北京中学学生参加2019年NHSDLC大赛

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北京中学学生参加2019年NHSDLC

2019年11月9日，高一年级学生姜怡然、徐卓楠，高二年级学生田心仪、王蘅源，参加了2019NHSDLC（中国高中生美式辩论联赛）秋季北京地区赛，取得较好成绩。

此次比赛前，四位同学积极参与了一年多的校内英文辩论活动：北中先后开设的线上线下的英文辩论课，总时长为6周的线上线下结合的英文辩论夏令营。在线上课期间，同学们学习了英文辩论基础并保持着每周一次的练习频率；夏令营期间，几位同学的辩论技巧和模拟辩论经验也得到了飞速提升。

不同于中文辩论，几位同学参与的美式辩论Public Forum（公开论坛制）赛制是两人搭档，辩题常与经济、军事、政治、环境等广泛的内容相关，很有助于拓宽知识面并综合运用学科知识。往年NHSDLC大赛辩题有 “是否应该持有核武器”（2019NHSDLC秋季赛辩题）、“美国联邦政府是否应该设置统一化的基本收入”（2017NHSDLC全国赛辩题）、“美国大学在招生时是否应采取平权措施”（2018NHSDLC全国赛辩题）等。

让我们走近几位辩手，听听他们的故事。

对于高二国际班的田心仪来说，

重拾辩论是她的成长：

时隔三年重拾辩论，像是绕来绕去走回了最开始对的地方。

第一次接触辩论是在初中时英姐的课堂上。那时候我愿意当四辩，因为我知道自己气场不够做一辩（立论），临场发挥能力不够做二辩三辩（攻辩），于是可以提前写稿又能以冷静的视角纵观全局的四辩最适合我。我一直忘不了作为辩手站在台上的感觉：那是我最自由的时刻，就好像全世界都在我发言的几分钟里被征服。

不过，有时候我太在乎输赢，以至于为了逃避不理想的结局选择了放弃整个过程。

从某一次输掉比赛起，别人问我“辩论打得开心吗”我的回答从“开心”变成了“不”，直到后来没有回答，因为我不再参与辩论。我是喜欢辩论的，但是不喜欢输，也不喜欢输掉之后被别人委婉地问“是不是紧张才没发挥好啊”。就好像你把一件不喜欢的玩具塞到床下，又在它上面堆满了杂物，直到你已经想不起来玩具是不是真的在那里一样：我渐渐忘记了我有多享受做辩手的自由和打辩论赛的快活，自己慢慢相信了“我不喜欢辩论”这个结论。

感谢北中开设的英文辩论选修课以及美辩夏令营，否则我大概不会重拾辩论。

开始参与美辩以后我选择了二辩，负责驳论、质询和总结（一辩也有质询和总结）。以前的我肯定抢着做一辩，因为相较而言一辩可以提前准备的内容多一些，上场时不那么紧张；现在我已经不喜欢确定性很强的事，转而偏爱可能性和临场的“爆发力”，因为这些每一次都独一无二的时刻更吸引我，更给我“全世界都会被征服”的感觉。从这个角度讲，辩论是一种艺术：它不可复制、不可预测，每一场辩论赛都充满了两方辩手精心设计的小心机，每句话都可能是铺垫、陷阱或救命稻草，每秒钟都不容错过。

夏令营的Birge老师从第一天就讲过一句话：“If you just like winning, then you shouldn’t do debate.”（如果你只是喜欢赢，那你不该去打辩论）直到经历了这次NHSDLC的比赛，我才真正明白了这句话背后关于一位优秀辩手的心态的涵义。如果你去辩论的唯一目的就在于辩倒对手，说明你求胜欲很强；但是，做一名辩手不代表做一个赢家，要享受辩论这一过程本身才能真正成为合格的辩手。可能也是歪打正着，我和搭档王蘅源深知第一次参加美辩比赛是为了向对手学习、积累经验、提升自己技巧，不是为了拿奖杯，所以每一场比赛都打得很潇洒很尽兴。对于我们两个新手来说，遇到的每一位对手都是我们的老师，每一对搭档都有值得我们学习的优秀。每场比赛后的及时复盘让我得以在下一个赛场上越来越如鱼得水，同时也能更冷静地思考出更多驳论的点。在32强的比赛中，我们不幸也幸运地遇到了两位冠亚军水准的经验丰富的美国小姐姐，使我和搭档无缘16强；不过即便被“碾压”也快乐，因为我收获了比前四场都多的经验。当然，“享受过程”这句话每个人都不知道听了几百回，真正做一件事的时候免不了还是会被结果的压力所羁绊；适当保持成果意识是很有必要——所幸，与过程的享受也并不冲突。

对于我来说，这次参赛是又一次打破屏障实现了自我突破的新起点，未来还会在辩论场上更快乐、更潇洒。

高二国际班的王蘅源对辩论的思考，

也是对自我的思考：

During the debate, I, aside from learned advanced debate skill, for the first time, felt the nervousness that a true debater might feel when he or she is facing his or her opponent. I knew, at the very start of the feeling, that I was eager for more. Yet, passions fade, and I was totally unaware of the passion during the camp when I came back to the school and faced tons and thousands of works and upcoming tests. I joined, and held, several clubs, but none of them was related to English debate, and I lived on like that for a few weeks. Funny how fate played on people’s lives, it was on psychology class that I remembered the linger passion for logical and elegant debate. We were asked to debate on an ethical problem on-class, and I performed well due to my prior knowledge and practices. Afterwards, my teacher talked to me and said that I really got the gift for debating. The story sounds like a cliché, but it dawned on me that debate, what I have been chasing all the time, should not halt like this. For this reason, I rejoined the English debate club.

