学期过半，清华附中国际部演讲与辩论社的队员们活跃在各种各样的辩论比赛中，分别在十月参加了全美辩论联赛和中国高中生美式辩论联赛的两场线上辩论赛，在十一月参加了久违的中国高中生美式辩论联赛线下比赛。在这两个月的比赛中，国际部的辩手都展现出了自己的风采，取得了极大的进步，成为了更好的辩手和演讲者。
In the month of October and November, the THIS Speech and Debate team went to two online virtual debate tournaments and one offline debate tournaments. For each of them, our debaters showed great progress in becoming better debaters and orators.
OCTOBER NSDA
十月 · 全美辩论联赛
10月17-18日，国际部派出14名辩论经验不同的优秀辩手参加了全美辩论联赛。他们中的许多人是第一次参加高中公开组的比赛，但都表现得非常出色。我们希望队员们可以继续延续对辩论的激情。
On October 17-18th, we sent 7 pairs of talented orators and debaters with varying debate experience. For many of them, this was their first time participating in the high school open division and all of them performed exceptionally well. Keep up the passion and enthusiasm you all have for debate!
本次比赛晋级八强的有：Brian、Oscar、Kevin、Richie、Sonia和Kelly。每位队员都在辩论中表现非常出色。在这里，我们热烈祝贺大家成功晋级第二天的比赛！
There were a ton of people who broke into octa finals. Brian, Oscar, Kevin, Richie, Sonia, and Kelly all did fantastic jobs at debating. Congratulations on making it to day two, everyone!
Anya、Amy、Jessica和Eileen进入了四分之一决赛。一分耕耘一分收获，他们的努力帮助他们赢得了这个的成绩，并在辩论赛中表现出了令人称赞的精神和斗志。
For Anya and Amy, the synergetic duo advanced into the quarterfinals. Impressive stuff, you two! You both worked very hard and earned that title. Jessica and Eileen also advanced into quarterfinals and showed their fighting spirit in their debate matches.
Evelyn和Lina一路进入半决赛，这样的成绩让我们感到十分自豪。在面对经验丰富的对方辩手时，Evelyn和Lina没有退缩，以勇气和必胜的决心面对比赛战斗了到最后。他们精彩的比赛吸引了很多观战者，学生们纷纷涌入bilibili直播间观看这场激烈精彩的辩论赛。我们队伍中有许多辩手在这场比赛荣获了辩手个人奖，这也侧面印证了国际部辩论团队的优异。让我们看看此次辩论赛国际部获得的辩手个人奖都有哪些吧：
We’re incredibly proud to announce Evelyn and Lina advanced all the way to the semifinals round and despite facing experienced debaters, still didn’t cave in and fought till the very end. Their bravery and determination was witnessed by many as people flocked into the bilibili live rooms to get a view of the intense final NSDA debate round.
Many of the debaters who debated got speaker awards: our debate team is full of talented orators。
演讲者奖项
Speaker Awards
Kelly –最佳演讲奖 Best Speaker Award
Amy – 最佳演讲者第四名 4th Speaker Award
Evelyn – 最佳演讲者第五名 5th Speaker Award
Oscar – 最佳演讲者第五名 6th Speaker Award
Brian – 最佳演讲者第五名 7th Speaker Award
Sonia – 最佳演讲者第五名 9th Speaker Award
我们也再次恭喜我们优秀的辩手们，以出众的演讲和辩论能脱颖而出。现在让我们来听听参赛者们对这次辩论赛的感受吧！
All of these debaters received speaker awards for their outstanding debate abilities. Now let’s hear about what people feel about this debate tournament experience!
Eileen Jiao G11
Eileen 表示此次线上辩论赛对她来讲是一次很好的学习机会。“这是一次非常有趣的经历，尤其是当你不断的告诉自己要突破自己的舒适圈，并享受这种感觉。辩论赛会让你处在一种持续的思维过程中，需要不断的组织论点再表达出来等等……总的来说，这是一次非常值得尝试的活动。”
Eileen stated that the online debate she attended was a valuable learning experience for her, mentioning that “it was certainly a very interesting experience, especially if you tell yourself to step out of the comfort zone and enjoy it. It requires you to be in a constant state of thinking, generating arguments and communicating, etc.. Overall, I would say it was worth it.”
Oscar非常喜欢线上辩论的形式，并且对此次比赛的整体感觉非常棒。“这场有趣的辩论赛使得我们又找回了学习的状态，让我们跟着辩题去思考。虽然比赛是线上的，但它还是一个非常好的练习辩论的机会，让人更加期待更多的线上辩论赛（主场比赛）。”
Oscar loved the online tournament and had a terrific overall experience with debating virtually.
