2016年11月18-20日，苏州领科•星海国际课程的19名学生在2名老师的带领下参加了在杭州第四中学国际部举办的中国高中生美式辩论联赛（National High School Debate League of China，NHSDLC）杭州地区赛。NHSDLC也是迄今为止全中国最大的外语类高中生辩论联赛事。
美式辩论作为西方辩论的典型代表承载着浓浓的学术辩论文化，除了传统辩论中体现的语言表达、思辨和逻辑能力，还考验学生的公共演讲能力、查找资料能力、统筹分析能力及研究学习能力，可以很好地全面衡量学生的综合素质。通过此次活动前期的调研准备、中途的参与体验以及后期的梳理反思，学生获取了宝贵的成长经历和经验。
以下是部分学生的反馈：
This precious experience gave me an indication about what should I do to improve in the future: my English ability and academic capability. I strongly recommend that students should take part in this kind of competitions. Not matter you are in the debate club or not, through this kind of fierce debates we will not only get new experiences but our abilities will be enhanced as well. Also, Gary is an extremely excellent coach with strong leadership skills. He boosted our confidence before the competition and encouraged us not to lose the passion of debating and participating.
Andy (Pre C )
I learnt quite a lot. First of all, debating skills, I gained lots of advices from the judges in Hangzhou tournament, such as using language which is not extreme but making our own team’s arguments more solid and specific. Secondly, I learnt how to work as a team. Before the competition, my partners and I did plenty of researches and prepared for a long time. I really enjoyed the process of preparing and the cooperation. Debating is an interesting and thought-provoking activity, especially when you attending competitions. It’s such a challenge for your ability to brainstorm and your ability to work as a team, which can improve your overall capabilities. Plus, you can learn a lot from other teams and obtain lots of experience which you cannot get from books.
Krystal (Pre A )
After this tournament, my vocabulary and speaking has been improved a lot. At the sametime, I realized that we need some improvements on our strategy, the level of English and the speed of thinking. Firstly, it is better to win a round and lose a round in the morning, then you will not meet the strong opponents in the afternoon. And we found that sometimes, the answer of the question from the opponents has already came up in our mind in Chinese, but we need time to translate it into English. Then the judge might think that we are unable to answer the question and gave us a low score. In this case, we still need to improve our English.
Elin (Pre D )
这次活动需要相当完善的英文资料的准备，这使我大幅提高了英文阅读水平和搜索能力。指导老师也十分负责，并且热情而认真的提供关于学术问题的回答。参加比赛时，决赛的时候二辩流利的口语和随机应变的能力让我影响深刻，通过这次比赛，我也懂得了人外有人，天外有天，不要佝偻于自己的世界中沾沾自喜。我会继续锻炼自己的口语和反应能力，如果有机会，我还会继续参加这类比赛的。
陈雨林 Grace (Pre A) 
作为一名教育者，永远保持学习状态很是重要。2016年11月18-20日，作为带队老师之一，陪同学生参加了美式辩论联赛杭州赛事，让我进一步加深了对学生以及辩论赛事的了解:
• 由Karen Lin为首的强大的领导组织团队（Young, Eric, Dina and Amell) 给我留下了深刻的印象。前期的车票购买、组员分配、会议沟通，一切安排得事无巨细、井井有条；在整个旅途中，对学弟学妹的关怀帮助、鼓励支持，和带队老师保持良好的沟通，学生超强的聆听力、表达力以及执行力也给我留下了深刻的印象。另外，当看到财务官Young在活动中间仔细盘点每笔收入和支出，Eric不停地查看自己的小组成员是否到位，Dina在需要帮助的时候及时补位，Amell对自己队友的悉心照料；作为带队老师，对于这支年轻的辩论团队的未来以及这些学生的未来有着满满的期待。
• 与此同时，其他来自低年级的队友也展现出了极大的潜质。作为AS年级的老师，同低年级的学生平时缺少接触，但通过此次活动，我看到了他们身上展现出了很多美好的品质：准备比赛时候的专注投入、中场休息时候的积极调整、与队友之间的协作配合、听老师的意见建议时的耐心、与他人沟通中的勇气等等。成长需要过程，成长需要对自己的耐心和信心，作为刚开始了解辩论的低年级的学生，他们的路还很长很长，而这些美好的品质才是确保他们能够在辩论道路上走得长久并长远的保障。
• 有幸看到如此精彩的辩论赛事，参赛选手流利的英文表达、自信的公众演讲、细致的调研整理，以及灵活地应对对方的问题也给我的经济学教学带来很多的启发。针对下一章节的学习，我们就将采用了辩论的方式教授，学生就“当前社会，自由贸易是中国的最好选择”这一辩题展开辩论，从而应用掌握自由贸易、保护主义等章节的知识。
Ms. Ann Liu
From 18th to 20th of November, there are 19 students from Ulink College of SIP took part in the National High School Debate League of China (NHSDLC), which organized by the International Department of Hangzhou No.4 Middle School. NHSDLC is the largest high school English debate events in China so far. As a typical representiative of the Western debate, NHSDLC carrying a strong academic debate culture, in addition to the expression of language, logical and critical thinking in the traditional debate, but also examine the students' public speaking skills, research skills, analysing skills and learning ability. The students of Ulink debate team learnt a lot and gained valuable experiences from this event by the preparation, participation and reflection.
参与此次活动的学生及老师名单：
指导老师：
Mr. Gary Smith
Ms. Ann Liu
Ms. RoseLiao
参赛学生：
Karen
（AICE）
Selena
（PRE-D）
Walter
（PRE-C）
Grace
（PRE-A）
Young
（AICE ）
Elin
（PRE-D）
Silvia
（G1-D）
Lydia
（PRE-B）
Eric
（AICE ）
Crystal
（PRE-A）
Patrick
（G1-D）
Anna
（PRE-B）
Dina
（AICE0
Tony
（PRE-A）
Anthony
（G1-D）
Justin
（PRE-D）
Amell
(AS USB )
Andy
（PRE-C）
Mindy
（PRE-A）
