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2009. 6. 26. 23:13
요즘 대세가 Debate 이다 보니, 관심들도 많으신듯 하고 팀을 모아 연습을 해보려는 분들도 많이 계신거 같습니다.
그러나 막상 해 보려고 하면 주제를 선정하는게 생각보다 쉽지는 않습니다.
그래서 미국에서 많이 사용되던 Debate 주제(Topic)들을 모아봤습니다.
영어토론에 관심이 있거나 팀을 꾸려 Debate 에 도전해 보실 분들은 주제를 선택해서 연습해 보세요.
United States Domestic Extemp
1. How can we win the war against terrorism ?
2. What are the strengths and weaknesses of our defense and military system
3. How can we improve our military policy
4. What are the causes and cures to our educational problems
5. What are the greatest challenges facing America's youth?
6. What does health care cost so much and what should we do about it?
7. What are causes and cures to poverty in the United States?
8. Do we need to reform our welfare system?
9. What should we do about Afghanistan?
10. What are the biggest problems facing America's states and how can they be solved?
11. What are the biggest problems facing America's cities and how can they be solved?
12. What are the causes and cures to our War on Drugs?
13. How can we improve the American justice system?
14. Why is there so much controversy and concern over the issue of gay marriage?
15. Who's right in the debate on gun control?
16. What are the strong and weak spots in American businesses?
17. How can we promote growth without causing inflation?
18. How can we best solve our over-reliance on foreign oil?
19. Do the budget deficit and trade deficit need stronger action?
20. Does the media have too much power?
21. How can the Internet be improved?
22. What should be our environmental and pollution priorities?
23. Why are we so fat and what can we do about it?
24. Is the government guilty of constraining science because of its fear of the religious right?
25. How can we improve our space exploration policies?
26. How can journalists best balance investigative journalism with ethics?
27. Are we doing enough to combat illegal immigration?
28. Should we do more to fight steroid use by athletes?
29. Should NASA pursue a manned mission to Mars?
30. What are the causes and cures to widespread underachievement by America's youth?
31. Is standardized academic testing discriminatory to minorities?
32. What are the strengths and weaknesses in our national environmental policies?
33. What lies ahead for the United States economy?
34. What should be our crime fighting priorities?
35. Should we continue to reduce federal funding for prisons?
36. Should law enforcement agencies profile?
37. Are we doing enough to reduce unemployment?
38. Should we continue to support ESL programs in public schools?
39. Are charter schools a good addition to United States educational policy?
40. Should doctor assisted suicide be legal throughout the United States?
41. Do the benefits of state lotteries outweigh their costs?
42. Do we have the right federal budget priorities?
43. Do we need to do more to reduce our mounting national debt?
44. Has the senate overpoliticized the supreme court nominee affirmation process?
45. Are public colleges emphasizing numbers at the expense of a quality education?
46. Should the federal government give financial rewards to welfare recipient families where the parents are wed and living together?
47. What are the educational, economic and social implications of the growing
Spanglish culture in America?
