英語辯論常識

　　(一)

　　affirmative(正方)

　　negative(反方)

　　topic:辯題

　　辯論賽 debate

　　辯手 debater

　　正方 positive side

　　反方 negative side

　　對方辯手 my fellow debater

　　正方Government ：1)一辯 Prime Minister 2)二辯 Member of the Government

　　反方Opposition ：1)一辯 Leader of the Opposition 2)二辯 Member of the Opposition

　　(二)常用短語薈萃

　　1. stating an opinion 陳述觀點

　　a. in my opinion… 我的意見是……

　　b. personally I think…… 我個人認為……

　　c. I believe that…… 我相信……

　　d. I think that…… 我覺得……

　　e. the point is that…… 我的觀點是……

　　f. if you ask me…… 如果你問我……

　　g. I’d like to say this： …… 我會這樣說……

　　h. I’d like to point out that 我想指出的是……

　　i. speaking for myself 站在自己的立場上說……

　　j. as far as I’m concerned， … 就我而言，……

　　k. in my experience… 根據我的經驗……

　　2. challenging an opinion 質疑某種觀點

　　a. that can’t be true 那不可能是真的。

　　b. but what about…? 但關于……方面呢?

　　3. clarifying a point 闡述觀點

　　a. what I said was… 我剛才說的是……

　　b. what I mean to say was… 我的意思是說……

　　c. let me repeat what I said. 讓我重復我剛才所說的。

　　d. let me rephrase what I said. 讓我重申剛才所說的。

　　4. agreeing with an opinion 同意觀點

　　a. of course 當然。

　　b. right. 是的。

　　c. exactly. 對。

　　d. that’s true. 是那樣。

　　e. so do I. (neither do I.) 我也這樣認為。(不這樣認為。)

　　f. I agree completely. 我完全贊同。

　　g. I agree with you entirely. 我完全同意你所說的。

　　h. you’re absolutely right. 顯然你是對的。

　　i. that’s a good point. 這個看法不錯。

　　j. I couldn’t agree with you more. 我絕對贊成你。

　　k. that’s just what I think. 我就是那樣認為的。

　　l. I feel the same way. 我也持同樣的想法。

　　5. disagreeing with an opinion 反對意見。

　　a. however， … 然而……

　　b. I’m afraid I disagree. 恐怕我是持反對意見的。

　　c. I don’t think so. 我不那樣認為。

　　d. I don’t think… 我認為……不是那樣的。

　　e. on the other hand… 另一方面……

　　f. on the contrary. 相反的。

　　g. that’s not (entirely) true. 那不(完全)正確。

　　h. I can’t possibly agree with you. 我不可能同意你。

　　i. I hate to disagree with you， but… 我不喜歡反對你，但……

　　j. all right， but don’t you think…? 好吧，但難道你不覺得……

　　k. but that’s different. 但那是不一樣的。

　　6. asking for an opinion 詢問意見

　　a. well…what do you think (about…)? …你覺得怎么樣?

　　b. do you agree? (don’t you agree?) 你同意嗎?(你是不是同意?)

　　c. what’s your view on the matter? 就這件事你的看法呢?

　　d. how do you see it? 你怎么看它?

　　e. let’s have your opinion. 讓我們聽聽你的意見!

　　f. do you think that…? 你認為……嗎?

　　7. summarizing a discussion 討論總結

　　a. then we agree. 然后我們取得一致。

　　b. basically we’re in agreement. 我們基本上有共識。

　　c. I think we have agreed to disagree. 我想我們有相同點和不同點。

　　d. I see we have different opinions. 我知道我們意見有分歧

　　Advice on Debating with Others

　　1.Avoid exaggeration.

　　Quote sources and numbers.

　　Do not present opinion as facts.

　　Smile when disagreeing.

　　Stress the positive.

　　Concede minor or trivial points.

　　Avoid bickering, quarreling, and wrangling.

　　Watch your tone of voice.

　　Don't win a debate and lose a friend.

　　Apply the scientific method. (運用科學方法)

　　Cite relevant personal experience. (合理引用相關的個人經歷)

　　Be polite. (辯論過程中有禮待人)

　　Organize your response. (Beginning, middle, end.) (對你辯詞進行合理的組織)

　　(三) 辯論賽主持詞 1

　　Good morning/afternoon/evening ladies and gentleman(or students),contestants and adjudicators(裁判).Today we are debating the topic (報一下辯論題目) On the affirmative side we have (報一下正方參賽者的順序),and on the negative side we have (反方參賽者的順序).

　　Both teams have showed great debating ability in today's fierce competition. Let us now await for the adjudicator's scoring. I am sure it is going to be very close.And I think all contestants need to be congratulated for their outstanding efforts.

　　The score is in, and the winner of today's debate is (報贏的一方) Than you all for coming.

　　2

　　greeting,

　　good morning/evening,

　　boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen,(因為有學生,有老師) welcome to the English Speech contest of school.

　　介紹評委，I have the great privilege of presenting today's judges for this Speech Contest. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. from...(介紹時,就提高聲調說他們的名字,并用手做出有請的姿勢,評判就站起來.大家鼓掌.)

　　介紹比賽規則Now I would like to introduce the rules for this contest. Number one...

　　結束語等等。I know we are all deeply impressed by the wonderful speeches presented by the ( 說出參賽者的總人數)contestants. Thank you for your hard work. Boys and girls,(轉向聽眾)Let's give them a big round of applause.(為參賽者鼓掌)

　　And I think our distinguished judges who make this contest possible deserve a big round of applause, too.(感謝裁判)

　　Last but not the least, boys and girls, I think you deserve a big round of applause, too for being such good audience.(感謝聽眾,自己給自己鼓掌) Good bye! See you next time!