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Hard Work (Pros) VS Opportunity (Cons)
正方一辩：Hello, everyone! We are here to debate the topic that which is more
important to one’s success, hard work or opportunity. Honestly, hard work and
opportunity are two necessary factors to one’s success. But we claim that hard work
enjoys much more importance. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. Hard work is
the premise of success. Only when you obtain special abilities and skills through hard
work can you expect to catch the opportunity precisely. Furthermore, we’d like to say
that opportunity makes the minority successful, but hard work allows the majority to
achieve their goals. Instead of waiting for unrealistic opportunity, a wise man would
rather use hard work to open a door for himself. We believe that gold will shine
anywhere. After all, Newton wasn’t the first person who had been hit by the apple.
反方一辩：Hello, everyone! Our opinion is that opportunity is more important
than hard work to one’s success. There is no denying that hard work contributes a lot
to one’s success. However, without a good opportunity, will hard work make any
sense? In the battle of Red Cliffs, how can the victory be achieved without the east
wind? A good opportunity can help us to win a battle and reduce the death toll at the
same time. Similarly, a good opportunity can help us to achieve success with much
less effort. If the way to success is a ladder, then hard work will be the footsteps while
opportunity is the vertical bar which connects the footsteps together. Without the
vertical bar, the footsteps are just some scattered crabsticks of no use. Those who are
simply working hard while paying less attention to all kinds of opportunities will not
necessarily achieve success. So we hold the view that opportunities are more
important than hard work to one’s success. That’s all, thank you!
正方二辩：I want to give an example to defend our side. I think the most
successful thing the apple has done is that it fell and beat the Newton’s head. By so
Newton achieved great breakthrough in his career and contributed a lot to physics. His
success depends mainly on his hard work. Average people don’t work hard like him,
even if the apple beats an average people a thousand times, could he succeed?
反方二辩：Well, I’m afraid that I hold exactly the opposite view on the example
that you mentioned. I think it is fortunate for Newton that the apple had fallen on his
head. Imagine, if Newton hadn’t had such an opportunity, could he have found the law
of universal gravitation just with plenty of experiments, plenty of hard work in his
laboratory? So in my opinion, opportunity gives one’s hard work a show stage.
Without this stage, no amount of hard work can fully achieve its value.
正方二辩：Many successful persons demonstrate to us that hard work creates
good opportunities. What’s more, most of us don’t have a wealthy father who can
create opportunities, if we don’t work hard, who are glad to offer opportunities?
反方三辩：Sometimes hard work may bring us opportunities. However, it
doesn’t mean opportunity is less important. If you don’t seize the opportunity, you
would fail as well.
反方二辩：We all know that there is a famous battle in history that is called The
Battle of Red Cliffs or you may call it The Battle of Chibi. In the battle, Wu prepared
everything well, and the only thing they still needed is the east wind. Now we know

that the wind finally came and helped Wu win the battle. But I wonder what would
have happened if the wind hadn’t come? Will their full preparations, their hard work
make any sense? In other words, what’s the use of one’s hard work when there isn’t
an opportunity?
正方二辩：There is no denying that the opportunity plays a critical role in this
case. But the success depends mainly on the fact that they are good at observing the
weather and they prepare for it at any time.
反方二辩：We know that there are lots of people in the world fighting for success.
They work hard day and night, pouring much energy and capital to their cause. But
the fact is that only a few of them can succeed in the end. And according to a survey,
84 percent of those successful people admit that opportunity plays a fairly important
role in their success. I think this is a good illustration for our opinion that opportunity
is more important to one’s success than hard work. So, what’s your opinion on this?
正方三辩：In the fierce social competition, many people face up to the same
opportunity to some degree, but only the people who work the hardest and make the
best preparations can find and seize the opportunity and succeed at last. This can
mainly explain why only a few people get success while most people don’t.
正方三辩（继续提问）And as we can see, many college students don’t work hard
at school and when they graduate, they can’t find a good road while there are so many
opportunities. How do you look at this problem?
反方二辩：What you said is indeed a fact of life, but it is just one-sided I think.
You have overlooked those students who study very hard throughout college but find
an ordinary job after graduating. And also you have ignored that some students don’t
necessarily study harder than others but they may find a good job just due to an
accidental opportunity. I don’t mean that hard work isn’t important. I just think that
opportunity is more important to one’s success when compared to hard work. No
matter how hard one works, he always needs an opportunity.
正方三辩：The people without abilities even have the best opportunity, they still
can’t succeed. Looking at the students who failed in the college entrance examination,
don’t they have the opportunity?
反方三辩：We don’t say that having the opportunity can guarantee your success.
Only when you make good use of the opportunity can you succeed. Besides, hard
work is only one of the factors that contribute to passing the college entrance
examination, you can’t ignore other factors.
反方三辩（继续提问）：We all know the story about Bo Le and the swift horse.
The purpose I take this for example is that without the opportunity of meeting Bo Le,
the swift horse would not get known to the world, even though the horse practices
hard. The principle suits humans, too. One works very hard but has no chance to show
himself, how can he succeed?
正方二辩：The opportunity isn’t accident; it always falls to diligent person. If
you don’t work hard, let alone you have the chance to find the opportunity.
反方三辩：Many famous artists such as Van Gogh, lived a poor life all the year
round. They couldn’t make a living on their works that became priceless after their
deaths. It’s clear that what they lack isn’t abilities or hard work but the opportunity of

