Think Again-Day64

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PART II Interpersonal Rethinking Opening Other People’s Minds CHAPTER 5 Dances with Foes How to Win Debates and Influence People Exhausting someone in argument is not the same as convincing him. —ʖʋʏ ʍʔʇʋʆʇʔ At thirty-one, Harish Natarajan has won three dozen international debate tournaments. He’s been told it’s a world record. But his opponent today presents a unique challenge. Debra Jo Prectet is a prodigy hailing from Haifa, Israel. She’s just eight years old, and although she made her first foray into public debating only last summer, she’s been preparing for this moment for years. Debra has absorbed countless articles to accumulate knowledge, closely studied speechwriting to hone her clarity, and even practiced her delivery to incorporate humor. Now she’s ready to challenge the champion himself. Her parents are hoping she’ll make history. Harish was a wunderkind too. By the time he was eight, he was outmaneuvering his own parents in dinner-table debates about the Indian caste system. He went on to become the European debate champion and a grand finalist in the world debate championship, and coached the Filipino national school debate team at the world championship. I was introduced to Harish by an unusually bright former student who used to compete against him, and remembers having lost “many (likely all)” of their debates. Harish and Debra are facing off in San Francisco in February 2019 in front of a large crowd. They’ve been kept in the dark about the debate topic. When they walk onstage, the moderator announces the subject: should preschools be subsidized by the government? After just fifteen minutes of preparation, Debra will present her strongest arguments in favor of subsidies, and Harish will marshal his best case against them. Their goal is to win the audience over to their side on preschool subsidies, but their impact on me will be much broader: they’ll end up changing my view of what it takes to win a debate. Debra kicks off with a joke, drawing laughter from the crowd by telling Harish that although he may hold the world record in debate wins, he’s never debated someone like her. Then she goes on to summarize an impressive number of studies—citing her sources— about the academic, social, and professional benefits of preschool programs. For good measure, she quotes a former prime minister’s argument about preschool being a smart investment. Harish acknowledges the facts that Debra presented, but then makes his case that subsidizing preschools is not the appropriate remedy for the damage caused by poverty. He suggests that the issue should be evaluated on two grounds: whether preschool is currently underprovided and underconsumed, and whether it helps those who are the least fortunate. He argues that in a world full of trade-offs, subsidizing preschool is not the best use of taxpayer money. کانال خلاصه کتاب (https://t.me/luminous_bookclub) کانال موزیک (https://t.me/luminous_music) کانال مکالمات روزمره (https://t.me/foroughpapi) #think_day64 📱 پیج اینستاگرام: Luminous__english Castbox channel: luminous english 📚هایلایت قسمت 64 کتاب Think Again ✅ Exhausting someone in argument: tiring someone out during a debate, خسته کردن کسی در بحث ✅ Convince someone: make someone believe or accept something, قانع کردن کسی ✅ Opponent: a person you compete or argue against, حریف / رقیب ✅ Unique challenge: a special or uncommon difficulty, چالش منحصربه‌فرد ✅ Prodigy: a young person with exceptional talent or ability, نابغه‌ی کم‌سن ✅ Make a foray into (something): begin to take part in an activity for the first time, وارد شدن به حوزه‌ای برای اولین بار ✅ Absorb knowledge: take in and understand information deeply, جذب و درک دانش ✅ Hone (one’s) skills: improve or sharpen skills, مهارت‌های خود را صیقل دادن / تقویت کردن ✅ Incorporate humor: include humor in something (like a speech), طنز را در چیزی گنجاندن ✅ Make history: do something that will be remembered, کار تاریخی انجام دادن ✅ Wunderkind: a child prodigy, کودک نابغه ✅ Outmaneuver someone: gain an advantage over someone by being clever or strategic, با زرنگی از کسی پیشی گرفتن / شکست دادن ✅ Face off: compete directly or confront each other, رو در رو رقابت کردن ✅ Kept in the dark (about something): not informed or told about something, در بی‌خبری نگه داشتن ✅ Announce the subject: officially tell what the topic is, موضوع را اعلام کردن ✅ In favor of (something): supporting an idea or proposal, در حمایت از / موافق با ✅ Win the audience over: persuade the listeners to agree with you, نظر مخاطبان را به دست آوردن ✅ Kick off with (something): begin with something, شروع کردن با ✅ Draw laughter (from the crowd): make people laugh, باعث خنده‌ی جمع شدن ✅ Cite sources: mention or refer to sources of information, منابع را ذکر کردن ✅ For good measure: as an extra addition for completeness, برای محکم‌کاری / برای تکمیل مطلب ✅ Acknowledge the facts: accept or recognize the truth of something, حقایق را پذیرفتن ✅ Make one’s case (that...): present arguments or evidence to support your point, استدلال آوردن برای اینکه... ✅ Appropriate remedy: suitable solution, راه‌حل مناسب ✅ Damage caused by poverty: harm resulting from poverty, آسیب ناشی از فقر ✅ Evaluate on (certain) grounds: assess based on specific criteria, بر اساس معیارهایی ارزیابی کردن ✅ Those who are the least fortunate: the poorest or most disadvantaged people, کم‌برخوردارترین افراد جامعه ✅ World full of trade-offs: a world where every choice involves sacrifices, دنیایی پر از بده‌بستان‌ها و مصالحه‌ها ✅ Taxpayer money: public funds collected through taxes, پول مالیات‌دهندگان

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