本书为提升高阶英语应用能力而设计,将辩论策略与技能、英语思辨阅读、英语辩论范例紧密结合,注重语言表达与观点内容的不可分割,以语言输出驱动语言输入,**学习者对重要辩题进行深入探讨,意在帮助学习者能通过英语这一国际通用语对当下重要的议题有更加切身、全面、深刻的理解,能言之有物、有理有据、条理清晰地发表见解和参与对话,*终突破基础交际英语的瓶颈,将英语表达能力提升至新的台阶。

Debate:A Brief Introduction What is a debate? A debate is a structured contest of ideas in which the participants,or debaters,discuss a topic from two opposing sides,the affirmativeside and the negative side.A good debate requires all of the participants involved to listen carefully to what another person says about a certain topic;to be willing to challenge that perspective with evidence,logic,and well-constructed arguments;and to be open-minded about different ideas.The fierceness of debate isn’t in the strong emotion displayed by certain debaters,but in the precision of debaters’impeccable logic,the way they spot and detect weaknesses in the positions of their opponents and their display of language skills.

CONTENTS UNIT1 Welcome to Debate 1 Section1 Learning about how to debate 2 Debate:A Brief Introduction 2 Section2 Preparing to debate 5 Social Networking Is a Way of Being 7 Section3 Let’s debate! 14 UNIT2 The Structure of Argument 19 Section1 Learning about how to debate 20 The Structure of Argument 20 Section2 Preparing to debate 26 Playing Violent Video Games Leads to Increased Aggression 28 Section3 Let’s debate! 34 UNIT3 Arguing for the Affirmative 37 Section1 Learning about how to debate 38 Types of Motions 38 Arguing for the Affirmative 41 Section2 Preparing to debate 43 The Evolution of the Family 45 Section3 Let’s debate! 52 UNIT4 Arguing for the Negative 55 Section1 Learning about how to debate 56 Arguing for the Negative 56 Attacking the Affirmative Case 58 Section2 Preparing to debate 60 Who is Responsible When a Child Breaks the Law? 62 Section3 Let’s debate! 68 UNIT5 Refutation and Point of Information 73 Section1 Learning about how to debate 74 Refutation 74 Section2 Preparing to debate 78 NoParking:Oslo Aims to Limit Carsin City Center 80 Section3 Let’s debate! 87 UNIT6 Fallacies 91 Section1 Learning about how to debate 92 Fallacies 92 Section2 Preparing to debate 95 Global Mismatch Between Green house Gas Emissions and the Burden of Climate Change Section3 Let’s debate! 105 UNIT7 Delivery in Debate 109 Section1 Learning about how to debate Delivery in Debate 110 Section2 Preparing to debate 114 What It Means to Legalize Euthanasia 115 Section3 Let’s debate! 123 UNIT8 Judging aDebate 126 Section1 Learning about how to debate Judging a Debate 127 Section2 Preparing to debate 131 Nuclear Power Can Save the World 133 Section3 Let’s debate! 142 Appendix 145 Index 149 References 151