After Gan Shuangshuang, Yu Xiaoxin, Bai Xiaofu, and Dong Xiaoxian thought quietly for nearly half an hour, Liu Meng said loudly: "Do you know what you are debating now?" ”

Before Liu Meng asked this question, the three people except Gan Shuangshuang enthusiastically expressed their opinions; And now, except for Gan Shuangshuang, the other three shook their heads in unison, with a confused look on their faces.

Before Liu Meng didn't talk about the debate realm of "sitting and talking about the Tao", the three of them had a vague answer to why they were debating, but now, this vague answer is gone, so the three of them feel lost.

Liu Meng looked at Gan Shuangshuang and asked, "Shuangshuang, what do you think?" ”

Gan Shuangshuang rarely hesitated, but still said: "I think that when we use debating skills in real life, it is to persuade others to agree with our own opinions, as Mr. Liu said at the beginning. And when we are in the debate competition, we might as well think of the debate as a game, a meaningful game! ”

Gan added an accent on the word "meaningful", and several other people clearly heard it, and showed a thoughtful look.

Liu Meng smiled with satisfaction and said, "Shuangshuang is right - in fact, we can regard debate as a martial art and a weapon, and in real life we use it to defend and fight for the truth." The debate on the field is our honing of martial arts and weapons. ”

"Although this kind of training is of a game nature, it is quite meaningful, because we hone our debating skills on the field, and even explore and carry forward various methods of debating, and in real life, when we need to use the weapon of debate, it will be sharper, easier to achieve the desired goal, and easier to fight!"

Listening to Liu Meng's explanation, although Bai Xiaofu, Dong Xiaoxian, and Yu Xiaoxin couldn't help but secretly complain that Liu Meng always used martial arts things as metaphors, the confusion in his eyes finally disappeared, and became brighter and brighter.

The headmaster said. My heart is much brighter. Since debate exists, then there must be a reason for its existence! Bai Xiaofu was the first to speak.

Yu Xiaoxin then said: "I heard the principal say that 'sit and talk about the Tao', I feel that I am still far behind in debate, and I feel hopeless for the next debate competition. I didn't expect to break this shackle so easily, and I don't think we would fall into the ditch even if we encountered the kind of master that the principal said in the debate tournament. ”

Dong Xiaoxian's eyes lit up and said: "The debate competition is the grinding stone of our tongues, and we will definitely make good use of this grinding stone!" ”

At 7 o'clock in the evening of that day, the Organizing Committee of the National College Student Debate Tournament announced the grouping and competition mechanism of the finals on the Chinese debate website.

The 12 finalist teams were divided into four groups of three each. The first stage is called the group stage, and the debate team is PK against the other two debate teams in the same group. Those who won both games directly qualified to become one of the top four in the country. On the contrary, those who lost both games were eliminated directly.

As for the debate team that has won only one game, they can participate in the play-off and get the remaining place in the national semi-finals in the play-off.

As can be seen from this group competition method, it is very important which debating team is in the same group - if the other two teams in the group are weak, it means that there is a chance to qualify easily; If there are two strong teams in the same group, but they are relatively weak, it is very likely to be eliminated directly. And that's because grouping is important. The organizing committee chose the form of on-site lottery grouping to show fairness.

If one of the underdogs is drawn in the same group as the two strong teams, then don't blame the game mechanics, who is making you unlucky?

Next. The live draw and the subsequent group finals were held in an auditorium at Fudan University. Liu Meng, as the leader of the Tao University debate team, took the stage to draw lots on behalf of the whole team.

The draw was made in an opaque glass box containing 12 balls with the numbers "1, 2, 3, and 4" written on them. When you draw a ball with that number written on it, you will be in which team. It can be seen that this draw is really pure luck. There are no tricks to speak of.

In the end, Liu Meng drew the "3" ball, that is, the Taoda debate team was in the 3rd group. When the draw is over, it will be clear which debate teams each of the four groups has, and the other two debate teams in the third group are: Sichuan University Debate Team and Huang University Debate Team.

"It seems that I am lucky today, although the third group of the Nakagawa University debate team can be ranked in the upper echelon of 12 debate teams, it has only won one domestic championship. As for the other Huang University debate team, the strength is even more backward. After seeing the results of the grouping, Liu Meng smiled and said to Gan Shuangshuang beside him.

In fact, it was he who projected the aura of luck on himself. And now that the lottery has been drawn, he has transferred the aura of luck to Gan Shuangshuang.

At the same time, the other debating teams in the auditorium naturally analyzed each other with their peers after seeing the results of the grouping.

The area where the Sichuan University debate team is located.

"Teacher, your luck is really good today, you won the third group, and the strength of the Huangda debate team in the same group as us is obviously inferior to ours. As for the Peach University debate team, it is only three books, and it is the first time to participate in this kind of competition, not to mention the strength. A debater at Sichuan University said.

Another female debater joked: "Yes, teacher, you can buy a lottery ticket with all your luck, and you may be able to win the jackpot." ”

"The first few times we failed to enter the top four in the country, it was because of the bad grouping, and we were drawn to a group with perverts like Yan University, Nanda University, Jiang University, and Xi'an Jiaotong University. Well, maybe we have a chance to win a national first prize again. ”

"Anyway, this time we have a great opportunity to participate in the International University Debate."

The remaining two Sichuan debaters are similarly optimistic.

The team leader of Sichuan University was told by several students with a smile on his face, but he still did not forget to remind: "It's good to be in a group with a weak team, but you can't take it lightly." You must know that being able to enter the finals through the online debate knockout round shows that these debate teams have a certain strength. ”

"Hmm!" Several Sichuan students nodded in agreement, at least on the surface.

The area where the Huang University debate team is located.

"I actually got into the same group as Chuan, and it seems that it will be difficult for us to qualify directly this time." Huang Da was a debater.

Another debater noticed that the team leader's face was not good, and immediately said: "This group is good, if we draw a group with Xi'an Jiaotong University and Jiang University like last session, we can just give up." ”

"Yes, although the strength of the Sichuan University debate team is good, we are not without a chance to win. The most important thing is that there is a pink peach debate team - even if we lose to Sichuan University, it is always okay to win the peach university, right? In that case, we'll have a chance to fight in the playoffs. The third debater analyzed.

"Yes, yes." The last debater looked at the teacher's face and nodded in agreement.

[The first update of the guarantee arrives.] (To be continued.) )