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摘得桂冠

DP学子“雅思杯”高中英语辩论夺冠

　　夏日的暖风鼓动青春的朝气，年轻的梦想开启崭新的篇章。

　　7月18日，为期4天的2013年“雅思杯”上海市高中英语辩论锦标赛在上海兴韦学院落下帷幕。在这四天中，我校5名学生——新十年级罗彦亭、张卿宁、裘立尔、陈子唯与新十一年级刘迤衡在赛场上留下了世外人雄辩的飒爽英姿，荣膺桂冠。

　　赛场上的4天里，我们斗智斗勇。不论是同南汇中学的唇枪舌战，还是与市三女中的“狭路相逢”，或是总决赛和浦外激烈的思想碰撞，每一场比赛都让我们印象深刻。在场上，每一位辩手机智的反应能力、敏锐的洞察能力、严密的逻辑性以及优秀的团队协作能力使每一场博弈都精彩纷呈；队员们英语口语的流利应用、铿锵有力的自我阐释和你来我往的观点碰撞，更让辩论赛推上了一个又一个的高潮。在与各校高手切磋过后，我们深感比赛的激烈，同时更为此而斗志昂扬。

　　赛场下的4天里，我们共享美好时光。

　　在过五关斩六将的过程中，我们不仅为了场上的每一分钟而不断思索、努力拼搏，同时也享受着每一个加班的夜晚与队员们共度的快乐时光。在一间不大的房间里，同学和老师们摆着不同的姿态，在房间各个角落积极地为辩论搜索资料、撰写文稿。不间断的头脑风暴，激发了我们内在的潜能，同时也让我们学会了聆听他人和表达自我。虽然每一个晚上，我们都备战到凌晨，可是每一个人都分外珍惜这一同奋斗的时光。这一份为团队荣誉而战的凝聚力和不可多得的友谊，还有风趣幽默的笑话和不绝于耳的欢笑声，都是我们这一次参赛最灿烂的回忆。

　　同时，我们发自内心地感谢老师们的付出和世外校友们的支持。我们的带队老师沈旭琰和尤宇思是我们的最佳智囊团，他们帮助我们把握辩题的中心思想，换位思考对方的立场从而为我们出谋划策，同时也不忘给我们紧张的准备期间带去欢乐与轻松。还有世外的校友们，他们给予了我们支持与信心，让我们充满了力量，让我们意识到世外大家庭的温馨。

　　仍记得最后一天与浦外之间你来我往的攻势，记得当评委宣布“冠军是世界外国语中学”时的喜出望外，还有看到那金灿灿的奖杯递交到我们手上时那溢于言表的激动。大赛的完美落幕为这为期四天的比赛画下句点。我们勇得荣耀，同时收获一份独一无二的回忆，印刻着这个夏天我们思想的升华，和青春的绽放。

　　挥别过去，迈向未来。我们期待明年再次在赛场相见。

文：Pre-DP10（1）班 裘立尔

　　On July 15, 2013 and the following three days, we had and won four debates in the 9th Shanghai Senior High School Students English Debate, including the final. The team representing WFLMS consisted of five students, Louisa Liu, Raven Luo, Simon Chen, Yolanda Qiu and me, guided and advised by two charming teachers, Shen Xuyan and You Yusi.

　　Please take a quick look at our schedule: getting up at 7 am, debates at 1 pm, horror movies at 2 pm, preparation at 8 pm, and going to bed at 3 am. However, those days were more attractive in retrospect, because as Milan Kundera put it, now what was tiring had disappeared and only the beauty remained.

　　It was worth it because we enjoyed ourselves before, during and after each competition. And hereby I give a list of our motions and sides for the four debates: Students should be free to choose their major after they enter college, opposition. Celebrities breaking a law should receive harsher punishments, proposition. Standardized tests do more harm than good in the education of students, opposition. We should allow endangered species to go extinct, proposition. I wouldn’t say that we had the best luck in getting our motions and sides, but with much assist of our teachers, we always managed to find the essence of each topic and our best hit to our opponents.

　　One of the sentimental moments of our stay might’ve been the third day, when both sides, including the host, were WFLMS alumni. And on the awarding ceremony, when Louisa proposed all WFLMS alumni present sing the school song together, more than a dozen of students from different schools rose and joined with pride. We are grateful to have gone to this contest, made acquaintances with students from top schools and had unforgettable memories.

　　Accompanied by milk-tea menu, Indian accent, intriguing video, and our mascot, WFLMS teddy, we made it to the last and reaped the laurels.

Victoria Zhang
PreDP10 (2)