“It was a fun tournament that got us on track with the topic. It offered a great opportunity to debate despite the fact that it is online. This experience simply makes one crave for a similar yet better offline tournament (the home game)”
Oscar Tsui G9
Amy Han G10
Amy虽然更倾向于线下的辩论，但这次的线上经历还是让她很庆幸她参了赛。“这是一次有趣而愉悦的经历。虽然没有面对面辩论赛所带给人的那种直接的紧张感和团队协作感，但依然可以让我们找回比赛的状态。”
Amy prefers in person debating, but was still really glad that she went to this NHSDLC online debate tournament.
“It was a relaxing and fun experience. Although this online tournament did not give the same tension and sense of community offline ones grant, it still provided a chance for us debaters to get back into the competitive mood.”
OCTOBER NHSDLC
十月 · 中国高中生美式辩论联赛
此后的一周，在10月24日和25日，清华附中国际部演讲与辩论社团的队员们又参加了中国高中生美式辩论联赛。
One week later, during October 24th and 25th, there was also a NHSDLC tournament where THIS sent another wave of talented debaters.
Caden和Evan参加了初中组的比赛，并且全力以赴。一分耕耘自然就有一分收获，他们成长为了两位非常优秀的辩手。
Caden and Evan debated in the Middle School Division and tried their very best in debating. It’s the effort that counts guys, and you’ve more than proved that you two are worthy debaters.
Michael 和Aslan通过他们的努力和合作取得了初中组四分之一决赛的参赛资格，你们太棒了！
Michael and Aslan, another pair debating in Middle School Division worked really well together and achieved the title quarterfinalists in Middle School Division. Great work guys!
高中组的比赛中，Marco 、Winston 和Stanley、Heidi也一路过关斩将进入到了四分之一决赛。这次的比赛不仅竞争激烈，而且充满挑战性，队员们能够取得这样的成绩无疑是一个不错的成就！最后要说的是，Serena 和 Rubin进入了总决赛！演讲与辩论社为你们感到骄傲！
For High School Division, Marco and Winston along with Stanley and Heidi got all the way to quarterfinals. To get an award in such a competitive and challenging debate division is no doubt an accomplishment. And last but certainly not least, Serena and Rubin got into the finals round!! The THIS Debate Team is proud of you all!
还要特别表扬一下Bryan，他在这次辩论赛中一枝独秀，不仅会闯到第二天的比赛，还获得了最佳辩手的奖项。
Special shoutout to Bryan, who actually MAVERICKED in this debate tournament and not only would have broke to the next day, but also got BEST SPEAKER.
演讲者奖项
Speaker Awards
Bryan – 最佳演讲奖 Best Speaker Award
Marco – 最佳演讲奖 4th Speaker Award
Rubin – 最佳演讲奖 7th Speaker Award
Stanley – 最佳演讲奖 8th Speaker Award
希望演讲与辩论社的同学们继续保持着对辩论高涨的热情和全然的投入，我们为你们而感到自豪！
Keep up the dedication and passion for debate, we’re all proud of you!
NOVEMBER NHSDLC
十一月 · 中国高中生美式辩论联赛
11月21日和22日，清华附中国际部演讲与辩论社迎来了久违的线下的中国高中生美式辩论联赛辩论赛！终于可以突破屏幕，和辩论对手面对面见面。
Boy, was it a refreshing change for the THIS Speech and Debate Team to debate in person last week. Instead of staring at a pair of digital debate opponents, the club attended the offline NHSDLC debate tournament on November 21st and 22nd.
北京逐渐下降的气温并不能抵挡辩论社队员对辩论的热爱，初中部和高中部的队员们在这次的比赛中都有着出色的表现。对于很多初中的同学来说，这是他们的实战首秀。而就算对于不是第一次参加的队员来说，这次的比赛也是不小的挑战，因为参赛者都是来自世界各地的辩论能手。
The frigid Beijing temperature did little to suppress our excitement for the tournament and only fueled our passion for debating. In fact, debaters in both middle school and high school division received amazing results at the end of the day. For many of the middle schoolers who participated in debating last week, it was their first time debating in an actual debate tournament. For those that weren’t debating for the first time, the tournament was a challenge nonetheless as it called experienced debaters from all over Beijing.
