2024WSDA大湾区即兴辩论活动

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辩论的世界

Elton，这位在2023年秋季WSDA Junior即兴辩论上海赛区荣获一等奖的辩手，同时也是香港游泳锦标赛的冠军。对他来说，为何永远不应该停止辩论？让我们一同走进Elton的辩论天地，体验辩论如何塑造了他的成长之路。

Elton完整版发言稿 

One and a half years ago, I started debating. In my first tournament, my case was destroyed by two sentences from the opponent in the first round, so I learned his strategy and imitated his style. Then, I somehow won the following two rounds, achieving second prize, surprisingly.

各位辩手、家长们，大家早上好。一年半前，我开始参加辩论赛。在我的第一场比赛中，我的论点在第一轮就被对手的两句话推翻了，所以我学习了他的策略并模仿了他的风格。然后，我赢了接下来的两轮比赛，意外地获得了二等奖。

However, it wasn’t the prize that made me continue debating, it was the process of the debate that did. It was the hectic, intense and almost dangerous atmosphere as soon as the opponent starts talking, the chaotic crossfires, and the sense of achievement when destroying the opponent’s arguments that made me like debating. So, I signed up for the nationals. 

然而，让我继续辩论的并不是奖项，而是辩论的过程。是对手一开始说话就让人感到紧张、激烈，甚至觉得危险的气氛，是混乱的交叉质询，以及推翻对手论点时的成就感，让我喜欢上了辩论。因此，我报名参加了全国赛。

In the nationals last year, I thought I’d get a really good prize, but ending up getting nothing wasn’t what I expected either. Worse results followed. In an online tournament, I was completely powerless against my opponents, and I got nothing. Then, when I confidently believed that I won all rounds in the autumn Shenzhen regionals nearly a year ago, I regressed from my first tournament. It was devastating. It was depressing to some extent. 

在去年的全国赛中，我本以为我会获得很好的奖项，但没想到最终一无所获。更糟糕的情况接踵而至。在此后一场线上比赛中，我感觉在对手面前完全无能为力，最后一个奖都没拿到。又一次，当我自信满满地认为我赢得了去年秋天深圳地区赛的所有轮次时，我的成绩却比第一次比赛还糟糕。这几次比赛结果是毁灭性的，在某种程度上令人沮丧。

I decided that I needed to achieve something better. I decided that I was better than this. I wouldn’t be resigned to leaving debate with a bad ranking. I decided that I wanted revenge. I took many classes and dedicated all my time to preparation, but at the Shanghai regionals, I stood up to leave when the second prize list ended, since it was nearly impossible for me to get first prize when I had regressed by so much, but then, my name was called out. Finally. An achievement. An improvement. A trophy! Since I was third, my goal was to get into the finals in my next tournament. 

我不会甘心以一个糟糕的排名结束我的辩论生涯。我决定要“复仇”。我增加了一些辩论课程，用了很多时间去准备比赛，但是在上海赛区的比赛中，当公布二等奖获奖名单结束时，我还是站起来准备要离开，因为我认为自己退步这么多，应该不可能获得一等奖。突然，我的名字被念了出来。终于，一个成就！一个进步！一个奖杯！这次我总分排在第三名，我给自己设了下一个目标：进入表演赛。

Then, in the spring Shenzhen regionals at the start of the year, I was confident I would break into the finals. I had spent so much time preparing, every round seemed like a success for me, and I thought I had improved not just a bit, but substantially. So obviously I broke, didn’t I? No. I ended up getting the same ranking as before. 

后来，在年初的深圳春季地区赛中，我自信地认为我将闯入表演赛。我花了很多时间准备，每一轮对我来说都像是一次成功，我认为我的进步不仅仅是一点点，而是相当大的。所以很明显我可以的，不是吗？不，我最终排名没有进步。

A few months later, when I was preparing for the nationals this summer, I found millions of errors in my first draft of constructive speeches, so I rewrote them many times. I familiarized myself with strategies in the crossfire, and tried finding a strategy that was efficient and effective for the final focus. I found so many problems in my debates, so I practiced and improved. Still, I walked out of the first round feeling defeated, and I felt the same for all the rounds, especially for one of the rounds. When the topic was easier for the opponent, and his mechanism was extremely strong, and when we had a really chaotic burden debate, I wanted to give up halfway through the crossfire, but I couldn’t let someone younger than me defeat me. That was just ridiculous. With this mentality, I continued to fight for the judge’s vote, and if I didn’t, my final results and ranking would be totally different. However, right after that, I found that I was going to debate one of the most well known debaters in the next round. With this level of unfortunate luck, I wondered whether I’d even get a prize. I was panicking, and it felt like I had already failed. However, I had won all rounds, and unexpectedly, I broke into the semi finals the next morning, and I ended up getting third overall. 

