英语口语主题：交际英语热门话题47个(25--竞选和辩论)

英语口语主题：交际英语热门话题47个（25--竞选和

辩论）

Electing and Arguing

Conversation 1

A ： You know. I was so lucky yesterday that I had the honour of watching a wonderful debate in NanJing University , My brother studies there.

B ： You are really lucky, I think. What was the topic they argued about?

A ：It was entitled ”Is the Home for the Aged More Good Than Harm, or on the contrary in Our Country?” The contestants of both sides were all from senior classes. Each side was composed of three contestants, They sat opposite to each other on the two sides of the platform.

B ： Were there any judges for the debate?

A ： Sure. There were five of them. They kept their seats in the front row.

B ： How did they begin the debate? Please tell me something about it.

A ： Be patient. Please. Well, at first , the No.1 contestants of both sides briefly stated the basic opinions of the two sides respectively . Then the competition moved step by step to the stage in the heat of the debate.

B ： What opinion did the affirmative side hold?

A ： Well, their opinions might be briefly summed up as follows： First, the home for the aged was the result of social development , therefore , it was more good than harm; second, the home for the aged helped to liberate the labour force of the society and to develop to liberate the labour force of the society and to develop the productive forces.

B ： I find their opinions very reasonable and forceful, Anything more they said?

A ： Yes . The third reason they gave was, the home for the aged helped old people free of the loneliness common to senior citizens in the home for the aged they share the common language of the old people among themselves.

B ： That's perfectly true. What did the contestants on the negative side say?

A ： Well, they based their arguments on the following：First , the home for the aged enabled sons and daughters to shirk their obligation to sustain and look after their old parents . Therefore , it was the result of demoralization in ethical morals; second, the old people in the home for the aged were deprived of the amusement of the family.

B ： So, it was against the Chinese traditional ethics, wasn't it?

A ： Yes, that's what they were thinking. The next argument they made was , the home for the aged in many places were poorly managed. Many old people didn't really feel happy there.

B ： That was indeed the case. The living conditions in the homes for the aged should be properly improved.

A ： Right, The third contestant on the affirmative side came to the following conclusion： What we should of our country including the home for the aged in order that they could live a real happy life in their later years.

B ： Good, Many of the old people are willing to live in the homes for the aged because they hope to lessen the heavy burden on their son's or daughter's shoulders .Moreover, they want their children to make more contributions to the motherland.

A ： I agree with you . Anyway , as the title of the debate was obviously in favor of the contestants on the affirmative side , they finally won the competition.

B ： What about their performance? Which side did you think was better?

A ： Well, to do justice to both sides, I should say the contestants all performed excellently in the competition. They had indeed made very good preparations before the competition and the competition itself was well organized.

Conversation 2

A ： Hello, Jack! Congratulations on your becoming a student leader!

B ： Thank you ! But you know, when I was first told that I had been nominated for one of the three candidates for the chairman of the students'Union, I hesitated for a long time.

I used to think , and I still think , a college student