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1、English DebateAdvice on Debating with Others1.Avoid the use ofNever.2.Avoid the use ofAlways.3.Refrain from saying you are wrong.4. You can say your idea is mistaken.5.Dont disagree withobvious truths.6.Attack the idea not the person.7. Use many rather than most.8. Avoid exaggeration.9. Use some rat

2、her than many.10. The use of often allows for exceptions.11.The use of generally allows for exceptions.12.Quote sources and numbers.13.If it is just anopinion,admit it.14.Do not presentopinionas facts.15. Smile when disagreeing.16. Stress the positive.17.You do not need to winevery battle to win the

3、 war.18.Concede minor or trivial points.19.Avoid bickering, quarreling, and wrangling.20.Watch your tone of voice.21.Dont win a debate andlose a friend.22.Keep your perspective - Youre justdebating.You need to be very polite when disagreeing with someone in English, even someone you know quite well.

4、With someone you know very well, you can disagree more directly.Argument Agreement and DisagreementA. How to Agree Strongly with an Opinion.1. I couldnt agree more!2. Thats absolutely true!3 .Absolutely!4. I agree with your point.5. Id go along with you there.6. Im with you on that.7. Thats just wha

5、t I was thinking.B. How to Half Agree with an Opinion.1. Yes, perhaps, however .2. Well, yes, but .3. Yes, in a way, however .4. Hmm, possibly, but .5. Yes, I agree up to a point, however .6. Well, you have a point there, but .7. Theres something there, I suppose, however.18. Thats exactly what I th

6、ink.9. Thats a good point.10. Thats just how I see it.11. Thats exactly my opinion.C. How to Disagree Politely with an Opinion.1. I am not so sure.2. Do you think so?3. Well, it depends.4. Im not so certain.5. Well, I dont know.6. Well, Im not so sure about that.7. Hmm, Im not sure youre right.8. Im

7、 inclined to disagree with that.9. No, I dont think so.8. I guess you could be right, but .9. Yes, I suppose so, however .10. Thats worth thinking about, but .D. How to Disagree Strongly with anOpinion.1. I disagree.2. I disagree with your idea.3. Im afraid I dont agree.4. Im afraid your idea is wro

8、ng.5. I cant agree with you.6. I couldnt accept that for a minute.7. You cant actually mean that.8. I wouldnt go along with you there.9. You cant be serious about that.10. You must be joking.11. Its possible you are mistaken about that.You need to be very polite when disagreeing with someone in Engl

9、ish, even someone you know quite well.With someone you know very well, you can disagree more directly.Some Debate Series Argument Suggestions.1. Television Plays a Positive Role in Society.2. Students should have a Part-time Job.3. The Younger Generation Knows Best.4. Smoking Should Prohibited.5. Mo

10、ney is the Most Important Thing in Life.6. Women Should be Treated the Same as Men.7. It is a Good Thing to Live in a Modern City.8. Housing Reform has become necessary.9. Cars do more Harm than Good.10. Fashion Contributes to Society.1. Television Plays a Positive Role in Society. Arguments in Favo

11、r:21. Television is now playing a very important role in our lives.2. Television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a comparative cheap one.3. Television keeps you informed about current events. It allows you to follow the latest developments in science and politics.It offers

12、 an endless series of programs that are both instructive and entertaining.4. Many television programs introduce people to things they never thought of before and have never heard of before.5. Television series have done a great job in popularizing many literary masterpieces.6. Television has been go

13、od company to those who do not work, like housewives, lonely old people, etc.7. With television people are still free to enjoy other civilized pleasures, or even more.8. There are a considerable variety of programs on television. The viewer is always free to choose whatever he wants to see.9. Televi

14、sion provides enormous possibilities for education, like school programs via closed-circuit television.10. Television provides special broadcasts for those in a TV University, or OpenUniversity.It also offers specialized subjects like language teaching, sewing, cooking, painting, cosmetics, etc.11.

