英语辩论常识

　　(一)

　　affirmative(正方)

　　negative(反方)

　　topic:辩题

　　辩论赛 debate

　　辩手 debater

　　正方 positive side

　　反方 negative side

　　对方辩手 my fellow debater

　　正方government ：1)一辩 prime minister 2)二辩 member of the government

　　反方opposition ：1)一辩 leader of the opposition 2)二辩 member of the opposition

　　(二)常用短语荟萃

　　1. stating an opinion 陈述观点

　　a. in my opinion… 我的意见是……

　　b. personally i think…… 我个人认为……

　　c. i believe that…… 我相信……

　　d. i think that…… 我觉得……

　　e. the point is that…… 我的观点是……

　　f. if you ask me…… 如果你问我……

　　g. i’d like to say this： …… 我会这样说……

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

　　i. speaking for myself 站在自己的立场上说……

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

　　k. in my experience… 根据我的经验……

　　2. challenging an opinion 质疑某种观点

　　a. that can’t be true 那不可能是真的。

　　b. but what about…? 但关于……方面呢?

　　3. clarifying a point 阐述观点

　　a. what i said was… 我刚才说的是……

　　b. what i mean to say was… 我的意思是说……

　　c. let me repeat what i said. 让我重复我刚才所说的。

　　d. let me rephrase what i said. 让我重申刚才所说的。

　　4. agreeing with an opinion 同意观点

　　a. of course 当然。

　　b. right. 是的。

　　c. exactly. 对。

　　d. that’s true. 是那样。

　　e. so do i. (neither do i.) 我也这样认为。(不这样认为。)

　　f. i agree completely. 我完全赞同。

　　g. i agree with you entirely. 我完全同意你所说的。

　　h. you’re absolutely right. 显然你是对的。

　　i. that’s a good point. 这个看法不错。

　　j. i couldn’t agree with you more. 我绝对赞成你。

　　k. that’s just what i think. 我就是那样认为的。

　　l. i feel the same way. 我也持同样的想法。

　　5. disagreeing with an opinion 反对意见。

　　a. however， … 然而……

　　b. i’m afraid i disagree. 恐怕我是持反对意见的。

　　c. i don’t think so. 我不那样认为。

　　d. i don’t think… 我认为……不是那样的。

　　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)正确。

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

　　i. i hate to disagree with you， but… 我不喜欢反对你，但……

　　j. all right， but don’t you think…? 好吧，但难道你不觉得……

　　k. but that’s different. 但那是不一样的。

　　6. asking for an opinion 询问意见

　　a. well…what do you think (about…)? …你觉得怎么样?

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

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

　　d. how do you see it? 你怎么看它?

　　e. let’s have your opinion. 让我们听听你的意见!

　　f. do you think that…? 你认为……吗?

　　7. summarizing a discussion 讨论总结

　　a. then we agree. 然后我们取得一致。

　　b. basically we’re in agreement. 我们基本上有共识。

　　c. i think we have agreed to disagree. 我想我们有相同点和不同点。

　　d. i see we have different opinions. 我知道我们意见有分歧

　　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. (运用科学方法)

　　cite relevant personal experience. (合理引用相关的个人经历)

　　be polite. (辩论过程中有礼待人)

　　organize your response. (beginning, middle, end.) (对你辩词进行合理的组织)

　　(三) 辩论赛主持词 1

　　good morning/afternoon/evening ladies and gentleman(or students),contestants and adjudicators(裁判).today we are debating the topic (报一下辩论题目) on the affirmative side we have (报一下正方参赛者的顺序),and on the negative side we have (反方参赛者的顺序).

　　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 (报赢的一方) than you all for coming.

　　2

　　greeting,

　　good morning/evening,

　　boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen,(因为有学生,有老师) welcome to the english speech contest of school.

　　介绍评委，i have the great privilege of presenting today's judges for this speech contest. ladies and gentlemen, mr. from...(介绍时,就提高声调说他们的名字,并用手做出有请的姿势,评判就站起来.大家鼓掌.)

　　介绍比赛规则now i would like to introduce the rules for this contest. number one...

　　结束语等等。i know we are all deeply impressed by the wonderful speeches presented by the ( 说出参赛者的总人数)contestants. thank you for your hard work. boys and girls,(转向听众)let's give them a big round of applause.(为参赛者鼓掌)

　　and i think our distinguished judges who make this contest possible deserve a big round of applause, too.(感谢裁判)

　　last but not the least, boys and girls, i think you deserve a big round of applause, too for being such good audience.(感谢听众,自己给自己鼓掌) good bye! see you next time!