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

"Dear guests and viewers, welcome to the first semi-final of the 2019 International College Debate hosted by Jiujiawa Xinli Media and China National Television."

At this time, a host wearing a purple professional suit was sitting on the podium in the center, talking to the camera.

Her name is Cen Ying, and she is the leading actress of Xinli Media in Jiujiawa, equivalent to the status of Ni Pingping, Zhou Shuitao and now Dong Qin of the National Television Station.

By sending such a heavyweight host as the host of the college debate competition, it is evident that Jiu Jiawa attaches great importance to this competition.

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

Team Wa..."

There was warm applause and boos mixed in.

As the hosts, they received the most applause and boos.

The applause is understandable, because they are playing at home, and most of the spectators who come are locals from Jiawawa, so they naturally want to support their country;

But this was the loudest boo... It was because Jiujiawa took advantage of playing at home to eliminate two teams that were slightly stronger than them.

Although in the debate, the public was right and the mother-in-law was right, but in the two obvious knockout matches, their opponents, the island nation team and the South Korean team, were the winners, but in the end it was Jiujiawa who won with a score of three to two.

victory.

Insider manipulation is very serious.

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

With applause and boos splitting evenly between 50 and 50, Cen Ying immediately took control of the field and continued to announce, "Hua Guowan Team from Group C, Laima Team from Group D, and Hua Guo Team from Group F!"

The entire audience gave warm applause to the last three teams.

Without it!

Because of their strength, they are well deserved!

The atmosphere at the scene had already become tense. Cen Ying did not say any nonsense. After briefly introducing each team, he directly announced the topic of the first debate and their respective sides, and finally announced: "...Invited

The affirmative comes to the cavalry team to make a speech."

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:

"Come on, we are actually on the opposite side? This fight is not advantageous!"

"What are you afraid of? Zhu Quan is here!"

"Yes, with Mr. Zhu Quan here, although he does not have an advantage in the situation, as long as he is well organized, he will definitely win!"

"It's difficult to win, but it doesn't mean that we will definitely lose. In the past two games, didn't our Chinese team also draw a side that was extremely difficult to say? Isn't it a comeback?"

"Money is definitely not the root of all evil! Ghosts are! Hahaha..."

"I think the debate competition is the best!"

"I think this debate topic is contradictory! They already said "money is not everything", and then debated "whether money is the root of all evil". This debate topic makes it clear at a glance!"

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

"Haha, correct answer!"

"High-end black!"

"I'm going to have a debate, so I came here to worship and learn from you!"

"Is there any big boss who can analyze the main arguments of the pros and cons? Give us debate noobs some popular science!"

“The opposing side only needs to cite examples and prove counterexamples!”

"Do you think Zhengfang won't guard against this move of yours?"

"I have ten years of debating experience. Although I have never been on the stage of a college debate competition, I have experienced a lot of debates, large and small, and I am a "debate veteran".

Let me analyze the theoretical framework of our Chinese team!

There are three points in total. 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.

Therefore, in my opinion, if the opposing side discusses within these three frameworks, it will never lose. Don’t be smart like the person in the previous game!”

"Hold the grass! The boss suddenly appears!"

“Professional analysis!”

"I don't know how serious it is!"

"In this way, it boils down to what the brother said before. Zhu Quanjia's decision not to join will not affect the overall situation. The most important thing is that Sun Qiang sits on the bench below!"

"Haha, the boss's advanced black!"

...

The barrages were sent non-stop, and the first debate of the horse team started.

All members of the horse team are men, and the one who is responsible for the first debate is the oldest one, a second-year graduate student in the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.

"Thank you, Chairman. Dear judges and audience, good evening.

The story of "Paradise Lost" in the Bible and the teachings of the Chinese sage Mencius both illustrate that "people do evil not because of their nature, but because of external temptations that make people lose their conscience."

So, with so many external temptations, why has money become the root of all evil?

First, money has the realistic legitimacy to be exchanged with any commodity at equal value.

On the one hand, money is both a symbol of wealth and a general equivalent. It has infinite potency, so it can incite people's endless greed.

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

It is the contradiction between the unlimited utility and limited possession of money that makes it more capable than any other item of arousing people's evil thoughts, thus causing people to lose their conscience and fall into evil."

Everyone listened quietly, while Zhu Quan and others used pens to extract the key points of what they just said on paper.

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

Laima team made a sign with a "2" and continued: "Second, money can not only make all the difference in the field of commodities, but also commercialize non-commodities.

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

Power and status can be purchased with money, chastity and reputation can be sold publicly, humanity and dignity are sold at a price, and even the laws of heaven and conscience are tainted with the smell of copper.

Shakespeare has long revealed that money can turn black into white, ugly into beautiful, wrong into right, and 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 profound root cause of a wide variety of evils that spread wantonly."

Hearing this, Zhu Quan looked at each other, and the corners of their mouths were slightly raised.

As previewed by Zhu Quan and others, the two views played by the Laima team are quite satisfactory, with no highlights and some abruptness.

What does "So, with so many external temptations, why is it that money has become the root of all evil?"?

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

It’s as if the argument begins even before the premises are established!

If this is changed to a sentence like "Money has the following attributes", and then after the first, second... etc. are completed, say "So it is not difficult for us to see that there are so many external temptations, but only money becomes the

The root of all evil..." It feels much better.

However, to be fair, Zhu Quan can give Laima team a good score of 80 for his performance so far.

It has flaws, but it's still pretty good.

This argument first explains the characteristics of money as a general equivalent in exchange, and it can be deduced that people can use money to get what they want, thus causing greed and rising to the level of evil;

The second point is that money can allow people to obtain some non-commodities, which further demonstrates the power of money, so that people can lose themselves for money.

Regarding the refutation of these two points, Zhu Quan and others had made plans, so they were naturally quite relaxed.

The TV camera once again focused on Jiang Ge, and Jiang Ge once again showed that refreshing smile.

Such a smile caused the viewers watching the live broadcast, especially the male viewers, to cover their chests and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, saying: "Ah ah ah, this smile is almost going to melt my heart."
Chapter completed!