英文辩论大赛选题及论点.doc

英文辩论大赛选题及论点现代化与民生"The primary goal of technological advancement should be to increase people's efficiency so that everyone has more leisure time." 技术提高的主要目的使人更有效率，以给人更多时间.Partially agree(1) Admittedly, technological advances do increase people’s efficiency to some extent (aero planes, calculators).(2) However, with the development of technology comes diminished leisure time, for the purpose that, keeping pace with new technology in order to survive the severe competition nowadays depletes people’s time for leisure activities. (As far as we students are concerned, in order to be well prepared for future job, we attend after-school training and try to get a certificate that we are competitive and qualified.)(3) Moreover, it is inevitable that development is always accompanied by problems. (It is human nature that enables people to pursue higher and higher efficiency and thus profits. Just like a person, once he is no longer struggling with hunger, he is more likely to look for something that can satisfy his other needs, such as art, music and so forth.) Consequently, the quicker technology advances, the more new problems will come into being, which compels people to work harder than ever before, and thus, longer working time is unavoidable.(4) Actually, the primary goal of technological advancement should be facilitating life for human beings rather than creating more leisure time (advances in medicine, genetics, communication, education, etc.). Confessedly, the advancement sometimes involves improved efficiency, yet efficiency is merely a means to more important ends such as health, safety, education and freedom. NO.118成功学 "In any field of endeavor -- the sciences, the humanities, the social sciences, industry, etc. -- it is not the attainment of a goal that matters, but rather the ideas and discoveries that are encountered on the way to the goal." 任何领域的努力，自然科学、人文科学、社会科学、工业等等，我们最大的收获是成功路上的经验和发现，而不是成功本身的获取。

Partially agree(a) Admittedly, the ideas and discoveries that are encountered on the way to the goal are of great significance themselves. During human history, many achievements are made casually while the initial aim failed to be realized (the discovery of America) (Sir Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin). Besides, the ideas and discoveries encountered along the way is the encouragement that heartens people to strive for the final goal (marathon).(b) However, the goal itself is of equal importance. (a) It is like the Polaris that pinpoints the direction of termination. (without it, we can simply get lost and probability of success is little)(b) It is the impetus that compels people to strive and persevere (Thomas Edison invented bulbs, who failed a thousand times before he succeeded).(c) The two are intertwined. Without the goal, we will never set out to strive for it, let alone the ideas and discoveries along the way to accomplish it; meanwhile, the ideas and discoveries along the way are what our final goal is based upon and sometimes the importance of them may even overweigh the goal. NO.126成功学 "Society's external rewards are no measure of true success. True success can be measured only in relation to the goals one sets for oneself." 社会对成功的额外奖励并不能代表成功的价值。

真正的成功的价值只与成功者为自己设立的目标有关社会所给予额外的奖励不是真正成功的衡量标准真正的成功只能通过自己所设立的目标来衡量) Partially agree(1) Admittedly, internal recognition is one measurement that tells whether a person is a successful one or not (marathon----anyone who fills the whole journey could be considered to be a success no matter he is the first or the last one to reach the terminal).(2) However, it is irrational to contend that society’s external rewards are no measure of true success. True success should include contributions to society, while external rewards are a gauge of them, and thus a measure of true success.(3) In short, both external rewards and internal recognition are measures of true success. The only differentiation between them is that they focus on different aspects. Internal recognition mainly cares about whether a person reaches the personal standards he has initially set up for himself while external rewards stand on behalf of the interest of the majority. They measure success from respective perspective, although sometimes they are not consistent with each other, neither should be neglected. NO.192 成功学 "Success in any realm of life comes more often from taking chances or risks than from careful and cautious planning."各个领域的成功更多来自机遇或冒险,而非深思熟虑的计划.Disagree(1) In any realm of life, careful and cautious plans are the foundation of success. Working without planning is like wondering without orientation - it is possible you will get to your terminal eventually, but a waste of great time and energy is inevitable. In addition, a good planning may to a great extent help people realize the obstacles and thus help them get prepared in advance. (In business field, before any action is taken, a budget should be carefully。