15、Television does the job of education in the broadest sense. Instructive programs achieve their goal through entertaining the viewers.12. Television provides an outlet for creative talents.13. People all around the world are no longer distant and isolated from each other.It brings most distant countr

16、ies and the strangest customs right into your living room.14. Compared with radio, everything on television is more lifelike, vivid, and real.15. Television may be a vital factor in holding a family together.Especially where there are economic problems that cause the husband and wife to be at a brea

17、king point.16. Television keeps people informed about the government and its programs.17. Television keeps people informed of the news and weather.18. Television keeps people informed of disasters like floods, winds, etc.19. In the case of serious problems television tells people what to do.20. Peop

18、le can be taught about safety through television.21. People can be informed about special sales at stores.Arguments Against:1. Television is a great time waster.32. People who dont watch television are happier than those who watch it. Television goes with the kind of life that leaves the viewer noth

19、ing to spare, nothing left.3. Television makes the viewer completely passive because everything is presented to them without any effort on their part.4. The very danger of watching television lies in the fact that the viewer takes no initiative.They make no choice and exercise no judgment.5. Televis

20、ion passes on to children the corrupting values of a corrupt society.6. Television is to blame for the fact that children take longer to learn to read today and barely see the point at all of getting that skill.7. Television takes up too much of our time.We no longer have enough time for hobbies, en

21、tertaining activities. Other outside amusements like theaters, movies, sports, etc get ignored.8. Unfortunately all of our free time is now regulated by television.9. People rush home, gulp their food, which is often as simple as a sandwich and a beer, and then start watching the television.10. The

22、monster, i.e. television, demands absolute silence and attention. No one dares open his or her mouth during a television program11. People have grown addicted to television, often neglecting the necessary and more important things like meals, sleep, and even work.12. Many parents use television as a

23、 pacifier for their children. They put their children in front of the TV set.They dont care whether it exposes children to rubbish, and stupid commercials.They see spectacles of violence or sex as long as the children are quiet.13. Many of the television programs are bad.They do not keep pace with t

24、he high demand of viewers and do not maintain high quality standards.14. The wide coverage of television programs has reduced society to theconditions in illiterate communities.We are utterly dependent on the most primitive media of communication, pictures and spoken words.15. What the viewer receiv

25、es from television is nothing but secondhand experience.TV completely cuts the viewer off from the real world.16. The more the viewer watches television, the lazier they become. The TV glues them to the set instead of allowing them to go out.17. Television prevents people from communicating with eac

26、h other.It has done much harm to the relationship between family members.18. People no longer see the need to read books when they can just watch it on television.19. Families sit and watch television at dinner instead of talking with each other.4Students Should have a Part-time Job - Debate 2Argume

27、nts in Favor:1. It is good for students to have part-time jobs because this helps cultivate independence among young people.2. Part-time jobs in business can foster a sense of competition, which is important for students in the future.3. After-school work enhances a young persons social development.

28、4. Being able to earn their own money gives students a feeling that theyve become adults and, therefore, makes them feel more mature.5. Part-time jobs make students more confident in themselves.Through the work they can realize their own value and prove that they are capable people.6. Part-time jobs

29、 experience gives students an insight into what work is about and prepares them psychologically for their future jobs.7. After-school work teaches students how hard it is to earn money and helps develop thriftiness in our younger generation.8. Part-time jobs can help students apply their knowledge i

30、n practice.And, in return, their experience will make them know better what they have learned in classes and books.9. Part-time jobs give students a feeling of achievement through contributing to the national construction and economy.10. Part-time jobs can make the students lives more colorful and i

31、s good for their personal development.11. Students who have part-time jobs can relieve, to some extent, the economic burdens of their parents.12. With the money earned, students can buy many books they like.13. Because they earn money, students can pay for their education and thus will value their e

32、ducation even more.14. Part time work helps the economy by providing additional inexpensive labor.15. Part time labor helps the employer by providing labor at peak workloads without the costs of the labor when the workload goes down.16. Students, part-time jobs contribute a lot, in one way or anothe

33、r, to our socialist construction.Arguments Against:1. Its not good for students to do part-time jobs because they will become money-oriented.2. Many students who have part-time jobs have shown a decline in their studies.3. Part-time jobs do not help develop a sense of thriftiness among young people.

34、 Because many students spend the money on high-priced items, luxuries that their parents can hardly afford.54. Part-time jobs often distract the students attention away from their studies, and some students even play truant.5. The main task of students is to study hard and learn what is needed for t

35、hedevelopment of our nation.Social experience can be gained later after they finish their studies.6. Students are in their formative years.Part-time jobs may expose them to social ills at an age when they cannot differentiate the good from the bad.7. Some students become juvenile delinquents because

36、 they come under the influence of bad people through part-time jobs.8. Students who have part-time jobs may relieve their parents economic burdens. But their early contact with society adds greatly to the worries of their parents.9. Though some after-school work can help students to practice what th

37、ey learn in classes, many jobs require nothing of the students knowledge.10. Some students have become dropouts because through part-time jobs theyve found that the more education you have, the less money you make.11. After the chaotic 10-year-long Cultural Revolution, China now has a shortage of 60