48. Should the husband have the right to stop an abortion?
49. Is "intelligent design" an intellectually defendable alternative to evolution?
50. What demographic trends control our future and how should government policies adjust to those realities?
51. Is the S.E.C. doing enough to minimize insider trading?
52. Is there a stress-cancer link?
53. Why are the Democrats doing so well in the West and how will that impact upcoming elections?
54. What explains growing domestic violence against women, and what should we do about it?
55. Does video game violence impact real behavior?
56. Should we abolish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
57. What are the causes and impacts of corruption in public schools?
58. Is there an affordable pragmatic way to increase the safety of American ports?
59. What planning and organizational changes would most improve our national response to disasters?
60. How can America’s cities better promote use of mass transit?
61. When do legitimate congressional concerns about terrorism cross the line into bigotry and Arab-phobia?
62. What are the economic and military implications of growing U.S.-India cooperation?
63. Is media news bias increasing in the United States?
64. What are the causes and cures to the deteriorating market share of American car manufacturing firms?
65. Are we taking the right steps to control inflation?
66. Is the U.S. meeting its global challenges?
67. Will accountability through transparency eliminate ethical flaws by lobbyists?
68. Who should we blame and what should we do to solve growing obesity in America’s children?
69. Should we significantly decrease our military budget?
70. What are the best cures to overburdened immigration court backlogs?
71. What issues will the Democrats prioritize in the House of Representatives?
72. How can the federal government improve its stem cell policies?
73. How will business and the economy react to the most recent energy price changes?
74. Is the Republican Party sick and confused?
75. Google and Apple--Are they symbols of what's best or worst about technology?
76. What are the causes and cures to our ineffective promotion of renewable energies?
77. What are the causes and cures to Medicare funding woes?
78. What causes the large balance of trade deficit and what policy adjustments, if any, should we make to reduce it?
79. What methods and priorities should guide our improvement of NASA and American space policy?
80. What constitutes “justice” for illegal immigrants?
81. Is there a pragmatic way to better promote internal ethics reform in Congress?
82. What are the most important non-education issues facing America’s youth?
83. How can we best improve homeland security?
84. Is there a cost efficient effective way to offer national health care?
85. What are the most important effects of foreign policy on domestic politics?
86. Can we find a way to improve the role or effect of cyberculture in the United States?
87. What women’s issues most deserve our attention and action?
88. Street crime, organized crime, and white collar crime: where should the United States prioritize its anti-criminal efforts?
89. What are the causes and cures to poverty in America?
90. What improvements should we make in military procurement and recruitment policies?
91. How can we best improve the profits, job creation, and export competitiveness of the American business community?
92. Is the Supreme Court tilting too far to the right?
93. Has the American media become overly sensitive to issues of race?
94. What role should quotas play in American colleges and business employment?
95. Why don’t we do more to reduce homelessness and hunger in the United States?
96. How can Congress improve its budget process to end pork barreling and financial abuses?
97. What explains Africa’s unending problems?
98. What role should the U.S. play in Latin America
99. Do we need more bipartisanship in politics?
100. Can we maintain accountability if we abolish “No Child Left Behind”?
101. What role should congress play in CIA oversight?
102. How can we stop the subprime Tsunami?
103. Is there a crisis in education for boys?
104. How can Detroit resurrect the American car industry?
105. Are brain boosting drugs a smart move?
106. What health care fixes does America need?
107. Should cell phone use in cars be banned?
108. Why are student math and science scores so low and what should we do about it?
109. Is there a pragmatic method to end special project spending embedded in federal budget bills?
110. Is the United States doing enough to provide quality rehabilitation to our war wounded?
111. What are the causes and cures to the financial meltdown?
112. Did Washington do the right thing by enacting the Emergency Stabilization Act?
113. Are we headed for a recession or a depression?
114. Is there anything more the FRB should do to solve the banking crisis?
115. Do recent changes in government bank policy show we are moving from capitalism to socialism?
116. Why did the stock market crash and what does the crash mean?
117. What should Pres. Obama prioritize in economic policy, and what should he defer?
118. What social policies should the new administration give priority to?
119. How can Obama effectively fund new programs without destabilizing tax increases or deficit growth?
120. What role should Vice President Biden play in the new administration?
121. What should the new administration do first in foreign policy actions, and what should they delay?
122. How can the Republican Party rebuild its electoral appeal?
123. Who are the Republicans most likely to nominate for president in 2012?
124. Can green jobs restore the rust belt economy?
125. Will the new G.I. bill meet war zone veterans’ needs?
126. Should the drinking age be lowered?
127. Should we save buyers who signed onto mortgages for homes they cannot afford?
128. How have racial politics changed in America, and how have they stayed the same?
129. What, if anything, should the government do to help our ailing auto industry?
130. Why should we do more to promote product innovation, and how can we do it?
131. How can the United States solve the demographic challenges facing its tax and health care structures?
132. Does America have the ability to make the twenty-first century an American century?
133. What are the causes and cures to the Great Crash of 2008-09?
134. Should we spend more to modernize our conventional military forces?
135. What should and shouldn’t the government do to ease consumer debt?
136. The Mortgage Relief Plan—Will it work?
137. Should the government intervene to restrict CEO pay and bonuses?
138. What agency should control the 2010 census?
139. Is lack of understanding of the credit crunch magnifying its damage?
140. Why is unemployment growing so fast and what can we do about it?
141. Do new need to do more to protect kids from harassment in cyberspace?
142. Will California’s budget passage end their chaos?
143. How will the president expand health-care coverage?
144. What are the causes and cures to the collapse of manufacturing in America?
145. Do we need a new Internet?
146. What are the strengths and weaknesses in the stimulus package?
그러나 막상 해 보려고 하면 주제를 선정하는게 생각보다 쉽지는 않습니다.
