英语辩论赛常用语

英语辩论赛常用语

●一辩：FIRST DEBATER

●二辩：SECOND DEBATER

●对方辩友，my fellow debaters

●开始的陈词，Honorable judges, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.....

●别忘了说THANK YOU。

●如果想要驳斥对方的逻辑，进行假设：according to your logic

Ways to open a debate

●To set the framework for our opinion, we believe it is necessary to state…

●We would like to introduce our stand by giving the following definitions. …

●In order to effectively debate this topic, we would like to propose….

● A number of key issues arise which merit (deserve) closer examination.

●We will elaborate one of the most striking features of this problem, namely…

●In the first place we would like to make clear that….

●The main argument focuses on….

Giving Reasons and offering explanations:

●To start with…,

●The reason why...,

●That's why...,

●For this reason...,

●That's the reason why...,

精品文库●Many people think....,

●Considering...,

●Allowing for the fact that...,

●When you consider that...,

Stating an Opinion

● a. in my opinion…

● b. personally I think……

● c. I believe that

● d. I think that……

● e. the point is that……

● f. if you ask me……

●g. I’d like to say this：

●h. I’d like to point out that

●i. speaking for myself

●j. as far as I’m concerned，

●k. in my experience…

Challenging an Opinion

● a. that can’t be true.

● b. but what about…？

Clarifying a point

● a. what I said was…

● b. what I mean to say was…

● c. let me repeat what I said.

● d. let me rephrase what I said. 让我重申刚才所说的。Agreeing with an Opinion

● a. of course b. right.

● c. exactly. d. that’s true.

● e. so do I. （neither do I.） f. I agree completely.

●g. I agree with you entirely. h. you’re absolutely right.

●i. that’s a good point. j. I couldn’t agree with you more.

●k. that’s just what I think. l. I feel the same way.

How to Half Agree with an Opinion.

● 1. Yes, perhaps, however ...

● 2. Well, yes, but ...

● 3. Yes, in a way, however ...

● 4. Hmm, possibly, but ...

● 5. Yes, I agree up to a point, however ...

● 6. Well, you have a point there, but ...

●7. There's something there, I suppose, however.

●8. I guess you could be right, but ...

●9. Yes, I suppose so, however ...

●10. That's worth thinking about, but ...

Politely disagreeing with an opinion

●g. that’s not （entirely）true.

●h. I can’t possibly agree with you.

●i. I hate to disagree with you，but…

●j. all right，but don’t you think…？

●k. but that’s different.

● a. however，

● b. I’m afraid i disagree.

● c. I don’t think so.

● d. I don’t think…

● e. on the other hand…

● f. on the contrary.

●While your statement is compelling, I believe you have not expressed the main point

of the problem.

●I understand your viewpoint, but it fails to consider...

●The problem with your point of view is that...

Strongly disagreeing

●I disagree (with your idea).

●I disagree with you entirely.

●I’m afraid I don’t agree.

●I wouldn’t accept that for one minute.

●You can't really mean that.

●You can’t be serious about that. .

●You must be joking.

●I wouldn't go along with you there.