Joining NHSDLC is the first thing that we did (other than training) for this semester’s debate career; to me, it was the first thing ever in my career. The competition itself was intense and tiring, but what really triggered me was the excitement during every single debate: we did five debates on a single day, from 8:20 a.m. to 9:40 p.m. I was amazed by the environment, and I felt so nervous at the beginning of the debate procedure that I read the wrong case in the first debate.  At that time, I really understood what is nervous. I sweat and stood there embarrassed while I was reading, but I quickly realized the mistake and remade the constructive speech. It was the worst of all had I finished the speech because we will be lost instantly — at least that’s what my partner told me after match.

This experience made me alert, and I learned to treat every speech afterwards as carefully as I can. Scrambling, we made it to the advanced match at last. But at the very last match of the day, we met two experienced debaters from the US. With no doubt, we failed to defeat them, and I saw the difference in both skills and experience through the match. It was hard not to think that “we tried so hard, but got outstripped just because we were unlucky.” Yes, losing a match may due to both fortune and skill, but what really matters, other than winning or losing, was that I learned my passion of debating. The NHSDLC evoked me, about all the efforts that I devoted into debate and about what I really am during all these times: A debater.

来看看有过参赛经验的高一国际班

姜怡然同学想说的：

Something very personal...

When I sat still on the chair of pro side, facing our opponents and the judge, I got nervous as usual. With the similar placard that was printed with a bold typeface and the label of “NHSDLC”, I heaved a sigh and left a negative pep-talk. I knew I didn’t get well-prepared: three days in total for formal preparation(even Lorena and me could not imagine that we finished our contention and rebuttals in such a short time, with roughly 2000 words for each person.)

For the first two rounds in the morning, we had pro. We did JUST OKAY, considering our preparation time. However, I knew I didn’t get my groove on: I was so nervous that I didn’t complete my logical deduction fluently and I stumbled a lot. We had opposing teams stronger than us; some of them were even aggressive and experienced. I expected that I would be more familiar to the pro’s argument comparing to the con’s. Nevertheless, when I was in the crossfire with the second speaker, I knew that I failed to win the clash. He asked, “What is the reason that we don’t have WW3?” I forgot what I replied but I knew it was a mess. I recalled that after the debate, and I figured out that I could simply replied it is geoeconomics or the efforts we already taken to eliminate nuclear weapons, such as the treaty-NPT, that maintained the peace.

I didn’t got the trophy, but I learned some hard lessons. Being well-prepared helps to build confidence. No matter how good or bad we are in debating, it’s important to never fear of our inabilities.

最后，来听听高一国际班的

徐卓楠谈她的感受：

这个秋天是我第一次与同学单独组队，自主准备参加美式辩论比赛。Tina和我的准备时间可谓极其仓促，直到期中考试后的第一个晚上才将主要论点确定下来。因为以前有过一点点中文辩论经验，一场辩论的准备前后需要耗掉至少半个月的时间，才能够对论点进行更好的打磨。因此，三天的熬夜冲刺其实并不能将我们的付出化作以往备赛两周多的效果。在感叹时间都去哪了的同时，我们意识到了提前规划的重要性。

这次比我想象中的要疲劳。与中文辩论不同的是，美式辩论强调证据和表达的严谨性，因此逻辑和条理对我构成了很大的挑战；另外，自由辩论的时间减少使我在漫长的双人交锋之中需要想出大量的辩证思路；最后是两个辩题，四场比赛带给我的身心压力。确实，急迫的时间没能为我们带来很好的结果。因为我能力和经验的极度欠缺，很多观点并没有在临场时刻做到清晰的表述。

没有得到名次的惋惜不及这次经历带给我的收获。我很幸运自己能够有这样一次机会突破自己的舒适圈，不再在自由辩论中一言不发或者快乐的躺赢。我遇到了又强大又靠谱的的队友Tina，每一轮结束后帮助我了解自己在演讲中的问题和论点的缺陷，也和我进行了许多难忘的交流。她让我更深的记住了这次的比赛，不论是备赛的煎熬，比赛的紧张，两天三千多字的成就感，或是一切结束的那一刻的释然，我们一起体会。正是这些深刻的经历使美辩依旧吸引着我。

希望下一次尝试会更加成功！

撰稿：田心仪 王蘅源 姜怡然 徐卓楠

供图：姜怡然 田心仪

文稿编辑：田心仪

编辑：陈继男

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