38、 million engineers.The problem of dropouts only makes the situation worse.12. Because of the low cost of part time workers, employers are tempted to employ only part time and not employ full time workers.13. Part time workers are not given vacations, sick pay, and health care.14. Most part time jobs

39、 are very menial and do not lead to meaningful full time jobs.The Younger Generation Knows Best - Debate 3Arguments in Favor:1. The young people are better educated and more broad-minded.2. Young people enjoy many more things than the old: they have money to spend; they grow up more quickly; they en

40、joy more freedom.3. The young people do not blindly accept the ideals of their elders.4. The old people assume they know best, but it is only a matter of experience.5. The young people question the values and assumptions of the older generation and they are right.6. The young people enjoy more freed

41、om and have a stronger sense of responsibility.67. The young people reject conformity in dress. They reject drab gray suits and convict haircuts.8. The old people settle differences by conventional politics and violence.9. The old people are unhappy and guilt-ridden in their personal lives.10. The o

42、ld people do not have noble ambitions and only strive for material possessions.11. The old people are unable to keep away from the rat race, in which they have lost touch with the most important things in life.12. The old people can learn from the young. Young people are more devoted to their friend

43、s.13. The young people know how to enjoy work and leisure and not to be inhibited.14. The young people live in the present rather than in the past or future.15. The young people have the energy to accomplish things.16. The young people want change and it is important to change in order to make the w

44、orld a better place.17. The young people have many new ideas and are often held back by the old who cannot think of new things as possibly good ideas.Arguments Against:1. The young do not assume their responsibility; they evade it.2. The young have too much money and are spoiled.3. The young are not

45、 interested in important questions.4. The young are only interested in themselves.5. The young are concerned only with making money and getting ahead.6. The young seek material possessions like clothing, cars, etc. They do not wish to work for them.7. The young should feel grateful to the older gene

46、ration, who have created a good life for them.8. The older generations caused the peace and freedom that the young enjoy today.9. The old provide the young with a good education and money to spend10. The older generation fought two world wars. They faced real problems, but the young have an easier l

47、ife.11. The young are shallow and cling to passing fashions: trendy clothes, pop music, etc.12. The way many young people dress is in very bad taste. They grow long hair, and they are dirty, scruffy, and lazy.13. Young people have too much freedom and have no sense of morality.14. The older generati

48、on is too kind and soft with the young. We need a tougher policy and it might work wonders.15. The young are unadventurous and lack noble ideals.16. Young peoples outlook on the world is very bleak and they are skeptical of everything.717. Young people are unstable. The young are cocksure but know l

49、ittleSmoking Should Prohibited - Debate 4Arguments in Favor:1. Smoking should be prohibited.The World Health Organization points out that diseases linked to smoking kill at least three million people each year, one every six seconds.2. Scientific research has shown that the risk of developing lung c

50、ancer increases with smoking.The number of cigarettes smoked per day and the duration of the smoking habit increase your chances.It diminishes with the cessation of smoking.3. Smoking is not only harmful to the smoker but also results in the deaths of non-smokers.Statistics show that passive smoking

51、 is causing 3000 to 5000 lung cancer deaths a year among American non-smokers.4. Smoking not only leads to lung cancer, but also many other diseases.This includes heart attacks, sore throats, headaches, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema, etc.5. An American scientist estimated that smokers who

52、average a package a day for 20 years would lose about eight years of their lives.6. Smoking makes the indoor environment far more polluted than the outdoor environment.7. Pregnant women who smoke run the risk of having deformed babies. When the mother smokes so does the baby.8. Smoking is an expensi

53、ve habit, for a smoker who consumes a package a day will spend much money every month.9. Smoking has a bad impact on the psyche of the smokers.On the one hand, smokers realize the bad effects of smoking and are persuaded from time to time to stop.On the other hand, many of them can hardly resist the

54、 temptation to smoke. Thus, they often lose confidence in themselves.10. Children exposed to parental cigarette smoking are put at a higher risk of developing lung cancer later in their lives.11. In the countryside, some smokers share the same pipe, which is even more unhealthier.12. Smoking not onl

55、y pollutes the air but also makes the streets dirty. Some smokers flick ash off their cigarettes and throw cigarette butts everywhere.813. Smoking speeds up the process of aging and helps cause wrinkles on peoples faces.14. Smokers cause many fires that kill people and destroy property.15. Each cigarette smoked costs smokers six minutes of their life.Arguments Against:1. Smoking should not be prohibited, for cigarettes