英文辩论-出国留学的优缺点

开场（张太伟）Nowadays,manypeopleliketostudyabroad.Studyingabroadisoftenconsideredasagreatopportunitywhichwillleadtobrightfutureinone'srideofpassage.Notonlycanwelearndifferentculturesandknowledgefromforeigncountries,studyingabroadcanalsoenrichourlives.Onecoinhastwosides.Likewise,differentpeoplehavedifferentminds.Conservativeandnegativeconcernsaboutstudyingabroadhavebeengraduallyemergingfromoursociety.Peoplestarttowonderwhatgoeswrongwithstudyingabroad.Thereareacoupleofissuesworthofourdiscussions.优势1（张俊杰）：Inmyopinions，Ithinkstudyingabroadisadvantageous.Themostobviousadvantagetooverseasuniversitystudyisreal-lifeuseofadifferentlanguage.Whileapersoncanstudyaforeignlanguageinhisorherowncountry,itcannotcomparewithconstantuseofthelanguageinacademicandeverydaylife.Thereisnobetteropportunitytoimprovesecond-languageduringone’sstudiesoffersadistinctadvantagewhenoneisapplyingforjobsbackhomethatrequirethelanguage.缺点1（赵永康）：Idonotagreewithyourpointofview.Disadvantagesofstudyingabroadmayaffectone'slifeculturallyandeconomically.WeChinesewillexperienceculturalshocksifwestudyabroadandliveinanothercountry.Somepeersmaynotbeabletoadapttoanewenvironmentoftheirstudyingandliving,whichmaybeverydifferentfromthatoftheirs.Lifeisbeautiful,anditishard.Ifonedoesnotfeelcomfortablewiththenewcultureofanothercountry,hewillnotbehappyaboutstudyinginthatcountry.优势2（张书军）：Idon’tthinkso.Studyingabroad,youlearntotakecareofyourself.Livinginanothercountry,evenifitiswithahostfamily,meansyoumightbedoingthingsyoumaynothavedoneinyourhomecountry.Theseincludecooking,cleaning,groceryshopping,washingclothes,figuringouttransportation,makinglivingarrangements,settingupaccountsforcellphonesandutilities,etc.Youmaythinkofthisasadisadvantage,butmanyinternationalstudentsgohomeproudthattheyhavebecomeveryselfsufficient.缺点2（张太伟）：Doyouknowstudyingabroadwillcoststudentsagreatdealoflivingexpenses?SomeChinesestudentsaresoacademicallysuccessfulthattheyreceivescholarshipsintheirstudies.However,mostpeerswhostudyabroaddonotreceivescholarships.Furthermore,theyhavetodealwithmanyunexpectedhardshipsbylivingawayfromtheirparentsandhomeland.Forexample,medicalinsurance,dailyfoods,clothes,rentsandtransportationcangeneratealargeamountoflivingexpenses.Oftentime,theyneedtoheavilydependontheirparents'overseasmonthlypayments.优点3（张书军）：Yes,itmaycostalotofmoney,butdonotspendmoneytodosomething?Studyingabroad,youmakememoriesthatwilllastalifetime.Yourpictures,journals,andsouvenirswillhelpyourememberyourtimeabroad,butyourmemoriesandemotionsofthisspecialtimewillalsobeapartofyourlifeuntilyouareveryold.缺点3（赵永康）：Don’tyouknowstudyingabroadisveryhard.Youwillprobablyhavetimeswhenyoumissyourfamily,friends,food,andeverythingfamiliar.Almosteveryonegoesthroughsomecultureshock.Youwillhavetorealizeandacceptthatitwilltakesometimetoadjusttoanewwayofliving.总结（张俊杰）：Inthisdebatewehavenotawinner,butwehaveacommonunderstandingthatdifferentpeoplehavedifferentviewsonstudyingabroad.Sohowcanyouknowifstudyingabroadisrightforyou?First,startbytalkingtopeoplewhohavealreadydoneit.Ofcourseeveryonewillhavehisorherownexperienceandpointofview,butitcanbereallyhelpfultohearwhatotherpeoplehavetosay.Ifyoudon'tknowanyonewhohasstudiedabroad,askothersabouttheirexperiencesthroughtheinternet.