The day after the online debate ended, Gan Shuangshuang and the four of them did not go out to hang out, but stayed in the hotel to recharge their energy and wait for the finals of the college debate tournament the next day.

Of course, in the hotel, several people did not stay in their respective rooms, eat, sleep and eat, but gathered together to exchange knowledge, skills, experiences, and even discuss tactics. Liu Meng, as the leader of several people, and the person who taught several people dialectics before, was naturally on the sidelines, and occasionally speaking, it would make several people feel empowered.

"Look at the word 'debate', it is written in ancient style, and it is not much different from now. It has a 'Xin' on each side, a left-handed one on the left, and a right-handed one, each holding one end, and the word 'Yan' is sandwiched between them. The true meaning of the word 'debate' is actually reflected in the font structure. ”

"And the core of the debate is the word 'debate', and the debate competition is like the structure of this word - neither point of view can be completely competent to judge who is right and who is wrong, both have reason, and they can also find corresponding arguments. In the debate competition, the debater must rely on his speech skills and thinking ability to win the debate. ”

"The two direct abilities required in the debate competition are naturally language expression ability and logical thinking ability, and at the same time, comprehensive ability in other aspects is also very important. For a long time in the past, there have been some debaters who have been confused about which one should focus on language expression and logical thinking, just like the members of these debate teams that we are participating in now, some of them are all science and engineering, and some are all liberal arts. ”

In fact, logical thinking ability and language expression ability are equivalent to internal skills and moves in martial arts for debate. Logical thinking ability is internal strength, language expression ability is a move, if you want to become a real master, you can only reach a fairly high level in both aspects. ”

When Liu Meng said these words, the four of them listened with bright eyes, even Gan Shuangshuang. And all of them had a flash of enlightenment in their eyes.

After pondering for a while in Liu Meng's words, Bai Xiaofu said: "Principal, what you said is indeed thought-provoking, and it makes me feel that I have a more thorough understanding of the debate. But I don't understand, what is the use of understanding the meaning of the debate itself for our next debate competition? ”

When the other people heard this, they all looked at Liu Meng, and they all had some similar doubts in their eyes.

Several people knew that Bai Xiaofu was not questioning what Liu Meng said just now, but believed that Liu Meng was not untargeted when he said these words, and he didn't understand where to use them. That's why I asked.

Seeing this, Liu Meng smiled slightly, and did not answer directly, but asked another question: "What do you think the debate is for?" ”

Hearing Liu Meng's words, the four of them were stunned, but they quickly came back to their senses and expressed their opinions.

"Didn't you say earlier in your lecture that debate is about convincing the other side to agree with your point of view." Yu Xiaoxin was the first to say.

Bai Xiaofu also said, "Yes, debate is to persuade others." ”

Dong Xiaoxian clenched his fists and said, "Debate is a battle to defend the truth!" ”

Only Gan Shuangshuang frowned slightly under Liu Meng's gaze, thinking and not speaking.

After a while. Seeing that Gan Shuangshuang didn't think about a result, Liu Meng said: "I did say before that the purpose of debate is to persuade the other party to agree with your own point of view, but there is a premise here that you ignore - that is, the point of view is your own. What does that mean? That's when you convince others to believe it. You have to believe it yourself. But if you don't believe it yourself, how can you convince others? ”

"For example, the debate topic in yesterday's online debate, 'which is more important to cure ignorance and poverty', when you see the debate. Do you really think that the positive side you represent, 'It is more important to cure ignorance than poverty' is correct? ”

Hearing Liu Meng's words, Bai Xiaofu couldn't help but smile embarrassedly. "Principal, in fact, I have always thought that poverty alleviation is more important. ”

Dong Xiaoxian said: "Principal, you said that these things are a bit confusing to me. ”

"Is this confused?" Liu Meng smiled, "In this way, your winning rate in the later debate matches is not high, and if you don't understand this problem, you will even lose badly." ”

Several people looked at each other, and they didn't want to believe Liu Meng's words.

If a few people were still conservative in their estimation of their own strength before, after defeating the debate teams of Dongshan University and Shenjiao University one after another, several people already knew what level their level was among college students, so why didn't they lose miserably like Liu Meng said?

Just when a few people were troubled, Liu Meng opened his mouth and said something that seemed irrelevant.

"I believe that when you first learned to debate, you all learned about various styles of debate, such as eloquence, fancy debate, plain debate, etc. You are also familiar with the various debating techniques and tactics, and you have been able to use them well to win the tournament in the debate tournaments you have experienced before. However, there is one level of problem that you have not been exposed to. ”

These words seemed very unfathomable, which made the appetites of the four of them suddenly aroused, and they looked at Liu Meng with great concentration.

"Let's find a metaphor with a little image, for example, a martial arts practitioner in martial arts, he may not only have extremely high internal skills, but also outstanding moves, as I said before. seems to have become the first person in martial arts. But can such an invincible position? Not necessarily. If he doesn't know what he is learning martial arts for, no matter how high his martial arts are, they are like floating duckweed, which can only be blown away by rain and wind. ”

"And in the debate, there are similar problems. When debating with ordinary opponents, this question usually goes unnoticed. But in the real master debate, this question is at the core. You don't know what you're debating for, and it's easy to have the same thought as Bai Xiaofu before when you see the debate -- 'I actually agree with the opposing viewpoint'. ”

"When you meet a real debater, he will directly hook you up and beat you to the root. At that time, no matter how good your logical thinking ability is, no matter how strong your language expression ability, you will not be able to return to heaven. ”

"I said before that logical thinking is equivalent to internal strength, and verbal expression is equivalent to moves, so understanding what you are arguing for is equivalent to your Tao. In the top debate competition, the real master duel is always sitting and discussing, and methods and skills can only be reduced to auxiliaries. If you don't have your own way, how can you talk to others? ”

Liu Meng stopped when he said this, and looked at the few people who were lost in thought with a smile on his face.

At this time, whether it is Bai Xiaofu, Dong Xiaoxian, Yu Xiaoxin, or the brilliant Gan Shuangshuang, they all have a very deep feeling for Liu Meng's words - Rao Gan Shuangshuang and Yu Xiaoxin, who have been in contact with debate since their first year of high school, have never thought that there would be such a debating realm of "sitting and discussing"!

[The second update of the guarantee arrives.] Xiu Shen knows that his writing is not good, and the update is not powerful, but he is really writing with his heart. No matter what, thank you for your support! (To be continued.) )

PS: Self-cultivation is actually a scum who has never participated in a formal debate competition, and I didn't expect that one day I would rely on checking the information to understand and elaborate on the debate so profoundly - Gaga, you are not mistaken, there is no excerpt from the content of the information, it is all self-cultivation's own understanding. The fallacy is just a smile, in fact, it is Liu Meng pretending to be forced in front of the students.