让我们来认识一下这次参赛的初中选手，并为他们鼓掌！
Let’s give a warm round of applause to all of the following middle school debaters:
初中赛区
MS division
八强 Octafinalists
Aldo Zhang (G8) & Allen Shan (G8)
Meiyi Lau (G8) & Katrin Wong (G8)
Kevin Huang (G8) & Ryan Zhao (G8)
四强 Quarterfinalists
Kevin Zhang (G9) & Richie Zhang (G9)
Aslan Feng (G9) & Michael Wang (G9)
Caden Guan (G9) & Evan Wong (G9)
冠军 Champions
Oscar Tsui (G9) & Brian Yue (G9)
最佳演讲奖 Top Speakers
9th Kevin Zhang (G9)
8th Meiyi Lau (G8)
7th Caden Guan (G9)
6th Oscar Tsui (G9)
5th Aldo Zhang (G8)
Brian couldn’t be more excited to be the champions of the middle school division. He said that “I feel like the tournament was a great learning experience for us all. Even though we were forced to be in the MS division, but there were still a lot of strong opponents to learn from!”-Brian Yue
高中的辩论队员的表现更是让人赞不绝口！
The results from the high school division were just as impressive. The high school debate club had most of the teams breaking and advancing to the second day. Even though not everyone was able to break, the most important aspect of going to debate tournaments was the memories we made along the way. We all bonded with each other during the whole process by sharing evidence, prepping together, and rehearsing our speeches together. Of course, many of us also had fun playing pool and going down the giant spiral slide that was right outside the rooms where we debated.
Here are the fantastic results from high school division:
HS division (open division)
Octafinalists
Evelyn Li (G10) & Marco Xue (G10)
Quarterfinalists
Sonia Tao (G11) & Kelly Chen (G11)
Amy Han (G10) & Anya Lu (G10)
Bryan Li (G12) & Stanley Hu (G12)
Semifinalists
Wendy Li (G12) & Edward Zhao (G12)
Finalists
Rubin Wong (G12) & Serena Qiu (G12)
Champions
Eileen Jiao (G11) & Jessica Zhan (G12)
Top Speakers
10th Bryan Li (G12)
9th Anya Lu (G10)
8th Eileen Jiao (G11)
6th Rubin Wong (G12)
5th Serena Qiu (G12)
2nd Edward Zhao (G12)
1st Jessica Zhan (G12)
Rubin had something to say about debate itself.
“The joy and terrifying nature of debating in person is irreplaceable 😉 P.S Particularly on swings” -Rubin Wong
The THIS speech and debate team takes a group photo
Special thanks to Ms. Joy and Mr. Cusack for making this debate tournament possible! Ms. Joy organized the buses that took us to the debate location. Mr. Cusack worked tirelessly to teach us all he knew about the debate resolution and chaperoned the trip to the tournament.
This might be the first tournament the debate team attended together in person this year, but it certainly won’t be the last. With eyes set on the NSDA tournaments coming up, we will be attending many more tournaments as a club in the near future. Stay tuned for more info!
-The THIS Speech and Debate Team
此后的一周，在10月24日和25日，清华附中国际部演讲与辩论社团的队员们又参加了中国高中生美式辩论联赛。
One week later, during October 24th and 25th, there was also a NHSDLC tournament where THIS sent another wave of talented debaters to.
Caden和Evan参加了初中组的比赛，并且全力以赴。一分耕耘自然就有一分收获，他们成长为了两位非常优秀的辩手。
Caden and Evan debated in the Middle School Division and tried their very best in debating. It’s the effort that counts guys, and you’ve more than proved that you two are worthy debaters.
Michael 和Aslan通过他们的努力和合作取得了初中组四分之一决赛的参赛资格，你们太棒了！
Michael and Aslan, another pair debating in Middle School Division worked really well together and achieved the title quarterfinalists in Middle School Division. Great work guys!
高中组的比赛中，Marco 、Winston 和Stanley、Heidi也一路过关斩将进入到了四分之一决赛。这次的比赛不仅竞争激烈，而且充满挑战性，队员们能够取得这样的成绩无疑是一个不错的成就！最后要说的是，Serena 和 Rubin进入了总决赛！演讲与辩论社为你们感到骄傲！
For High School Division, Marco and Winston along with Stanley and Heidi got all the way to quarterfinals. To get an award in such a competitive and challenging debate division is no doubt an accomplishment. And last but certainly not least, Serena and Rubin got into the finals round!! The THIS Debate Team is proud of you all!
还要特别表扬一下Bryan，他在这次辩论赛中一枝独秀，不仅会闯到第二天的比赛，还获得了最佳辩手的奖项。
Special shoutout to Bryan, who actually MAVERICKED in this debate tournament and not only would have broke to the next day, but also got BEST SPEAKER.
演讲者奖项
Speaker Awards
Bryan – 最佳演讲奖 Best Speaker Award
Marco – 最佳演讲奖 4th Speaker Award
Rubin – 最佳演讲奖 7th Speaker Award
Stanley – 最佳演讲奖 8th Speaker Award
希望演讲与辩论社的同学们继续保持着对辩论高涨的热情和全然的投入，我们为你们而感到自豪！
Keep up the dedication and passion for debate, we’re all proud of you!
