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成功的定义英语演讲稿范文
成功的定义英语演讲稿范文“Onceuponatime,therewasakingwhohadadaughterasbeautifulasablooming
rose.Toallthesuitorswhocametotheking'spalacetoaskforthehandoftheprincess,theoldkingassignedthreetaskstobeaccomplished,eachnextto
impossible.Oneday,intotheking'spalacecameahandsomeyoung
prince..."Well,youknowthe
rest.Thethreetasksmaybedifferentindifferentversions,butthemainplotisalwaysthesame,withtheprinceclaimingtheprincess'shandtheendingisalwaysthesame,finishingwiththeline"Andtheylivehappilyevery
after."Whyaren'twetiredofsomethingsofanciful,sounrealistic,and,Iwouldsay,sounimaginative?
Howcanastorylikethatenduregenerationsofrepetition`?
Because,Ithink,itisatypicalsuccess
story.Itishighly
philosophicaland
symbolic.Byimplication,weseea4-stepdefinitionofsuccess:
1)agoaltobe
set.asrepresentedbythebeautifulprincess;
2)challengestobemet,asrepresentedbythethreetasks;
3)theprocessofsurmountingdifficulties,asrepresentedbytheordealstheyouthgoesthrough;
and4)therewardofsuccess,asrepresentedbythehappy
marriage.Thestorynotonlycaterstoeveryone'sinwardyearningforsuccess,butalsoemphasizestheinseparabilityoftheprocessandthe
result.Therewardofsuccesswillbemuchamplifiedifthepathleadingtowardsitistreacherous,andvice
versa.Ifapersoninheritshisfather'smillionsandleadsaneasylife,heisnotasuccessfulpersoneveninmaterialterms,becausetherearenodifficultiesinvolvedinhisachieving
affluence.Theterm"success",tobe
sure.willnotsitstillforeasy
definition.ButasIunderstandit,thetruemeaningofsuccessentailsacombinationofboththeprocessandthesatisfactoryresultofan
endeavor.Toclarifymyview,letmegiveanother
analogy.Ifwechangedtherulesoffootball,greatlyenlargedthegoalandsentawayDavidSeamanoranyothergoalkeeper,sothatanotherDavid,namelyDavidBeckham,couldscoreeasily,thenscoringwouldnotgivehimthethrillofaccomplishmentandthejoythatit
brings.IfwefurtherchangedtherulesbynotallowingArsenal'sdefenderstodefend,sothatBeckhamneededonlytoliftafinger,actuallyatoe,toscore,thentherewouldbenogameatall,becausethemeaningofwinningwouldhave
disappeared.Inacceptingthechallenge,insurmountingthedifficultiesandinenduringthehardship,successacquiresits
value.Thesenseofattainmentvariesinproportiontothedegreeofdifficultieson
overcomes.Theconceptofsuccessisnotconstantbutrelativebecausethenatureofdifficultyisalso
relative.Somethingyoudoeffortlesslymightposeagreatdifficultyforahandicapped
person.Inacquiringtheabilitytodothesameasyoucan,heorsheachieve
success.That'swhywegreatlyadmireStephenHawking,because,thoughconfinedtoawheelchair,hehascontributedgreatlytothefieldof
science.Imyself,arathershypersonbynaturewhoeasilysufferfromstagefright,hadtopluckupgreatcouragetotakepartinaspeechcontestlike
this.IcouldhavestayedawayandhadaneasytimeofitbynotenteringtheuniversitylevelIchosetoacceptthechallengeandtofacethe
difficulties.NowhereI
am.IfIcomeoutfirst,itwillbeagreatsuccessfor
me.IfIcomeoutlast-Ihopethiswillnotbethecase-butifIcomeoutlast,Iwillnotcallmyattemptafailure,butwillalsocelebrateitasatruesuccess,becausepartofmygoalismyowncharactertraining-todomoreassertive,tobebraveinfaceof
difficulties.Forme,itisameaningfulstepforward,smallasitis,inthelongjourneytowardthefinalsuccessinmylife,
participating.Letusreturntoourhandsomeyoungprinceandthe4-stepdefinitionof
success.Youmyhavenoticedthattheusualworldlycriteriaofwealth,positionandfamewerenotmentionedaspartofthestory,butrather,itemphasizedtheprocessofovercoming
difficulties.Theancientwisdomhadalreadydefinedthemeaningofsuccess,andthisismydefinition,
too.Thank
you.becauseIhavetrulygainedby