第十四届外研社杯全国英语辩论赛大赛章程Word文档格式.docx

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The“FLTRPCUP”NationalEnglishDebatingCompetition（hereafterreferredtoas“theCompetition”）inauguratedin1997istheonlynationalEnglishdebatingeventinChina.TheFLTRPCUPNationalEnglishDebatingCompetitionisjointlyhostedbytheForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPress,CambridgeUniversityPressandtheInternationalDebateEducationAssociation（IDEA）,coordinatedbytheChinaEnglishLanguageEducationAssociation（CELEA）,EnglishSpeakingUnion（ESU）,EnglishLanguageLearningmagazine（ELL）,andsponsoredbyCASIO（Shanghai）.

2.CompetitionFormat

TheCompetitionshallbeconductedintheBritishParliamentaryDebatingStyle（alsoknownastheWorldUniversitiesDebatingChampionshipsStyle）asdefinedinPart2.

3.Requiredqualificationsforthecompetition

Adebatermustbearegisteredfull-timeundergraduateofChinesenationalityinaChineseterritoryeducationalinstitution. 

ThosewhohavewonoverseasawardsofthepastCCTVCUPEnglishSpeakingContestorpastFLTRPCUPNationalEnglishDebatingCompetitionareexcludedfromparticipatingintheFLTRPCup.

TheBritishParliamentaryformat

1.TheTeams

FourteamsoftwodebatersparticipateineachBritishParliamentarydebateround. 

Theteamssupportingthemotionarereferredtoasthe"

Proposition."

Theteamsarguingagainstthemotionareknownasthe"

Opposition"

teams. 

TwoteamsrepresenttheProposition:

theOpeningPropositionandtheClosingProposition. 

TwoteamsrepresenttheOpposition:

theOpeningOppositionandtheClosingOpposition. 

Eachoftheseteamscompetesagainstallotherteamsintheroundandwillberanked1stthrough4thattheconclusionofthedebate.

OpeningProposition

OpeningOpposition

ClosingProposition

ClosingOpposition

2.SpeakerOrder

Eachspeakerwillpresentasinglespeechintheorderprescribedbelow.

Speaker

CommonTitlesforSpeaker

Time

OpeningPropositionTeam,1stspeaker

"

PrimeMinister"

or“LeaderoftheProposition”

7minutes

OpeningOppositionTeam,1stspeaker

LeaderoftheOpposition"

OpeningPropositionTeam,2ndspeaker

DeputyPrimeMinister"

or"

DeputyLeaderoftheProposition"

OpeningOppositionTeam,2ndspeaker

DeputyLeaderoftheOpposition"

ClosingPropositionTeam,1stspeaker

MemberoftheProposition"

"

ClosingOppositionTeam,1stspeaker

MemberoftheOpposition"

ClosingPropositionTeam,2ndspeaker

PropositionWhip"

ClosingOppositionTeam,2ndspeaker

OppositionWhip"

3.Speechtiming

Eachspeechwillbe7minutes. 

PointsofInformationareallowedafterthefirstminuteandbeforethelastminuteofallspeeches.

Timingofthespeechbeginswhenthespeakerbeginsspeaking;

allmaterial—includingacknowledgements,introductions,etc.—willbetimed. 

Atimekeeperwillprovideaseriesofsignalsduringeachspeechasfollows:

Timing

Signal

1:

00

Singleringofabell（POIsallowed）

6:

Singleringofabell（POIsnolongerallowed）

7:

Doubleringofabell（Conclusionofspeakingtime）

15

Continuousringing（Conclusionofgraceperiod）

Oncethedoubleringhassounded,speakershavea15-second‘graceperiod’,duringwhichtheyshouldconcludetheirremarks.Thegraceperiodisnotatimefornewmattertobeintroduced,andanynewmatterofferedinthegraceperiodmaybediscountedbytheadjudicators.Speakerscontinuingafterthis‘graceperiod’maybepenalizedbytheadjudicationpanel.

4.SpeakerRoles

Eachspeakerhasaroleandeachspeechhasaspecificpurpose.Thedescriptionsofspeakerroleslistedbelowaresuggestiveandarenotintendedtobeexhaustiveorexclusive.Forreasonsthatvaryfromdebatetodebate,speakersmaysometimesneedtofulfillrolesnotmentionedhereandspeechesmaybeconstructedtoserveotherpurposesaslongasPropositionspeakersaffirmthemotionandOppositionspeakersopposeit.

Allspeakers,exceptthefinalspeakersforthePropositionandOpposition（PropositionandOppositionWhips）,shouldintroducenewmaterial.Alldebatersshouldrefutetheopposingteams’arguments,exceptthePrimeMinister.

RoleandResponsibility

LeaderoftheProposition”

Thefirstspeaker'

sresponsibilityistopresentacasesupportingthemotion.TheprimaryroleofOpeningPropositionteam,initiatedinthisspeech,istoestablishthefoundationformeaningfuldebateonthemotion.

“LeaderoftheOpposition"

TheOpeningOpposition'

sprimaryteamroleistocounterthefirstPropositionteam'

scasethroughdirectorindirectrefutationand/orprovidesubstantiveargumentsagainstthemotion. 

Thisspeakershouldrefutethe