英语辩论范文

辩论式范文

ATM-Automatic Teller Machine

(1) 有人认为自动取款机方便了我们的生活。

(2) 有人认为自动取款机给我们的生活带来了麻烦。

(3) 我的看法

范文：

Nowadays, ATM assumes an important part in people’s life. Like anything else, ATM has both favorable and unfavorable aspects.

ATM has so many advantages. In the first place, ATM is convenient. People can draw money from it with a card everywhere. Besides, it is safe. If you lose your card, you don’t need to worry about it because people have to enter password in order to get money. Most important of all, when people need money at night, they can find a round-clock ATM and easily draw his money. Therefore, ATM solves the problem of money shortage.

Just as everything has two sides, ATM is of no exception. To begin with, if someone inputs a wrong password three times by chance, ATM will withhold the card. To make matter worse, sometimes there is no money in some ATM,

which makes people in urgent need of money quite disappointed or even indignant. Worst of all, if someone forgets password, he will not draw money from ATM. There is sometimes a long queue in front of ATM, which wastes a lot of time.

Despite these disadvantages, an increasing number of people tend to use the ATM for the sake of/out of convenience and safety. I believe the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. And the drawbacks of the ATM will be desired little by little.

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Can Money Buy Happiness? You should write no less than 100 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:

1. 有人认为金钱是幸福之本 (source of happiness)

2. 也有人认为金钱是万恶之源 (root of all evil)

3. 我的看法

范文：

Can money buy happiness? Various people have various answers. Some people think that money is the source of happiness. With money, one can buy whatever he enjoys. With money, one can do whatever he likes. So, in their minds,

money can bring comfort, security, and so on. Money, as they think, is the source of happiness.

But there are still a lot of others who think that money is the root of all evil. Money drives people to steal, to rob, and to break the law. A lot of people became criminals just because they were in search of money. And in the Western countries, there is nothing that can’t be bought by money. Many people lose their own lives when hunting it.

I think that money is essential to life and we cannot do without money. But even though money is necessary to life, it can’t buy happiness. Happiness is not something that can be measured by money. It is a state of mind. One can have plenty of money, with which he can buy whatever he wants, and at the same time he is not happy because he is never satisfied or he is troubled by various kinds of problems. Therefore, although money is necessary for a happy life, it can’t buy happiness.

For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Reading Selectively Or Extensively? You should write at least 100 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:

1. 有人认为读书要有选择

2. 有人认为应当博览群书

3. 我的看法

Reading Selectively Or Extensively

范文：

Some people think when we read we should read selectively. That is to say, we should select some books we are interested in and ignore the others. Reading selectively can help us concentrate our limited time and attention on those selected books.

Others think we should read extensively. No matter what kind of book it is, we should look it over. We should read various kinds of books, whether we are interested in them or not. They maintain that reading extensively can help to enlarge our view and grasp the general knowledge in different fields.

In my opinion, the two reading ways have their roles respectively in our reading. However, the disadvantages of each methods are easy to see. If we only read the books we select or prefer, the framework of our knowledge may not be complete. Our knowledge would be rather limited. And if we read without selection, we may not have so much time and energy to be specialized in one particular field. Therefore, the combination of the two methods is more reasonable.