辩论题及示范

1.T elevision Plays a Positive Role in Society. 2. Students should have a Part-time Job. 3. The Y ounger Generation Knows Best. 4.Smoking Should Prohibited. 5. Money is the Most Important Thing in Life. 6. Women Should be T reated 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. Models 1.Television Plays a Positive Role in Society. Arguments in Favor: 1. T elevision is now playing a very important role in our lives. 2. T elevision is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a comparative cheap one. 3. T elevision keeps you informed about current events. It allows you to follow the latest developments in science and politics. It offers 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. Arguments Against: 1. T elevision is a great time waster. 2. People who don't watch television are happier than those who watch it. T elevision goes with the kind of life that leaves the viewer nothing to spare, nothing left. 3. T elevision 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. 2. Students Should have a Part-time Job -- Debate 2 Arguments 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 person's social development. 4. Being able to earn their own money gives students a feeling that they've become adults and, therefore, makes them feel more mature. Arguments Against: 1. It's 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. Because many students spend the money on high-priced items, luxuries that their parents can hardly afford. 4. Part-time jobs often distract the students' attention away from their studies, and some students even play truant. The Y ounger Generation Knows Best -- Debate 3 Arguments in Favor: 1. The young people are better educated and more broad-minded. 2. Y oung people enjoy many more things than the old: they have money to spend; they grow up more quickly; they enjoy 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. 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 interested in important questions.4. The young are only interested in themselves. 5. The young are concerned only with making money and getting ahead. Smoking Should Prohibited -- Debate 4 Arguments 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 cancer 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. S tatistics show that passive smoking 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. Arguments Against: 1. Smoking should not be prohibited, for cigarettes give many people a good deal of pleasure much of the time. 2. Nicotine can produce a tranquilizing effect during high emotions and shock situations, and therefore, helps to calm people down. 3. Smoking counteracts the decrease in efficiency that typically occurs in boring, monotonous situations. 4. Smokers can improve their performance in complex situations while smoking. 5. Smokers help increase the revenue of our country. Money is the Most Important Thing in Life -- Debate 5 Arguments in Favor: 1. Everything in modern society is based on money. As the saying goes, money makes the world go around. 2. Parents object to their daughters' marriages unless their future sons-in-laws have jobs with good prospects. 3. Many young people marry for money rather than love. Security is more important than happiness. 4. Some people in Shanghai would even trade their self-esteem for money. 5. Materialism influences education, too. Students acquire knowledge not for its own sake, but for a bigger wage. Arguments Against: T oo much wealth leads to disaster. Murder or kidnapping might occur when big money is involved. 2. There is a marked reluctance among people to work long hours for money. Many people desire to have a rich and interesting life is thwarted by their quest for money. 3. Money corrupts. The more money you have, the more you want. 4. Success and wealth often earn you envy and even hostility, which ruins good human relationships. Women Should be Treated the Same as Men -- Debate 6 Arguments in Favor: 1. Prejudice against women violates the fundamental principle that all people are created equal. 2. Women should not be treated differently from men. According to statistics, there is no difference between the standards and quality of work done by men and women who do the same work. 3. This is an unfair world: in most of the top positions in society, men occupy company directors, judges, University professors, etc. 4. This is a male dominated world. Over centuries men have been trained and educating women to consider themselves inferior and to accept their superior position. Arguments Against: 1. Since we all admit that women belong to a different sex, we shouldn't complain about the different treatment of women. 2. Most housewives are content to be housewives. They don't feel that housekeeping is something imposed upon them by men. 3. Women are by nature good at housekeeping. The biological function of a woman is first to bring children into the world and then to bring them up. Women shouldn't attribute the exploitation of their biological advantage to men's discrimination against them. 4. The different (women use the word "unequal") treatment to women is the division of labor both at home and society. It is a Good Thing to Live in a Modern City -- Debate 7 Arguments in Favor: 1. Most people love cities and many are flocking there from the country. 2. Modern man is too sophisticated for simple country pleasures. 3. It is enough to visit the countryside on weekends. 4. Commuting does not affect those who live in cities; it is only a small inconvenience. 5. Getting to work by bike is healthy. 6. People easily adapt themselves to city life; noise, traffic, etc. are hardly noticed. Arguments Against: 1. Large modern cities are too big to control. 2. T rains are packed; streets are crowded; busses are full. There are bus queues and traffic jams everywhere. 3. Commuting stretches man's resources to the utmost. 4. Unforeseen events (e.g. power-cut, heavy snowfall, etc.) can cause conditions of utter chaos. 5. City-dwellers adopt a wholly unnatural way of life. They lose touch with the land and the rhythm of nature. Housing Reform has become Necessary in China-- Debate 8 Arguments in Favor: 1. Housing reform is necessary. In the past few years, the State has spent 30 billion Yuan a year on building and maintaining houses and subsidizing rents. Y et the investment has produced little financial return and a housing shortage still exists. 2. Commercialization of housing would stop some officials from abusing their positions to obtain extra or larger houses. 3. Many couples who work in different units have two apartments living in one and keeping the other for their children's future marriage. This situation can only be changed by housing reform. Arguments Against: 1. Housing reform is impossible because China's overall social reform environment is not ready for it. 2. It's the State's duty to provide shelter for urban employees as a kind of social welfare. 3. The commercialization or privatization of housing is synonymous with making money out of people's pockets. This runs counter to the ideals of socialism. 4. In China's urban areas, the per capita monthly income is no more than 80 Yuan, which is not even enough for food and other necessities. How can city dwellers find extra money to buy a house? Cars do more Harm than Good -- Debate 9 Arguments in Favor: 1. Cars are evils resulting from modernization, for they make people suffer rather than enjoy life. 2. The roads are so often jammed with cars that ambulances and fire engines find it difficult to fulfill their duties. 3. Driving a car brings out a man's worst qualities. He swears and becomes ill mannered and aggressive. 4. People have hidden frustrations and disappointments are brought to the surface when they drive. Arguments Against: 1. Autos are highly desirable for obvious reasons. We need to recognize this and adapt accordingly. 2. Cars enable people to become more mobile. Without cars, the world would consist of many isolated communities. 3. Long distances can be covered rapidly, comfortably and conveniently. 4. China needs cars to complete its construction of modernization. Fashion Contributes to Society -- Debate 10 Arguments in Favor: 1. A good appearance makes a person look younger, feel relaxed and confident. 2. A good appearance may help people make a better impression on social contacts. 3. When people are getting old, they should pay more attention to their appearance. 4. Life is colorful, so people should not be clad in dull colors but use exciting new colors. 5. The way people dress helps them preserve a sense of their own value and personality. Arguments Against: 1. Many irresponsible young people are crazy about fashion. 2. Fashion appeals only to those who don't have a real sense of beauty. 3. Money should be invested in things other than jewelry. Jewelry is a very poor investment. 4. People often look odd with the so-called fashionable hairstyles, make-up and dresses. 5. Most men don't care for excessive make-up often over used by many women. 6. Fashion goes like this: one year, one thing, next year, the reverse.