2月21日、28日，分别有两场英语辩论赛半决赛，线上无障碍举行！

小编也觉得不可思议！用Allen的话说：好奇！线上怎么举行辩论赛！

辩题是：究竟是团结还是科技，对于控制疫情更重要？

屏幕上辩手唇来舌往，比划手势的、拿铅笔挥舞的，还有怯怯的鼓足了勇气发话的……劲副校长是辩论会主席，他在一边笑......

A semi-final of the English Debate took place respectively on Feb 21st and 28th. The two rounds of competition went quite smoothly on line.

As Allen put it, it was so incredible that a debate should be held on line!

The competitors were supposed to argue over the topic “ Which one plays a more important role in preventing the current epidemic, unity or science and technology?”

Some debaters were arguing heatedly in front of their laptop cameras, making gestures or waving their pencils in the air; others were timidly calling up their courage to speak... Jin, vice principal, was hosting the debate with a smile.

Nebula:

17日得到辩题，从18日到正式辩论前的每个晚上，都和其他队员在线讨论。想了很多很多的点子和例子；再请两位队友以对方辩手的角度来和我们试辩，再弥补先漏洞；最后还互相帮忙，检查彼此的稿件。

Since I was assigned the topic on the 17th , I have been discussing online with other team members on every evening since the 18th . First, we came up with many ideas and examples, and then we held a trial debate with two of our team members acting as the opponent team and tried to improve our thoughts. Finally, we helped each other by examining everyone’s drafts.

有老师在全校学生群里做了此次辩论赛的宣传，半决赛那天，很多同学来围观。原以为只用一只手就能数过来的观众，当看到满屏的账号时，还是有些高兴。

Some teachers had publicized this debate in the we-chat group for all the students. Therefore,many students logged in to watch the competition on the days when semi-finals took place. I had thought I could have counted the number of the audience online with only one hand,but seeing my whole screen was filled with students’ zoom accounts, I felt excited.

我是一辩，开场白由我开始，读稿十分顺畅。不过，之后的自由辩论暴露出我的“绝赞”口才，想起来还是冒汗！把个人和团队分数拉下去不是一星半点。

好几次我们队接不上话，不是缺乏“辩论素材”，而是明明可以讲理，词却没有了，脑子里像搜索引擎那样快速寻找……词汇还是不够用！ 

I was the No.1 debater of our team, so I was supposed to give our opening remarks and I did a very good job. However,the subsequent free debate revealed that I was far from being fluent or eloquent, making my individual and team scores greatly lag behind.

尴尬极了！

I was extremely embarrassed!

事后，我们一致觉得英语口语还需要大量练习。

After the debate, we agreed that we would have to practise speaking a great deal of English.

辛苦记分员、裁判等同学和老师们！

We appreciated the hard work done by those teachers and students who acted as judges and scorekeepers.

半决赛是一次很棒的经验。为了下次的更好，继续加油吧！

Semi-final was a wonderful experience. Let’s work harder for a better debate next time.

Allen:

2月18日，第二场半决赛。Feb 18th saw the second semi-final.

本人4辩，主要职责是在最后对我方队伍的观点进行总结。俗话说得好：“计划永远赶不上变化”，不管赛前的准备有多充足，到了赛场还是无法跟上对方的“发散性”思路。

As the No.4 debater, my major responsibility was to summarize the viewpoints presented by our side. As an old saying goes, plans can never take every change into consideration. In other words, however well-prepared we were for the debate, we still couldn’t follow our opponent’s divergent thinking during the competition.

赛场上，对方提出了特别多未被我方所曾想过的“点”。双方主辩手实力强劲，不知不觉中话题范围越来越大。从“先有团结后有天”与“科技救人当上帝”，到“先有鸡还是先有蛋”，庄谐莫辩。

反方4辩兼领队蔡同学，摆出了不少社会现象，诸如“双黄连口服液”所带来的误解传播，民众因为误知、误解以及无知而屠杀大量的无辜宠物，以及曾经发生过的“文化大革命”所导致的人间悲剧。

During the debate, our opponents presented many viewpoints that we had never thought of. As the chief debaters of both sides were strong, we were unconsciously arguing over an increasingly wider variety of topics, ranging from“unity comes before the heaven”, “Which one can save mankind, technology or God?” to  “Which came into being first, the chicken or the egg?”

Sam Cai, the No.4 debater and the team leader of the con side, listed a lot of social phenomena, such as the spread of misunderstanding caused by “Shuanghuanglian oral liquid”, the massacre of innocent pet animals due to people’s ignorance and misunderstanding, and even human tragedies caused by “cultural revolutions” that lasted for a decade.

本人窃思，这是团体无意识心理吧……可是，英语怎么说呢！太深刻了！

本人4辩，在终结时尝试着将双方讨论最为激烈的话锋：无知，提了出来。谣言都来自于无知、误解，这些状况都是由所谓“团结”产生的负效果，但却并不符合团结本身要义；科技同样会带来误解与谣言，同样负面结果并非是科技本意。

准备了许久，现在却有些失落，很多准备的点和思路都没有派上用场。

好吧，认可对手的强大就是增强自己能力的最好方式！

I thought to myself that perhaps that was what was referred to as “the psychology of group unconsciousness.But what’s the English for that term? It was so profound!

As the No.4 debater of my side, I tried to sum up both sides’viewpoints by putting forward the most intensely debated topic “ignorance”. All rumors originate from ignorance and misunderstanding. All these result negatively from the so-called “unity”, but they are not in line with the essence of unity; Science and technology may also cause misunderstanding and rumors, and similarly,such negative results are not what science and technology is meant for in the first place.

Having prepared for the debate for a long time, I was feeling a little disappointed because many viewpoints and thoughts we had worked out were not put to use.

Therefore, the best way to improve yourself is to admit that your opponent is stronger.