2011级口语考试辩论主题(15个)

Topic 1: Is it good for middle school students to go online?Yes: It is good for middle school students to go online.Useful expressions: enrich their knowledge, make them board-minded, get much information, make friends, shop online, bring some advantagesNo: It is bad for middle school students to go online.Useful expressions: have some disadvantages, can’t use it correctly, be harmful to, be crazy about, playing games, study becomes worse, be cheatedTopic 2: Do examinations do more harm than good?Side A: Examinations do more good than harm.Useful expressions: a good way to evaluate students’effort, encourage students to work hard, bring some benefits, get high scoresSide B: Examinations do more harm than good.Useful expressions: exam performance, be limited, can’t evaluate the students’ achievement, bad influences to studentsTopic 3: Will internet make people more familiar?Yes: Internet will make people more familiar.Useful expressions: development of society, become more convenient, popular, make friends, communicate with each otherNo: Internet will not make people more familiar.Useful expressions: become more unfamiliar, far away from, can’t trust each other, long distance, bring some bad influencesTopic 4: Should campus love be encouraged?Yes: Campus love should be encouraged.Useful expressions: seek for love, avoid boredom, many benefits for lovers, raise interpersonal communication skills, be more sensibleNo: Campus love shouldn’t be encouraged.Useful expressions: rare true love, losing a loved one, in low spirit and have no willingness to learn, bring some bad influences, students’duty, students’development Topic 5: Is working experience more important than study for college students?Yes: Working experience is more important than study for college students.Useful expressions: the purpose of application, get part-time job, prefer…to…, prepare you for real challenge, high scores in paper examsNo: Study is more important than Working experience for college students.Useful expressions: education is the basic of every work, developing of society, promote personal quality, certification, give more advantages in job-huntingTopic 6: Studying in China or abroadSide A: Studying abroad is better.Useful expressions:enrich our knowledge, make us board-minded, knowing cultures andtraditions of foreign countries, work in multinational corporations, know cultural differencesSide B: Studying in China is better.Useful expressions:be suit for our national situation, many good universities at home, a huge finical burden, many middle-income families, educational developmentTopic 7: Is it good for college students to have a part-time job?Yes: It is good for college students to have a part-time job.Useful expressions:gain working experience, make students more confident, realize their own value, adopt themselves into the society early, make progress to their studySide B: It is bad for college students to have a part-time job.Useful expressions:fall behind others, spend too much time and energy on part-time job, inevitably lessen his time and energy for academic learning, corrupt the students' motivation for academic success, interfere with their studiesTopic 8: Is too much homework good for learning English?Yes: Too much homework is good for learning English.Useful expressions:practice makes perfect, take up, be interest in…, get good habits of, input method, broaden your vocabularyNo: Too much homework is bad for learning English.Useful expressions: a load of, have difficulty in doing sth, burden on shoulders, be tired of, count out, be busy doingTopic 9: Are cars doing more good to human being?Yes: Cars are doing more good to human beings.Useful expressions: be convenient of, be available for, speed up, be safe, enjoy life, make it easy to go outNo: Cars are doing more harm to human beings.Useful expressions:own a private car, resource limits, be jammed with, bring out, unbearable noise, bring more problems, produces emissionsTopic 10: Is reading English textbooks a good way to improve your English?Yes: Reading English textbooks is a good way to improve your English.Useful expressions:develop reading skills, enlarge your vocabulary, prepare for, broaden one’s horizon, be good atNo: Reading English textbooks isn’t a good way to improve your English.Useful expressions:there is no value in…, waste of time, out of date, need more time, an ineffective way, gain less achievementTopic 11: Is college education necessary for a person’s success?Yes: College education is necessary for a person’s success.Useful expressions:benefit from, in all fields, contribute…to…, human civilization, pay much attention to, an essential step of one’s life, specific career, gain some skillsNo: College education isn’t necessary for a person’s success.Useful expressions: get more luck, take some chances, good interpersonal relationship, work hard,have effect on, a special sight on…, various experiences, cooperation, make great achievement, without any certificationTopic 12: Violent video games?Side A: Violent video games should be banned.Useful expressions: cause society to become more violent, blood, strong language, strong sexual content, intense violence, do harm to kids’ mental health, not mature enough to understand, real life violenceSide B: Violent video games should not be banned.Useful expressions: Every game these days has a legal age,no way to enforce such a rule, parents pay better attention to what the kids are playing, the mature gamers, helps people to learn from their mistakes as they play, relieve stress, violent games are much more funTopic 13: Should Teenagers move out of the families after they turn 18?Yes: Teenagers should move out of the families after they turn 18.Useful expressions: make good preparation for the situation ahead of time, an appropriate age for a child to leave, learns his/her responsibilities, save and not spend money freely, balance work and study, avoid conflicts with parentsNo: Teenagers shouldn’t move out of the families after they turn 18.Useful expressions: be not ready yet, need tuition and funding from parents, a stronger family tie, put sb at risk, r uin one’s life foreverTopic 14: Participating in sportsSide A: Participating in sports is an indispensable part of a healthy life.Useful expressions: have certain amount of excises, keep physically healthy, sports like running and jogging, go to the fitness centersSide B: Participating in sports isn’t an indispensable part of a healthy life.Useful expressions:eating healthy food, maintaining a healthy diet, a key component in …, physical well-being, keep fit, have positive attitude, confidence in yourself, relax yourself, a good moodTopic 15: About advertisingSide A: Advertising can do more good than harm.Useful expressions: useful in our life, compare prices when they are listed in ads, buy things at the lowest prices, TV commercials, be entertaining, informative, a quick access to the products Side B: Advertising can do more harm than good.Useful expressions:make people buy goods on impulse, attract the attention of consumers, advertising gives an unfair advantage to big businesses, a dvertisers don’t have the good of society in mind when they do their work, advertise unhealthy or harmful things。