presenting themselves. Can you deny that they would have been more successful if
they had been given an opportunity?
正方三辩：I think the opponent debater’s definition of success is superficial. The
success of an artist is based on his extraordinary works. With these perfect works, he
will win people’s appreciation and praise sooner or later. Giving him the opportunity
can make him famous earlier, but hard work still is the key factor that helps him
succeed.
正方四辩（总结）：There are always different opinions on the question: which is
more important to one’s success, opportunity or hard work? And according to our
debate, we still hold the view that hard work plays a more important role. And I have
two points to say. First, as the examples we have shown, hard work is our own thing
but opportunity depends on many unsure factors. That’s to say, you can choose to be
diligent but you can’t rely on the unsure opportunity to reach your goal. Secondly,
there goes the saying:” opportunity is for the well-prepared people.” In other words, if
you don’t have the ability to hold the opportunity, then it just means nothing to you.
And ability is improved by hard work. So to some degree, opportunity is created by
hard work. That’s why nothing can be reached without hard work and why we think
hard work is more important. That’s all, thank you!
反方四辩（总结）：Again greetings to all. Thanks for the well debating of the
defenders. Trying to win this debate, the pros are looking for chances to seize the
vulnerability of our arguments, because they know that only when they catch the
opportunity can they win this debate. Thank the defenders for proving the importance
of opportunity for us with their practical action!
We insist on our view that opportunity is more important than hard work. To
begin with, young people lack experience and financial base; they need other people’s
recommend to exercise more. Besides, it is said that when an opportunity is neglected,
it never comes back to you again. So, it is the instantaneity of opportunity that makes
it more important than hard work. And many examples have been taken by my
partners showing that the reason why hard-working people fail is that they don’t seize
the opportunities. So just as the saying goes, the successful people are not those who
are hard-working, but good at grasping the opportunity.
Last but not the least, we don’t deny the worth of hard work. And I’m glad that
the opponent third debater admits that hard work can help us make advantages of
catch the opportunities. However, I have to claim that our topic today is which one is
more important. So, in other words, we come to a conclusion that hard work is just a
necessary part but not the promise. Opportunity is the real key to the door of success.
So our side insists that opportunity is more important than hard work to one’s success!

Hard Work (Pros) VS Opportunity (Cons)
正方一辩：Hello, everyone! We are here to debate the topic that which is more
important to one’s success, hard work or opportunity. Honestly, hard work and
opportunity are two necessary factors to one’s success. But we claim that hard work
enjoys much more importance. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. Hard work is
the premise of success. Only when you obtain special abilities and skills through hard
work can you expect to catch the opportunity precisely. Furthermore, we’d like to say
that opportunity makes the minority successful, but hard work allows the majority to
achieve their goals. Instead of waiting for unrealistic opportunity, a wise man would
rather use hard work to open a door for himself. We believe that gold will shine
anywhere. After all, Newton wasn’t the first person who had been hit by the apple.
反方一辩：Hello, everyone! Our opinion is that opportunity is more important
than hard work to one’s success. There is no denying that hard work contributes a lot
to one’s success. However, without a good opportunity, will hard work make any
sense? In the battle of Red Cliffs, how can the victory be achieved without the east
wind? A good opportunity can help us to win a battle and reduce the death toll at the
same time. Similarly, a good opportunity can help us to achieve success with much
less effort. If the way to success is a ladder, then hard work will be the footsteps while
opportunity is the vertical bar which connects the footsteps together. Without the
vertical bar, the footsteps are just some scattered crabsticks of no use. Those who are
simply working hard while paying less attention to all kinds of opportunities will not
necessarily achieve success. So we hold the view that opportunities are more
important than hard work to one’s success. That’s all, thank you!
正方二辩：I want to give an example to defend our side. I think the most
successful thing the apple has done is that it fell and beat the Newton’s head. By so
Newton achieved great breakthrough in his career and contributed a lot to physics. His
success depends mainly on his hard work. Average people don’t work hard like him,
even if the apple beats an average people a thousand times, could he succeed?
反方二辩：Well, I’m afraid that I hold exactly the opposite view on the example
that you mentioned. I think it is fortunate for Newton that the apple had fallen on his
head. Imagine, if Newton hadn’t had such an opportunity, could he have found the law
of universal gravitation just with plenty of experiments, plenty of hard work in his
laboratory? So in my opinion, opportunity gives one’s hard work a show stage.
Without this stage, no amount of hard work can fully achieve its value.
正方二辩：Many successful persons demonstrate to us that hard work creates
good opportunities. What’s more, most of us don’t have a wealthy father who can
create opportunities, if we don’t work hard, who are glad to offer opportunities?
反方三辩：Sometimes hard work may bring us opportunities. However, it
doesn’t mean opportunity is less important. If you don’t seize the opportunity, you
would fail as well.
反方二辩：We all know that there is a famous battle in history that is called The
Battle of Red Cliffs or you may call it The Battle of Chibi. In the battle, Wu prepared
everything well, and the only thing they still needed is the east wind. Now we know