그래서 미국에서 많이 사용되던 Debate 주제(Topic)들을 모아봤습니다.
영어토론에 관심이 있거나 팀을 꾸려 Debate 에 도전해 보실 분들은 주제를 선택해서 연습해 보세요.
United States Domestic Extemp
1. How can we win the war against terrorism ?
2. What are the strengths and weaknesses of our defense and military system
3. How can we improve our military policy
4. What are the causes and cures to our educational problems
5. What are the greatest challenges facing America's youth?
6. What does health care cost so much and what should we do about it?
7. What are causes and cures to poverty in the United States?
8. Do we need to reform our welfare system?
9. What should we do about Afghanistan?
10. What are the biggest problems facing America's states and how can they be solved?
11. What are the biggest problems facing America's cities and how can they be solved?
12. What are the causes and cures to our War on Drugs?
13. How can we improve the American justice system?
14. Why is there so much controversy and concern over the issue of gay marriage?
15. Who's right in the debate on gun control?
16. What are the strong and weak spots in American businesses?
17. How can we promote growth without causing inflation?
18. How can we best solve our over-reliance on foreign oil?
19. Do the budget deficit and trade deficit need stronger action?
20. Does the media have too much power?
21. How can the Internet be improved?
22. What should be our environmental and pollution priorities?
23. Why are we so fat and what can we do about it?
24. Is the government guilty of constraining science because of its fear of the religious right?
25. How can we improve our space exploration policies?
26. How can journalists best balance investigative journalism with ethics?
27. Are we doing enough to combat illegal immigration?
28. Should we do more to fight steroid use by athletes?
29. Should NASA pursue a manned mission to Mars?
30. What are the causes and cures to widespread underachievement by America's youth?
31. Is standardized academic testing discriminatory to minorities?
32. What are the strengths and weaknesses in our national environmental policies?
33. What lies ahead for the United States economy?
34. What should be our crime fighting priorities?
35. Should we continue to reduce federal funding for prisons?
36. Should law enforcement agencies profile?
37. Are we doing enough to reduce unemployment?
38. Should we continue to support ESL programs in public schools?
39. Are charter schools a good addition to United States educational policy?
40. Should doctor assisted suicide be legal throughout the United States?
41. Do the benefits of state lotteries outweigh their costs?
42. Do we have the right federal budget priorities?
43. Do we need to do more to reduce our mounting national debt?
44. Has the senate overpoliticized the supreme court nominee affirmation process?
45. Are public colleges emphasizing numbers at the expense of a quality education?
46. Should the federal government give financial rewards to welfare recipient families where the parents are wed and living together?
47. What are the educational, economic and social implications of the growing
Spanglish culture in America?
