Good afternoon,Mr judge,honorable opposition and my humble partners.This house believes that death penalty should not be applied .

Death penalty advocates have used the economic standpoint to make their case. Just as the opposition said . More convicts means more prisons which means more money. By killing murderers, we can save money! By this rational, we should execute all convicts and have no prisons! Think of the money we would save! Abviously, we can not put a price on a human life.

The most common point held by death penalty supporters is that it has the effect of deterrence. But there is no convincing research that can show how death penalty functions better than life imprisonment. According to Stephen Nathanson, the author of “An Eye for an Eye”, the fear of death does not usually stop people from doing what they want to do. “Mountain climbers risk their lives for thrill and adventure; cigarette smokers risk their lives for pleasure; speeding drivers risk their lives in order to get to their destinations a bit faster.” The same goes with criminals. If a criminal tends to kill somebody, He just lost his reason , Nothing can stop him ,even the death penalty.

I believe that death penalty should not be applied.

Firstly , The death penalty is a violation of our most radical human rights. The right to live is a basic right of every human being , and No man has the right to decide when a life ends ,even if it is our country. Two wrongs don't make a right.

Secondly , The purpose of death penalty is to prevent people from breaking the laws ,but the effects are not as good as we expect .According a investigation , in the nearly 20 years , the crime rate didn’t decreased or even increased .

Thirdly , the death penalty is irreversible, which is unlike all other punishments. There is a lot of evidence showing that many innocent people are often convicted of crimes, some of which even have been executed.

Fourthly , we have to doubt what the meaning of death penalty actually is. There is no doubt that it gets some sort of revenge on a criminal, however, we should think over whether a model society should seek revenge.

Fifthly , The criminal is not the only one who has to face the punishment. It is unjust for his/her family who have to go through the loss of a loved one.

From above, I insist we should abolish the death penalty, because it is outdated, and it denies basic human rights. Today, more than 100 countries have abolished the death penalty. If some countries can, why can’t the rest? I insist that death penalty should not be applied . Thank you !

第二篇：雷锋精神辩论赛 当代雷锋是否应该被给予物质奖励 反方四辩总结陈词

谢谢主席、评委

对方辩友的滔滔辩才着实令人赞叹，但不得不说的是对方辩友部分观点之瑕实足以掩辩才之瑜。主要表现为以下几点

适才对方辩友提到??，但??，难道??？

我方已从个人、社会和价值观三个方面权衡利弊论证了我方观点，下面我将从给予物质奖励在社会现实和意识形态领域造成的影响，再次重申我方观点。

首先，就社会现来说，正如我方一辩所言，一旦雷锋精神与物质奖励挂钩，势必会使社会上一批唯利是图之人用演雷锋的方式投机取巧，比如我方在公辩中提及的7岁娃恶作剧，自导自演扮雷锋的例子，一个纯真的孩子都在物质奖励引诱下，作出破坏公物之事，更何谈那些利欲熏心的投机分子？如此一来，社会资源的破坏，国家财产的流失，人民生命安全遭受威胁等等，各种可怕的后果都将是我们始料不及的，对方辩友怎能视而不见？

撇开“伪雷锋”造成的巨大危害不谈，我们可以看看给予物质奖励给这些真雷锋造成的困扰。在社会社会道德普遍滑坡的今天，学雷锋做好事往往会落下“为出名”的负面猜疑，如果把物质奖励与之挂钩，那人们的猜疑则会变成确信，真雷锋就会被冠上“图名挂号”“沽名钓誉”的罪名，这将又是何等的寒心啊？更甚者，各种社会舆论的指向将他们至于媒体显微镜之下，记者网民捕风捉影，时刻都在等待证明他们有所图的“蛛丝马迹”，这又会将真雷锋逼至何处？援助小悦悦的陈贤妹直到此时此刻都还因此种困扰无法展颜，难道这就是对方辩友想看到的吗？

最后，就意识形态而言，给予物质奖励之弊也是不容小觑的，不仅悖离了雷锋精神“无私奉献”的本质，更矮化和扭曲了雷锋精神，将当代雷锋从精神高度拉下，成为物质的俘虏。如果我们设立物质奖励的目的是传承这样一种异化了的雷锋精神，那岂非是本末倒置？如此一来，物质奖励非但不是雷锋精神“常青树”的神水，相反它是一种腐蚀剂。我们这个社会缺的不是物质奖励，而是对荣誉的敬畏，对精神价值的膜拜。“大爱不留名，施恩不图报”，我们只能用物质奖励去玷污它、去亵渎它，去腐蚀它、异化它？物质奖励无非是为了鼓励人们多做好事，而要想让人们真正地、发自内心地去做好事，只有用人性去驱动，用灵魂去感召，用精神去引领。精神性的东西不能用物质永远的支撑下去，我们的终极目标仍是在社会上每个人心中形成一种默默奉献的潜意识与一种无私奉献我为人人的风气，那才是真正的发扬雷锋精神啊！

第三篇：英语辩论 反方总结

But even though money is necessary to life, it can’t buy happiness. Happiness is not something that can be measured by money. It is a state of mind. One can have plenty of money, with which he can buy whatever he wants, and at the same time he is not happy because he is never satisfied or he is troubled by various kinds of problems.

Money can buy a house, a car, food, clothes, books and so on.Although money can buy many things, I think money can not buy happiness, because "happiness" is a kind of interpersonal communication in the sense of pleasure, rather than spend money exchanging goods.

Take the success of the Olympic Games in Beijing for an example. It has brought us joy; the 60th anniversary of the founding as well as the love given by parents both offer us happiness without asking for rewards.When we confront with difficulties, our friends will offer their help and consolation with no purpose. All of those can not be bought by money.Happy because we get them to feel happiness and love. If you use money to exchange for happiness,it will make us feel that this is only a deal rather than true happiness.

Happiness is no shape, no color, invisible, and it can only be felt in the heart, which is more valuable than money.It should be said, "Happiness is priceless"!

So,in my opinion,money can not buy happiness!