that the wind finally came and helped Wu win the battle. But I wonder what would
have happened if the wind hadn’t come? Will their full preparations, their hard work
make any sense? In other words, what’s the use of one’s hard work when there isn’t
an opportunity?
正方二辩：There is no denying that the opportunity plays a critical role in this
case. But the success depends mainly on the fact that they are good at observing the
weather and they prepare for it at any time.
反方二辩：We know that there are lots of people in the world fighting for success.
They work hard day and night, pouring much energy and capital to their cause. But
the fact is that only a few of them can succeed in the end. And according to a survey,
84 percent of those successful people admit that opportunity plays a fairly important
role in their success. I think this is a good illustration for our opinion that opportunity
is more important to one’s success than hard work. So, what’s your opinion on this?
正方三辩：In the fierce social competition, many people face up to the same
opportunity to some degree, but only the people who work the hardest and make the
best preparations can find and seize the opportunity and succeed at last. This can
mainly explain why only a few people get success while most people don’t.
正方三辩（继续提问）And as we can see, many college students don’t work hard
at school and when they graduate, they can’t find a good road while there are so many
opportunities. How do you look at this problem?
反方二辩：What you said is indeed a fact of life, but it is just one-sided I think.
You have overlooked those students who study very hard throughout college but find
an ordinary job after graduating. And also you have ignored that some students don’t
necessarily study harder than others but they may find a good job just due to an
accidental opportunity. I don’t mean that hard work isn’t important. I just think that
opportunity is more important to one’s success when compared to hard work. No
matter how hard one works, he always needs an opportunity.
正方三辩：The people without abilities even have the best opportunity, they still
can’t succeed. Looking at the students who failed in the college entrance examination,
don’t they have the opportunity?
反方三辩：We don’t say that having the opportunity can guarantee your success.
Only when you make good use of the opportunity can you succeed. Besides, hard
work is only one of the factors that contribute to passing the college entrance
examination, you can’t ignore other factors.
反方三辩（继续提问）：We all know the story about Bo Le and the swift horse.
The purpose I take this for example is that without the opportunity of meeting Bo Le,
the swift horse would not get known to the world, even though the horse practices
hard. The principle suits humans, too. One works very hard but has no chance to show
himself, how can he succeed?
正方二辩：The opportunity isn’t accident; it always falls to diligent person. If
you don’t work hard, let alone you have the chance to find the opportunity.
反方三辩：Many famous artists such as Van Gogh, lived a poor life all the year
round. They couldn’t make a living on their works that became priceless after their
deaths. It’s clear that what they lack isn’t abilities or hard work but the opportunity of

presenting themselves. Can you deny that they would have been more successful if
they had been given an opportunity?
正方三辩：I think the opponent debater’s definition of success is superficial. The
success of an artist is based on his extraordinary works. With these perfect works, he
will win people’s appreciation and praise sooner or later. Giving him the opportunity
can make him famous earlier, but hard work still is the key factor that helps him
succeed.
正方四辩（总结）：There are always different opinions on the question: which is
more important to one’s success, opportunity or hard work? And according to our
debate, we still hold the view that hard work plays a more important role. And I have
two points to say. First, as the examples we have shown, hard work is our own thing
but opportunity depends on many unsure factors. That’s to say, you can choose to be
diligent but you can’t rely on the unsure opportunity to reach your goal. Secondly,
there goes the saying:” opportunity is for the well-prepared people.” In other words, if
you don’t have the ability to hold the opportunity, then it just means nothing to you.
And ability is improved by hard work. So to some degree, opportunity is created by
hard work. That’s why nothing can be reached without hard work and why we think
hard work is more important. That’s all, thank you!
反方四辩（总结）：Again greetings to all. Thanks for the well debating of the
defenders. Trying to win this debate, the pros are looking for chances to seize the
vulnerability of our arguments, because they know that only when they catch the
opportunity can they win this debate. Thank the defenders for proving the importance
of opportunity for us with their practical action!
We insist on our view that opportunity is more important than hard work. To
begin with, young people lack experience and financial base; they need other people’s
recommend to exercise more. Besides, it is said that when an opportunity is neglected,
it never comes back to you again. So, it is the instantaneity of opportunity that makes
it more important than hard work. And many examples have been taken by my
partners showing that the reason why hard-working people fail is that they don’t seize
the opportunities. So just as the saying goes, the successful people are not those who
are hard-working, but good at grasping the opportunity.
Last but not the least, we don’t deny the worth of hard work. And I’m glad that
the opponent third debater admits that hard work can help us make advantages of
catch the opportunities. However, I have to claim that our topic today is which one is
more important. So, in other words, we come to a conclusion that hard work is just a
necessary part but not the promise. Opportunity is the real key to the door of success.
So our side insists that opportunity is more important than hard work to one’s success!

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