As the opening animation and music began to play, the first semi-finals of "College Debating Competition" began to be live.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the first semi-finals of the 2019 International Collegiate Debate hosted by Xinli Media and Huaguo National Television."

At this time, a host wearing a purple professional suit sat on the ** stage in the center and talked eloquently to the camera.

Her name is Cen Ying, and she is the head of the old Xinli Media, which is equivalent to the status of Ni Pingping, Zhou Shuitao, and now Dong Qin.

Sending such a heavyweight host as the host of the college debate tournament shows that Jiu Jianwa attaches great importance to this competition.

With a smile on her face, Cen Ying continued: "In the past two weeks, the four teams that have reached the semi-finals have all gone through the first four group stage games and two knockout games, and they are the old team from Group A..."

There was warm applause and boos mixed with the scene.

As the hosts, they applauded and booed the most.

The applause is easy to understand, because they are fighting at home, and most of the spectators who come are locals from the old depression, and naturally they want to support their country;

But this boo is the loudest... That's because the old depression took advantage of the home game and eliminated two teams slightly higher than them in succession.

Although in the debate match, the public said that the public was reasonable, but the two obvious knockout matches should have been won by their opponents, the island nation team and the South Korean team, but in the end, the old depression won by a score of 3-2.

Insider manipulation is very serious.

It can be said that it is the representative of the backstage team.

With applause and boos, Cen Ying immediately took control of the field and continued to announce, "Huaguo Wanwan team from Group C, Laima team from Group D, and Huaguo team from Group F!" ”

The audience gave a warm round of applause to the last three teams.

Without it!

Because of their strength, well deserved!

The atmosphere at the scene was already tense, Cen Ying didn't talk nonsense, and after briefly introducing each team, he directly announced the topic of the first debate and their respective holders, and finally announced: "... I would like to invite the team to speak. ”

At this time, when the audience learned that the debate topic was "Is money the root of all evil", the barrage was already flying lively:

"I'll go, we're actually the opposite? This one is not advantageous in fighting! ”

"What are you afraid of, there is Zhu Quan here!"

"Yes, with Zhu Quan's boss, although he doesn't have an advantage on the scene, as long as this is clear, he will definitely win!"

"Just because it's hard doesn't mean you're going to lose. In the first two competitions, didn't our Huaguo team also draw an extremely difficult side? Isn't it also a reversal! ”

"Money is certainly not the root of all evil! Ghost animals are! Ahaha..."

"I think the debate is!"

"I think this argument is a paradox! They all said that "money is not omnipotent", and then debated "whether money is the root of all evil", and this debate topic is clear at a glance! ”

"I think the most important thing is not that Zhu Quan is here, but that there is no Sun Qiang!"

"Haha, right!"

"Premium Black!"

"I'm going to have a debate, I'm here to worship and learn!"

"Is there a big guy who will analyze the main arguments of the pros and cons? Give us these debate novices popular science! ”

"The opposing side only needs to give examples and prove counterexamples!"

"You don't think the square will guard against you?"

"I have ten years of experience in debate, although I have not been on the stage of the college debate competition, but I have also experienced a lot of debates large and small, and I have become a "debate veteran".

Let me give you an analysis of the theoretical framework of our Chinese team!

There are three points, first, money does not have initiative; Second, the root of all evil is the root of all evil. Third, money does not have the fundamental nature of the source.

So, in my opinion, the opponent will definitely not lose if they discuss within these three frameworks, don't be as clever as someone on the field! ”

"Hold the grass! Surprise the big guy! ”

"Professional analysis!"

"I don't know!"

"In this way, it still comes down to what the brother said before, Zhu Quanjia does not join and does not affect the overall situation, and Sun Qiang sitting on the cold bench below is the most important thing!"

"Haha, the big guy's senior black!"

...

The barrage kept sending, and the first debater of the horse team got up and began to discuss.

All the men who came to the team were men, and the one who was in charge of the debate was the oldest one, a second-year graduate student in the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.

"Thank you**. Good evening, judges, audience.

The story of "Paradise Lost" in the Bible and the teachings of Mencius, the sage of China, both show that "it is not natural nature for man to be evil, but external temptations that cause him to lose his conscience."

So, there are so many external temptations, why is it that money has become the root of all evil?

First, money has the practical legitimacy of being exchanged for any commodity.

On the one hand, money is both a symbol of wealth and a general equivalent. It has infinite potency and therefore can stir up infinite greed.

But on the other hand, everyone's possession of money is limited, and unlimited desires cannot be satisfied.

It is precisely the contradiction between the infinite utility and the limited possession of money that makes it more than any other object arouse the idea of non-division in the human heart, and thus make people lose their conscience and fall into evil. ”

Everyone listened quietly, while Zhu Quan and others used a pen to refine the main points of what they had just said on the manuscript paper.

As a debater, you must have the ability to summarize and refine the "essence" from a large paragraph in a very short period of time.

The team drew a "2" and continued: "Second, money can not only call for wind and rain in the field of commodities, but also commoditize non-commodities.

It is not only a symbol of material wealth, but also a bargaining chip for spiritual values.

Power and status can be bought with money, chastity and reputation can be sold publicly, humanity and dignity can be sold for a price, and even heavenly principles and conscience are stained with the smell of copper.

Shakespeare has long revealed that money can turn the black into white, the ugly into beautiful, the wrong into right, and the humble into noble.

It is precisely because money has such boundless power to confuse right and wrong and turn things upside down that it has become a deep source of breeding for the unbridled spread of a wide variety and number of evils. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Quan glanced at each other left and right, and the corners of several people's mouths rose slightly.

Like the rehearsal by Zhu Quan and others, the two points played by the Laima team are decent, there are no bright spots, and there are some abruptness.

What do you mean by "So, there are so many external temptations, why is it that money has become the root of all evil?" ”？

At the beginning, when neither side has put forward any arguments, this kind of "why" question is very abrupt, and the order of causality is reversed!

It's as if the argument starts before the premise is even true!

If this is changed to a sentence like "money has the following attributes", then in the first, second... When we were done, it was much better to say, "So it is not difficult for us to see that there are so many external temptations, but only money is the root of all evil..."

However, in all fairness, so far, Zhu Quan can give him a good score of 80 for the performance of the horse team.

Although there are flaws, it is still quite good.

The first of these arguments illustrates the property that money can be exchanged as a general equivalent, so that it can be deduced that people can use money to get what they want, thus causing greed and thus rising to the level of evil;

The second point is that money can give people access to some non-goods, which further shows the power of money, so that people can lose themselves for money.

For the refutation of these two points, Zhu Quan and others have made a plan, which is naturally quite relaxed.

The camera of the TV once again shone on Jiang Ge, and Jiang Ge once again showed that refreshing smile.

Such a smile attracted the viewers who watched the live broadcast, especially those male viewers, to cover their chests and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Ahhh ”