英语辩论赛常用语

Prime Minister(正方一辩)

Mr.Speaker, members of the House , ladies and gentlemen:

It is quite simply no longer fit for purpose .

We argue that the reasons for this are that ...

We do not think that the way to do that is to ... ,but rather to ... and question whether X is ...

If X is ..., it is because ...

We offer a number of arguments in support of this , regarding: 1, 2,3,4

I will be dealing with the first of these ,and mu deputy will expand on the others , but first ,so some key definitions . We define “ ” to be ...

We think that’s clear ,and unambiguous ,and we hope the Opposition accepts it as such .

We will expand on this when we discuss our first argument.

The model we put forward is also simple. According to the above definition,...

So, to our first argument : what is the purpose of prison , how does it correspond to the broader aims of the criminal justice system , and how does it work for violent offenders in these regards , but not for other

types of offenders ?

It is ...that...To continue :...

So, Mr.Speaker , because ...,because...,and because,as my partner will go on to explain ,...,we stand firmly by the proposal that...

Leader of Opposition(反一）

Mr.Speaker, members of the House , ladies and gentlemen:

On opposition today , we will talk to you about ...we will also talk to you about ...

Before we do ,we would like to move to some rebuttal of specific points made by Prime Minister,

We challenge the Prime Minister’s assertion that ...and we wait to hear what justification or evidence the Government has for this .

On our side of the House ,we point to ...

We have only to look at...

Second,we think ...

On this point ,we have two responses ...

And so we move, Mr.Speaker, to our positive matter:...

Mr.Speaker ,we wish you to consider...

I will deal with each of these ideas separately.

To get back to my speech

Finally ,if you want...if you want... If you want...

If you hope for, and believe in better , you know you have to side with the Opposition in this debate.

Deputy Prime Minister(正二)

Mr.Speaker, members of the House , ladies and gentlemen:what we have told you from Government today is that ...and some needs to be done. We have told you that...and we provided a solution:...

Opposition’s response to that has been simplistic ,and short -sighted. They tell us simply to... And they fail completely to address the idea that ... Instead ,they argue that ...

I have two major points to bring to this debate. First,I will show exactly why ...is due significantly to 1...2...; I will then move the discussion to what might be done better for non-violent offenders. Before I do , I would like to address specifically the points coming from Opposition. The