for steroids, he maintains he is a clean athlete --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support