辩论The Debate

New words

• 辩论biànlùn — to debate; debate
• 争论zhēnglùn — to argue; argument
• 赞成zànchéng — to agree with, be in favour
• 诚实chéngshí — honest
• 轮lún — turn, round (轮到 = be sb's turn)

The story

金多多：各位先生，各位夫人，晚上好。今天是大辩论。Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. Tonight is the great debate.

乐乐：规则很简单：一个人说三分钟，然后轮到别人。The rules are simple: one person talks for three minutes, then it's someone else's turn.

钱律师：我看时间。三分钟，一百五十块。I'm keeping time. Three minutes, a hundred and fifty yuan.

金多多：第一个问题：车停在哪儿？轮到马爷爷。First question: where do the cars park? Grandpa Ma's turn.

马爷爷：我赞成把车停在外面。花园是给人的。I'm in favour of parking outside. The garden is for people.

金总：我不赞成。相反，根据数据，车要停在楼下面。I'm not in favour. On the contrary, according to the data, cars should go under the building.

马爷爷：针对这一点，我反对。楼的结构不行，那要花多少钱？On this point, I object. The building's structure won't take it, and how much would that cost?

金总：针对这一点，我赞成花钱。On this point, I'm in favour of spending money.

Opening the lesson…