对电视上的大学生辩论会,我一向不怎么喜欢,不过还是佩服那些巧舌如簧的学生竟有如此口才。最近读了一本专门讲辩论的书,使我深感自己的偏见与无知,从书中我充分意识到辩论的确是门很有实用价值的学问。书本叫《辩论与论辩》,作者是美国极负盛名的辩论界权威奥斯丁·J·弗里莱。能言善辩者,古往今来东方西方都不乏其人。我国历史上的纵横家、说客就是辩论界的高手,他们在历史上往往发挥人们难以想象的作用,只是我们没有人把这门学问或艺术系统化、理论化而已。奥斯丁·J·弗里莱以西方文化为背景,对辩论这一古老的学问和艺术,进行了 I have always been a little displeased with the debate on college students on television, but I still admire those gifted students who have such eloquence. Having recently read a book devoted to debate, I deeply feel my own prejudices and ignorance. From the book, I fully realize that the debate is indeed a very valuable academic. The book is called “Debate and Argument,” by Austin J. Freire, the preeminent American authoritative debate power. To be able to argue that throughout the ages, there is no shortage of people in the East. The lobbyists and lobbyists in the history of our country are the experts in the field of debate. They often play an unimaginable role in history, but no one of us systematically and theorized the theory or art. Austin J. Freire, in the context of Western culture, conducted an age-old debate and art