News Express: UM wins championship at English debating competition two years in a row
新聞快訊：澳大隊再奪英語辯論賽冠軍
（右起）朱帥榕和張楷
Zhu Shuairong and Zhang Kai (from right)
澳大隊再奪英語辯論賽冠軍
“2023外研社英語辯論公開賽（大灣區聯賽）暨第二屆粵港澳大灣區大學生英語辯論賽”吸引來自上海交通大學、同濟大學、北京師範大學等知名學府的80支隊伍、160位優秀辯手們參與。經過多輪角逐，澳門大學英辯隊榮獲冠軍和多個獎項。
澳大英辯隊派出4支隊伍參賽，其中1支參加大學組，順利進入大學組半決賽；另外3支參加公開組，成功打入公開組半決賽，當中更有 1支晉級公開組總決賽。來自澳大鄭裕彤書院、工商管理學院二年級學生朱帥榕和霍英東書院、社會科學學院一年級學生張楷在公開組總決賽中奪得桂冠，並拿下直通第25屆“外研社·國才盃”全國大學生英語辯論賽決賽外卡。值得一提的是，朱帥榕及張楷更分別榮獲大學組全場第一最佳辯手及大學組最佳辯手。
此外，澳大榮譽學院、呂志和書院、工商管理學院二年級學生劉柏暉和榮譽學院、滿珍紀念書院、教育學院的二年級學生彭琳分別獲得公開組全場第一及第二最佳辯手和公開組一等獎；榮譽學院、鄭裕彤書院、教育學院二年級學生周棨俊和榮譽學院、曹光彪書院、工商管理學院二年級學生鄭芷茵獲得公開組一等獎；蔡繼有書院、科技學院一年級學生蔣芷珆和榮譽學院、鄭裕彤書院、工商管理學院一年級學生蔣恩彤獲得大學組二等獎。
英語辯論比賽考驗辯手們是否具備高瞻遠矚的見解與“舌戰群儒”的魄力，澳大英語辯論隊致力培養學生的批判性思維能力與表達能力。是次比賽由“外研社·國才盃”全國大學生英語辯論賽組委會再次聯合澳大舉辦，能夠在具有全國認可性的英語辯論賽中衛冕冠軍，足證澳大英辯隊成員卓越的實力，更展現澳大對大灣區英語辯論發展的貢獻。
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UM wins championship at English debating competition two years in a row
The 2023 FLTRP English Debate Open (Greater Bay Area), which was also the Second Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Universities Debating Championship, attracted 160 debaters in 80 teams from renowned universities such as Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tongji University, and Beijing Normal University. After several rounds of competition, the University of Macau (UM) English Debating Team won the championship and a number of awards.
Members of the UM English Debating Team joined the competition in four teams, with one team competing in the university division and three teams in the open division. The team in the university division reached the semifinals. The other three teams in the open division also advanced to the semifinals and one of them reached the finals. A team formed by Zhu Shuairong, a second-year student from Cheng Yu Tung College and the Faculty of Business Administration, and Zhang Kai, a first-year student from Henry Fok Pearl Jubilee College and the Faculty of Social Sciences, won the championship in the open division finals and received a wildcard entry to the finals of the 25th ‘FLTRP · ETIC CUP’ National English Debating Competition. Zhu and Zhang were named the first overall best speaker and the best speaker in the university division, respectively.
In addition, a team formed by Lau Pak Fai, a second-year student from the Honours College, Lui Che Woo College, and the Faculty of Business Administration, and Pang Lam, a second-year student from the Honours College, Moon Chun Memorial College, and the Faculty of Education, won a first prize in the open division, and the two members were named the first overall best speaker and the second overall best speaker in the open division, respectively. A team formed by Chao Kai Chon, a second-year student from the Honours College, Cheng Yu Tung College, and the Faculty of Education, and Cheang Chi Ian, a second-year student from the Honours College, Chao Kuang Piu College, and the Faculty of Business Administration, also won a first prize in the open division. Lastly, a team formed by Cheong Chi I, a first-year student from Choi Kai Yau College and the Faculty of Science and Technology, and Cheong Ian Tong, a first-year student from the Honours College, Cheng Yu Tung College, and the Faculty of Business Administration, won a second prize in the university division.
English debating competitions call for debaters to offer forward-looking insights and exhibit a commanding presence during debates. The UM English Debating Team is committed to developing students’ critical thinking and presentation skills. The team’s recent defence of their championship in the 2023 FLTRP English Debate Open (Greater Bay Area), a nationally recognised English debating competition jointly held by UM and the organising committee of the ‘FLTRP · ETIC Cup’ National English Debating Competition, showcases the strong capabilities of its members. This achievement also highlights UM’s contributions to the development of English debating in the Greater Bay Area.
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https://www.um.edu.mo/news-and-press-releases/press-release/detail/55482/