48. Should the husband have the right to stop an abortion?
49. Is "intelligent design" an intellectually defendable alternative to evolution?
50. What demographic trends control our future and how should government policies adjust to those realities?
51. Is the S.E.C. doing enough to minimize insider trading?
52. Is there a stress-cancer link?
53. Why are the Democrats doing so well in the West and how will that impact upcoming elections?
54. What explains growing domestic violence against women, and what should we do about it?
55. Does video game violence impact real behavior?
56. Should we abolish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
57. What are the causes and impacts of corruption in public schools?
58. Is there an affordable pragmatic way to increase the safety of American ports?
59. What planning and organizational changes would most improve our national response to disasters?
60. How can America’s cities better promote use of mass transit?
61. When do legitimate congressional concerns about terrorism cross the line into bigotry and Arab-phobia?
62. What are the economic and military implications of growing U.S.-India cooperation?
63. Is media news bias increasing in the United States?
64. What are the causes and cures to the deteriorating market share of American car manufacturing firms?
65. Are we taking the right steps to control inflation?
66. Is the U.S. meeting its global challenges?
67. Will accountability through transparency eliminate ethical flaws by lobbyists?
68. Who should we blame and what should we do to solve growing obesity in America’s children?
69. Should we significantly decrease our military budget?
70. What are the best cures to overburdened immigration court backlogs?
71. What issues will the Democrats prioritize in the House of Representatives?
72. How can the federal government improve its stem cell policies?
73. How will business and the economy react to the most recent energy price changes?
74. Is the Republican Party sick and confused?
75. Google and Apple--Are they symbols of what's best or worst about technology?
76. What are the causes and cures to our ineffective promotion of renewable energies?
77. What are the causes and cures to Medicare funding woes?
78. What causes the large balance of trade deficit and what policy adjustments, if any, should we make to reduce it?
79. What methods and priorities should guide our improvement of NASA and American space policy?
80. What constitutes “justice” for illegal immigrants?
81. Is there a pragmatic way to better promote internal ethics reform in Congress?
82. What are the most important non-education issues facing America’s youth?
83. How can we best improve homeland security?
84. Is there a cost efficient effective way to offer national health care?
85. What are the most important effects of foreign policy on domestic politics?
86. Can we find a way to improve the role or effect of cyberculture in the United States?
87. What women’s issues most deserve our attention and action?
88. Street crime, organized crime, and white collar crime: where should the United States prioritize its anti-criminal efforts?
89. What are the causes and cures to poverty in America?
90. What improvements should we make in military procurement and recruitment policies?
91. How can we best improve the profits, job creation, and export competitiveness of the American business community?
92. Is the Supreme Court tilting too far to the right?
93. Has the American media become overly sensitive to issues of race?
94. What role should quotas play in American colleges and business employment?
95. Why don’t we do more to reduce homelessness and hunger in the United States?
96. How can Congress improve its budget process to end pork barreling and financial abuses?
97. What explains Africa’s unending problems?
98. What role should the U.S. play in Latin America
99. Do we need more bipartisanship in politics?
100. Can we maintain accountability if we abolish “No Child Left Behind”?
101. What role should congress play in CIA oversight?
102. How can we stop the subprime Tsunami?
103. Is there a crisis in education for boys?
104. How can Detroit resurrect the American car industry?
105. Are brain boosting drugs a smart move?
106. What health care fixes does America need?
107. Should cell phone use in cars be banned?
108. Why are student math and science scores so low and what should we do about it?
109. Is there a pragmatic method to end special project spending embedded in federal budget bills?
110. Is the United States doing enough to provide quality rehabilitation to our war wounded?
111. What are the causes and cures to the financial meltdown?
112. Did Washington do the right thing by enacting the Emergency Stabilization Act?
113. Are we headed for a recession or a depression?
114. Is there anything more the FRB should do to solve the banking crisis?
115. Do recent changes in government bank policy show we are moving from capitalism to socialism?
116. Why did the stock market crash and what does the crash mean?
117. What should Pres. Obama prioritize in economic policy, and what should he defer?
118. What social policies should the new administration give priority to?
119. How can Obama effectively fund new programs without destabilizing tax increases or deficit growth?
120. What role should Vice President Biden play in the new administration?
121. What should the new administration do first in foreign policy actions, and what should they delay?
122. How can the Republican Party rebuild its electoral appeal?
123. Who are the Republicans most likely to nominate for president in 2012?
124. Can green jobs restore the rust belt economy?
125. Will the new G.I. bill meet war zone veterans’ needs?
126. Should the drinking age be lowered?
127. Should we save buyers who signed onto mortgages for homes they cannot afford?
128. How have racial politics changed in America, and how have they stayed the same?
129. What, if anything, should the government do to help our ailing auto industry?
130. Why should we do more to promote product innovation, and how can we do it?
131. How can the United States solve the demographic challenges facing its tax and health care structures?
132. Does America have the ability to make the twenty-first century an American century?
133. What are the causes and cures to the Great Crash of 2008-09?
134. Should we spend more to modernize our conventional military forces?
135. What should and shouldn’t the government do to ease consumer debt?
136. The Mortgage Relief Plan—Will it work?
137. Should the government intervene to restrict CEO pay and bonuses?
138. What agency should control the 2010 census?
139. Is lack of understanding of the credit crunch magnifying its damage?
140. Why is unemployment growing so fast and what can we do about it?
141. Do new need to do more to protect kids from harassment in cyberspace?
142. Will California’s budget passage end their chaos?
143. How will the president expand health-care coverage?
144. What are the causes and cures to the collapse of manufacturing in America?
145. Do we need a new Internet?
146. What are the strengths and weaknesses in the stimulus package?
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