5月17日至18日，由杭外美式辩论社带领，4组来自杭外本部初三辩论队的7名同学参加了在杭州英特外国语学校举办的第一届杭州市SPOTLIGHT美式辩论联赛。经过激烈的唇枪舌战后，我校辩手继去年冬季在中国高中生美式辩论联赛杭州地区赛荣获冠军、亚军、best speaker的佳绩后，又一次凭借不懈的努力和出色的发挥，取得了优异成绩。

美辩小宝贝们在英特报告厅的集体合影

第一届杭州市SPOTLIGHT美式辩论联赛是由来自杭州英特外国语学校、杭州学军中学、杭州师范大学附属中学及杭州绿城育华学校的美式辩论爱好者和美式辩论社主办，总计有40余人，即20余组选手参赛。本次联赛的评委皆为来自英特的外教以及校外美辩机构外聘的外教，具有较高的学术水准。

本次比赛的辩题为“China should legalize the sale of human organs”（中国可以将器官贩卖合法化），这是一个在当今社会中非常具有争议性的问题，需要辩手们具备充分的学术知识水平和严密的逻辑思维能力。在面对来自杭州各校的、大多数为高一高二的、具有更丰富的辩论经验的辩手时，杭外美式辩论社的选手们在比赛中展示了杭外人的独特风采，凭借不懈的努力和出色的发挥，取得了优异的成绩。

具体晋级名单及获奖情况如下：（排名不分前后）

晋级前8强名单：

初三1班 张泽楷，初三2班 钱文婧

初三1班 孙  澜，初三3班 郑珮宜

晋级前4强名单：

初三1班 杨绮帆，英特中美班 胡苗

优秀辩手：

初三3班 郑佩宜

最佳辩手：

初三1班 杨绮帆

冠军队：

初三2班 俞可心（下图右一），初三2班 单文婧（下图左一）

冠军队与第一届杭州市SPOTLIGHT美式辩论联赛主办方裁判的合影

以下为冠军组的来自初三 2班的俞可心同学的体验和感受：

    Today I took a part in the Hangzhou High School SPOTLIGHT Public Forum Debate which is only founded this year. Our topic is whether China should legalize the Organ Trade or not. It is my first time to get in touch with the American debate, so it is a valuable experience for me. Luckily, Jenny and I got the champion. It truly aroused both of us feelings.

We were competing each other in the knock-out system. First we had four rounds to accumulate points for eliminating half of the participants. Then we had the Top 8 competing and the semifinals. At last is the Finals.

First, it is my honor to have such a amazing teammate who named Jenny. She is really good at English, both the oral part and the testing part. I really admire her because of her discriminating mode of thinking. She is full of resource in any emergency. Jenny prepared a lot of information on both sides, and she can use it convincingly during the debate. Though it is the first time for us to participate in such a competition, but I can say that we made a really good team. No matter before the debate or during it, we all have a tacit mutual understanding.

Secondly, I would like to talk about my own thoughts. The first point is that I have realized the vocabulary matters a lot. If you do not have rich vocabulary, you cannot even understand what your opponents had said. Obviously, you cannot clarify your opinions clearly.

The second point is we have to pay full attention on what you are doing. It is a essential factor that can measure your score. Because of the great amount of information you have to receive at every per minute. It is obvious that focusing on what the opponents said is quite important. Otherwise, we cannot fight back by finding their loopholes.

Thirdly, we have to have logical mode of thinking and speaking. We can get high grade if our constructed speech is going through in regular sequence and we argue with learning and logic. While debating, you have to control the speed of your speaking. If not, you may let your refutation less powerful and persuasive.

Though the debating skills are the basic, as a matter of fact, debate is not all about that. There is still something to do with some tricky speaking skills. Sometimes we have to act according to changing circumstances. That is certain that we quibbled sometimes when we out of words, but we have always found a way to turn the wrong theory into a correct one. We call it “act indecently”.

Most importantly, we need positive mentality when we are participating in any competition. There is a common knowledge to know that mentality can decide the final result. From my experience, every time I expect too much or care too much about the score, there is always accident happens that can cause problems. On the other hand, if I put all of my energy on preparing and enjoying the process instead of worrying about the price I will get fruitful surprise.

To speak the plain truth, both Jenny and I have never imagined that we would win the champion, because we are terribly shocked that we were going to compete a team which is formed with two Senior One student and one of them is a mixed-blood of American and Chinese. English is more likely the mother language to him, so his pronunciation is fantastic and their Rebuttal is really convincing. Fortunately, we have not met some other strong teams. Maybe they have the potential strength to gain a price.

At last, I must commit that I have learned a lot from this incredible experience. Most importantly, I want to thank Jenny for providing such valuable information about this debate and being such an amazing teammate. Despite that, I also want to thank my schoolmates and my family for being so supportive. I hope I can still do a great job with Jenny in the next debate competition.

第一届杭州市SPOTLIGHT美式辩论联赛决赛现场

优秀辩手郑佩宜（左一），最佳辩手杨绮帆（左三）与其他优秀辩手的获奖合影

在此，对取得优异成绩的美式辩论辩手们表示最衷心的祝贺！同时，我们希望更多的同学能投入到美式辩论这一充满热情、欢乐和智慧的活动中来；也希望美式辩论社的辩手们能在接下来的学习和练习过程中获取更多，了解更多；也祝愿今年暑假要参加中国高中美式辩论联赛全国赛的高一辩手们能够赛出新水平、赛出新高度、赛出新风格。

（杭外美式辩论社 报道）