POI--Opposition 数字时代的商务英语写作.pdf

ThisHouseBelievestheHuman Specieshasa BrightFuturetoLookForwardTo:Opposition BY MAXFURDA ON MAY 4, 2019 • (LEAVE A COMMENT) *Thisistheprepared debatethat Imade for sideoppositionbeforetheCOBIS (CouncilofBritish International Schools,)debatein Romania.* Honorablejudges,worthy opponents,helpfulteammates.Themotionbeforeustoday is: “THBthehuman specieshasabright futuretolook forwardto,”and asside opposition,we strongly disagreewiththismotion.Today Iwillbring forthtwopoints. Thesebeing: 1. Thetreacherous stateofour environment. 2. Massmigration danger. BeforeIbegintoexplainmypointsthough Iwouldliketoengage in somerebuttal withpropositionspreviousspeaker: *ThisiswhereIwouldhaveaddressed sidepropositionsprevious speakers’points.* Iwouldliketomoveontomypointsnow:My firstpointbeing,aspreviously stated: “Thetreacherousstateofour environment.” In 2017exactly 15,372 scientistsfrom 184 countriescosignedan articlenamed “World Scientists’WarningtoHumanity:A SecondNotice,”(Source:American InstitueofBiological Sciences)whichwasreleasedinthemagazineBioScience, and isthoughttobethelargest ever formal supportby scientistsfor ajournal article.The articleoutlined severalworryingtrendsregardingtheenvironment andthedisastrous impactthat suchtrendsarehavingonthewell-being ofearth’sinhabitants.What is jaw-dropping aboutthisarticleisn’tthe sheernumber of signaturesfrom various scientistsnor the sheer amount ofirreversibledamagethathumanshavedonetothe earth,butrather thelevelofdisregardandnonchalancethatweasa species seemto haveinregardstothisissue.Ourfirsttruegrasp ofclimatechangewasestablishedin thelate 1950s(Source:TheGuardian,) andyet morethanhalf acentury laterallwe havemanagedtodoispour gasolineallover thefire.In additiontothiswhat propositionhasforgottentomention isthat inthepast 25yearstherehasbeen: 1. A 26percentreduction intheamount offresh water availa