大學生英語辯論賽話題集錦(MP3+中英字幕) 第36場:同性戀是否該寬容對待

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正方辯詞：

More tolerance, less prejudice.

多一點寬容，少一點偏見。

In the course of history, homosexuality was once regarded as a kind of virus. In the year 2001, with the publication of the third edition of the Chinese Classification and Diagnostic Criteria of Mental Disorders, homosexuality is no longer regarded as a psychotic disorder. Presently Chinese society has shown progress in no longer regarding homosexuality as a pathological phenomenon. Except for the sex-orientation, it is believed that they are just the same as us.

在歷史上，同性戀曾經被認爲是一種疾病。直到《2001年中國精神障礙分類與診斷標準》(第3 版)的發佈，同性戀者不再被認定是精神病患者。如今在中國，隨着社會的進步，同性戀不再被看做是一種病態現象。除了性取向不同，同性戀者在其他各方面與正常人並無差異。

As a sign of civilization, the pubic tolerance toward homosexuality has won great acceptance. It is impossible for everyone to be homosexual. Gays and lesbians are always the minority. Let's be nice to them. They need to be protected under the legal system, they need to be admitted into society and given the right to enjoy happiness as we do. Why should we be so inconsiderate to them?

公衆的容忍度是一個民族文明程度的標誌之一，因此同性戀目前已被廣泛接納。不可能每個人都是同性戀，男同志和女同志總歸是少數。讓我們一同善待他們。他們也需要法律的保護，需要被社會接受，需要和我們一樣有享受幸福的權利。爲什麼我們不能體諒他們呢?

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反方辯詞：

Homosexuality could never be widely advocated.

同性戀不會被廣泛提倡。

Homosexuality should not be simply judged as right or wrong. Gays and lesbians should be regarded as common people in every respect. But still, what should be questioned is the relationship. Undoubtedly, homosexuality can never make its way into the main stream of social life. That is because this kind of relationship, unlike most of other interpersonal relationships, is not socially functional.

同性戀不應該簡單的通過對錯來判斷。從任何角度講，任何同性戀者都應該被當成正常人對待。然而，應該被質疑的是這種關係。毫無疑問，同性戀不可能成爲社會生活的主流。因爲同性戀不同於大多數的社會人際關係，它不體現社會功能。

Common love and marriage between men and women should be regarded as functional because they are reproductive-they reproduce family and offspring. Reproductivity is a basic condition for the development of society. In this sense, homosexual love and marriage can never be centralized in social life. As a marginal social relationship, homosexuality will naturally exist, but it will can never be widely advocated.

正常的男女間的愛情與婚姻能夠體現社會功能，因爲它們是有繁殖性的能夠組建家庭與繁殖後代。繁殖性是社會發展的一個基本要求。從這個意義上講，同性戀的愛情與婚姻永遠不能成爲社會生活的中心。做爲一種邊緣化的社會關係，同性戀能夠自然地存在，但它不會被廣泛提倡。