几个月后，当我为今年夏天的全国赛做准备时，我在立论陈词初稿中发现了许多错误，所以我修改了很多遍。我熟悉了交叉质询的策略，并试图找到一个有效且高效的总结陈词结构。我发现了自己在辩论中的很多问题，我不断练习和提高。尽管如此，我在第一轮结束后还是感觉被击败了，我对所有轮次都有这种感觉，尤其其中一轮，当辩题对对手更有利，对方辩友的策略和论点极其强大时，当我们有一个非常混乱且沉重的论证责任时，我想在交叉质询中放弃，但我不能让一个比我年龄小的孩子击败我。那太荒谬了。有了这种心态，我要继续为评委的投票而战，如果我不这样做，我相信最终结果和排名将完全不同。然而，不久以后，我发现我下一轮将与其中一名最知名的选手对垒。运气居然如此不佳，我想知道我是否还能拿到任何奖项。我感到恐慌，感觉好像我已经输了。然而，出乎意料地，我赢得了所有轮次，并在第二天闯了半决赛，最终获得季军。

右一为Elton

This is why you should never stop debating. You never know when you will suddenly succeed, you never know which side the judge actually is convinced by, and you’ll find that there is always a way to be better, to improve, and a problem to overcome, even if it seems like it’s impossible. The sense of accomplishment when you successfully destroy the opponent’s case, the most hectic or the most interesting debates, and everything you learn, from knowledge when preparing, the different styles of people, to an incredibly effective strategy or the discovery of your solution to challenges explain why you should never stop debating. You can enjoy it if you’re winning, it’s exciting if it’s close, and you can learn without noticing. 

这就是为什么你永远不应该停止辩论，因为你永远不知道什么时候你会突然成功，你永远不知道评委实际上被哪一方说服，你会发现总有办法克服问题、改进和变得更好，即使看起来不太可能。是你成功推翻对手的论点时的成就感，或者是最紧张或最有趣的辩论，以及你学到的一切，包括从准备时学到的知识、辩手们不同的风格，到一个极其有效的策略或发现你面对挑战的解决方案，这些都是你为什么永远不应该停止辩论的原因。如果你赢了，你可以享受它，如果很激烈，它也令人兴奋，你可以在不知不觉中学习。

This is why you should never give up. You should never let your opponent decide what prize you get, the results of the round, nor should you resign and let your opponent win halfway through the debate. It’s your decision on who wins the debate, what prize you get, and whether you will let the opponent win for free. You will win and achieve what you want if you are dedicated enough, and as long as you don’t give up. 

这就是为什么你永远不应该放弃。你永远不应该让你的对手决定你获得什么奖项和每一轮次的结果，也不应该投降而让你的对手在辩论中途获胜。谁赢得辩论，你获得什么奖项，是否让对手轻松获胜，这都是你的决定。如果你足够专注，只要你不放弃，你就会赢得并实现你想要的。

This is why you should believe in yourself. If I managed to achieve the results I wanted, then you can too. No matter what results you achieve today, know that this is not the end, and no matter what you think you’ll get, it isn’t guaranteed. Everyone has the potential to achieve their desired results, so good luck to everyone participating in today’s tournament! 

这就是为什么你应该相信自己。如果我能够实现我想要的结果，那么你也能。无论你今天取得了什么成绩，要知道这不是尽头，无论你认为你会得到什么，都不是保证的。每个人都有实现他们期望结果的潜力，所以祝今天参加比赛的每一位选手好运！

WSDA

对于Elton而言，辩论不仅仅是一场场胜利的积累，它更是一种深刻的自我探索和成长的旅程。在辩论的舞台上，他不仅获得了成就感，更重要的是，每一次的辩论都是一次宝贵的学习机会，让他在激烈的思维碰撞中不断克服挑战，实现自我超越。