英文辩论,对英语学习者来说,是一种极大的挑战。 英语辩论要求双方辩手在全面把握辩题的基础上,灵活运用各种语言技能技巧、修辞手法,通过摆事实,讲道理,引经据典,在唇枪舌战之中,适当调整各自的体态语言,争取以理服人,以辩技获胜。 本人喜欢这类挑战它是语言运用的一种极致。 通过辩论,人格发展更全面;看问题更富有辩证法,是人生发展不可或缺的一门必修课。 让我们来看看英语辩论的相关定义与功能: Debate or debating is a formal method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion. Though logical consistency, factual accuracy and some degree of emotional appeal to the audience are important elements of the art of persuasion, in debating, one side often prevails over the other side by presenting a superior context and/or framework of the issue, which is far more subtle and strategic. In a formal debating contest, there are rules for people to discuss and decide on differences, within a framework defining how they will interact. Informal debate is a common occurrence, the quality and depth of a debate improves with knowledge and skill of its participants as debaters. Deliberative bodies such as parliaments, legislative assemblies, and meetings of all sorts engage in debates. The outcome of a debate may be decided by audience vote, by judges, or by some combination of the two. Although this implies that facts are based on consensus, which is not factual. Formal debates between candidates for elected office, such as the leaders debates and the U.S. presidential election debates, are common in democracies. The major goal of the study of debate as a method or art is to develop one's ability to play from either position with equal ease. To inexperienced debaters, some propositions appear easier to defend or to destroy; to experienced debaters, any proposition can be defended or destroyed after the same amount of preparation time, usually quite short. Lawyers argue forcefully on behalf of their client, even if the facts appear against them. However one large misconception about debate is that it is all about strong beliefs; it is not. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debate 下面引用了一些辩题来自 第一届伦敦大学校际华语辩论赛- The London Universities Debate Tournament ,可供中国学生 参考: 1,富国先强民还是强民先富国 (To enrich the people should come before prospering the country/ To prosper the country should come before enriching the people) 正方 (Affirmative): 富国先强民 反方 (Negative): 强民先富国 2,在人生道路 上, 应先成家后立业还是应先立业后成家 (To establish a family should come before building up the career in ones life/ To build up the career should come before establishing a family in ones life) 正方 (Affirmative): 在人生道路上 , 应先成家后立业 反方 (Negative): 在人生道路上 , 应先立业后成家 3,先发扬优势和先弥补劣势哪个更重要 (To promote the advantages at first place is more important than to compensate the disadvantages/ To compensate the disadvantages at first place is more important than to promote the advantage) 正方( Affirmative): 先发扬优势比弥补劣势更重要 反方( Negative): 先弥补劣势比先发扬优势更重要 4,现代社会发展是威胁还是促进传统文化生存 (Modern societies threaten the subsistence of traditional cultures/ Modern societies encourage the subsistence of traditional cultures) 正方( Affirmative) 现代社会发展威胁传统文化生存 反方( Negative) 现代社会发展促进传统文化生存 5,媒体的新闻价值还是道德价值更重要 (The news values of media is more important than its moral value/ The moral value of media is more important than its news value) 6,民主是不是法制建设的基石 (Democracy is the cornerstone of the legal system/ Democracy is not the cornerstone of the legal system) 7,现代人应该锋芒毕露还是韬光养晦 (Modern men should show their abilities to the full extent/ Modern men should conceal their abilities and bide their time) 8,欲望是社会进步的动力还是阻力 (Desire is the driving force of social development/ Desire is the resistance of social development) 【备注】辩论,智慧的撞击,撞出智慧的火花; 人生,在智慧的感召下,得以升华。