在2024-2025春季大湾区WSDA即兴辩论活动开幕式上，来自哈罗香港国际学校的陈雋皓Jason作为选手代表发言。
Jason在本次2024-2025春季大湾区WSDA即兴辩论活动中获得了三等奖。Jason并非一开始就是“辩论大神”，他靠十数个周末跨城奔波、一次次推翻自我的努力，换来如今的沉稳与闪光。
辩论的征途并非一片坦途，在这一过程中，我们见证了他凭借着坚持不懈的精神和脚踏实地的态度，最终收获满满。
发言稿
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初识辩论：起点充满挑战，但意义非凡
Good morning everyone! My name is Jason, I am thrilled to be here today to share my debate journey with you.
大家早上好！我是 Jason。今天站在这里，想和大家分享一段关于 “突破” 与 “热爱” 的成长故事 —— 我的辩论之旅。
I started my debate journey 2 years ago. At the beginning, I didn’t really like it nor enjoy it! I took part in some basic training in Hong Kong with a few of my friends and then tried participating in my first ever debate competition in my life, that is the Impromptu Debate Competition in Shenzhen. Without proper training and debate experiences, I lost and didn’t get any prize as it was my first time participating so it was expected.
两年前，我第一次接触辩论。坦白说，最初的体验称不上美好。我和几个朋友在香港参加了一些基础训练后便开始参加了人生中第一次辩论赛——WSDA大湾区即兴辩论。由于缺乏专业的训练和辩论经验，那一场我输了，也未拿到任何奖项。当然那是我第一次参赛，所以输了也是自己意料之中的事。
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迎难而上：从反思到突破，重新上路
I lost a couple times and started to get very mad at myself and kept thinking why I couldn’t improve, and to realize that the debate training that I took part in was WSD which is a different debate format compared with Impromptu Debate. The rules and judging criteria are totally different as well!
如果说第一次失利是在预料之中，那么接下来几场的连续失败，让我陷入了深深的自我怀疑。直到有一次，在一次复盘中，我突然意识到一个关键问题：我一直用 WSD 辩论的思维去应对即兴辩论的赛场，而这两种辩论形式在规则和策略上是有很大差异的。
Driven by the strong desire to win, I sacrificed my leisure time for 10 weekends, going all the way from Hong Kong to Shenzhen attending the Impromptu Debate training. The training was really helpful in that I had my skills uplifted, understood how to do cross fire, final focus and how to impress the judges in an effective way.
在强烈的求胜欲望驱使下，我决定作出改变。这个改变，始于连续十个周末的跨城奔波。每个周六的清晨，我从香港出发，前往深圳接受系统培训。在导师的指导下，我反复练习，逐步掌握了交叉盘问、总结陈词（Final Focus）、以及如何在短时间内给评委留下深刻印象的技巧。这段学习经历极大地提升了我的辩论能力。
The third time I competed in the impromptu debate competition, I won the first prize! I felt amazed and ecstatic when my name got announced. The beautiful thing about debating was not about what prize I got, it’s really about the experience, learning, fun and excitement you have there. I also realized myself becoming more confident and could act quite aggressively on my rebuttal which eventually led me to win more competitions.
第三次参赛的那一天，当评委宣布我获得一等奖时，我感到惊喜与欣喜交织。但就在那一刻，我突然意识到：辩论真正的魅力，不在于赢得了什么奖项，而是在于过程中收获的成长、经验、乐趣与激情。辩论让我变得更加自信，也让我学会了积极反驳与思辨，这也成为我赢得更多比赛的关键。
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坚持热爱：舞台属于每一个不放弃的人
As I got better and better I became more motivated towards debating. I started to do WSD and other types of debate competitions. In those debate competitions I met new friends who later became my debate partners. Together we won competitions too! Then I became more passionate about debating and really enjoyed it the most! Whenever I had a chance to work on any prepared motions, I worked as hard as possible to make myself fully prepared.
随着实力的提升，我也逐渐开启了更多“战场”：WSD 辩论、议会制辩论、政策辩论……这些不同的形式让我看到了思辨世界的多样与深度。在比赛中，我也结识了许多新朋友，我们从“对手”变成了“搭档”，并肩作战，共同赢得比赛！从那时起，我对辩论的热爱越来越深。我开始真正享受每一次备稿、每一次上场、每一次交锋。每当有机会练习时，我都会全力以赴，力求做到最好。
Now, I believe everyone can be a great debater as long as you keep learning, working hard and enjoy every moment of debating!
现在，我坚信：只要你肯学习、肯坚持，并愿意热爱这个过程，每个人都可以成为优秀的辩手。
Good luck to everyone and always remember, never give up!
最后，祝大家好运，请记住：永不言弃！
辩论，是一场属于成长的修行
Jason的故事告诉我们：真正的突破，不是拿了第几，而是在一次次失败中仍然选择相信自己。
辩论不是一场关于输赢的较量，而是意志与思维的锻炼场。真正的胜利，从来不是站上领奖台的那一刻，而是在一次次否定中找到方向、在质疑中重塑自我之后，依然敢于说出自己的立场，坚定表达。
