2024年廣西職業院校技能大賽

高職組《英語口語》賽項

賽題

職場辯論（Debate)

每隊參賽選手自行分配一辯、二辯角色，根據抽簽結果與另

一隊就一道辯題進行現場辯論。先由正方一辯陳述1分鐘，然后

由反方一辯陳述1分鐘;接下來由正反雙方進行3分鐘的自由辯

論，最后先由反方二辯作1分鐘總結陳詞，再由正方二辯作1分

鐘總結陳詞。

本環節現場備賽10分鐘，比賽時長7分鐘，分值10分。

No.1

Background:SomeprimaryschoolsinHangzhou,Zhejiang

Province,askedstudents’parentstocleanthe

classroomsfortheirchildrenbeforethenewsemester

starts.Someparents,whoweretoobusytodothe

cleaning,chosetohirepeopletodothisjob.

Motion:Doyouthinkitisreasonablethattheseschools

askparentstocleanclassroomsfortheirchildren?

Pro:Ithinkitisreasonablethattheseschoolsask

parentstocleanclassroomsfortheirchildren.

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Con:Idon’tthinkitisreasonablethattheseschools

askparentstocleanclassroomsfortheirchildren.

No.2

Background:Havingadreamtopursueisalwaysadmirable

andthusshouldbeencouraged.However,whenthedream

becomesapipedream,somethingmustbedonetoprevent

unnecessarywasteandharm.

Motion:whenourfriendschaseanunrealisticdream,

shouldwediscouragethemornot?

Pro:Yes,weshoulddiscouragefriendsfrompursuing

unrealisticdreams.

Con:No,weshouldn’tdiscouragefriendsfrompursuing

unrealisticdreams.

No.3

Background:Sincetheimplementationofthetwo-child

policyin2016,therehasbeenanoticeabletrendof

well-educatedwomenoptingtoleavetheworkforceto

devotethemselvestochild-rearing.

Motion:doesitrepresentawasteoftalentwhenahighly

educatedwomanchoosestobeastay-at-homemother?

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Pro:Yes,itisawaste;

Con:No,itisnotawaste.

No.4

Background:China,oneoftheworld'smostpopulous

countries,istryingtoaddressitsdecliningbirthrate

byofferingsubsidiestoparentswhohavemorechildren.

Hangzhoucityisofferingaone-offsubsidyof20,000

yuantonewparentshavingathirdchild,whileWenzhou

cityisofferingsubsidiesofover3,000yuanperchild.

Motion:Shouldgovernmentsencouragetheircitizensto

havemorechildrenthroughcashincentives?

Pro:Yes,governmentsshouldencouragecitizenstohave

morechildrenthroughcashincentives.

Con:No,governmentsshouldnotencouragecitizensto

havemorechildrenthroughcashincentives.

No.5

Background:Knownas"doublereduction"-reducing

students'homeworkandafter-schooltutoringpressure－

thepolicyissuedin2021,aimstoeasestudents'

educationburden.Nevertheless,manyfamiliestryto

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hireone-on-oneprivatetutorsinstead,whichactually

ismuchmoreexpensivethantutoringcenters.

Motion:Doesthebanonafter-schooltutoringreallyease

students’burden?

Pro:Yes,itcanreallyeasestudents’burden.

Con:No,itcan’treallyeasestudents’burden.

No.6

Background:Chinaiscurrentlytheworld'slargest

emitterofgreenhousegases.Inanefforttocombat

climatechange,thegovernmenthaspledgedtoachieve

carbonneutralityby2060.Oneproposedsolutionisto

implementacarbontax,whichwouldincentivizeboth

companiesandindividualstoreducetheircarbon

footprint.However,thereareconcernsthatsuchatax

couldhavenegativeimpactsontheeconomy,whichis

currentlysomewhatfragile.

Motion:ShouldChinaimplementanationwidecarbontax

toreducegreenhousegasemissions?

Pro:Yes,weshouldimplementcarbontax.

Con:No,weshouldnotimplementcarbontax.

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No.7

Background:Theabilityofartificialintelligence(AI)

togeneratewritinghasadvancedsignificantly.Although

theseAIgeneratorsseemtobeahelpfultoolforthose

whostrugglewithwriting,thewideuseofthese

generatorshasraisedsomeethicalissues.

Motion:ShouldstudentsbeallowedtouseAIgenerators

tocompletetheirwritingassignments?

Pro:IthinkstudentsshouldbeallowedtouseAI

generatorstocompletetheirwritingassignments.

Con:Idon’tthinkstudentsshouldbeallowedtouseAI

generatorstocompletetheirwritingassignments.

No.8

Background:LaunchedNovember30,2022,asan

applicationontheOpenAIwebsite,ChatGPTquicklytook

theworldbystorm.Somepeoplewonderifthepowerful

functionsofChatGPTwillleadtojoblossesinthe

future.

Motion:WillthepowerfulfunctionsofChatGPTleadto

joblossesinthefuture?

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Pro:IthinkthepowerfulfunctionsofChatGPTwilllead

tojoblossesinthefuture.

Con:Idon’tthinkthepowerfulfunctionsofChatGPT

willleadtojoblossesinthefuture.

No.9

Background:Millionsofpeoplevisitzoosandaquariums

everyyear.Despitetheirimmensepopularity,zooshave

becomeincreasinglycontroversialinstitutions.An

increasingnumberofanimalrightsadvocatesandanimal

protectionorganizationsarequestioningtheroleof

zoosinmodernsocietiesandclaimthatanimalsshould

notbekeptinzoos.

Motion:Shouldanimalsbekeptinzoos?

Pro:Animalsshouldbekeptinzoos.

Con:Animalsshouldnotbekeptinzoos.

No.10

Background:China'sbigtechcompanieshavebecome

globalplayersinfieldslikee-commerce,socialmedia,

andmobilepayments.However,thereareconcernsabout

theirmarketdominance,data