Debating is – very popular activity in – Great Britain. For – British, it is – important to be able to speak – well and to speak convincingly.

As – result there are – many debating clubs and – societies in – schools and – universities to train – people to debate well. – each year there is – competition to find – country's best debater.

– one year – finalists were – Steven Swan from – England and – Magnus MacDonald from – Scotland. They were – two very different characters, both in – appearance and – personality. – Steven Swan was – short and very fat man. He weighed over – 200 kilos and he was shaped like – ball.

He was – very sociable man. – Steven was always with – friends and he never stopped talking. He spent – great amount of his time in – expensive London restaurants debating with – politicians and – businessmen. They always paid – bills so – Stephen ate – enormous amounts of – food.

– Magnus MacDonald, on – other hand, was almost – complete opposite. He was – tall and very, very thin. He looked like – pencil and he seemed to be just – skin and – bones. – Magnus lived in – small Scottish town so he was – quite unknown.

He was – quiet man who spent most of his time reading – books in – library. He never spoke unless it was – necessary. 'Never waste – words' was one of his favourite sayings.

On – day of – final – large crowd waited anxiously to see and hear – two finalists. They entered – debating room and stood looking at – each other. This was – first time that they had met.

– Magnus was silent. – Steven slowly looked at – Magnus from – head to – toe and said, “ So you are – Magnus. Looking at you, – anybody would think that there was – famine in – Scotland.”

– crowd laughed. – Magnus waited until – laughter had stopped and replied coldly, “And you caused – famine”.

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