大學生英語演講：成功經驗英語演講

1、第 PAGE6 頁 共 NUMPAGES6 頁大學生英語演講：成功經驗 - 英語演講 - My Definition of SuccessBy Chen Heng 陳恒 上海外國語大學獲得第五屆全國英語演講比賽冠軍)專家點評:演講開頭用了一個寓言故事，十分生動，最后點出對成功的看法，達到了點題的效果。 “Once upon a time， there was a king who had a daughter as beautiful as a blooming rose. To all the suitors who came to the kings palace to ask for t

2、he hand of the princess, the old king assigned three tasks to be acplished, each next to impossible. One day, into the kings palace came a handsome young prince. Well, you know the rest. The three tasks may be different in different versions, but the main plot is always the same, with the prince cla

3、iming the princesss hand triumphantly.The concept of success is not constant but relative because the nature of difficulty is also relative. Something you do effortlessly might pose a great difficulty for a handicapped person. In acquiring the ability to do the same as you can, he or she achieve suc

4、cess. Thats why we greatly admire Stephen Hawking, because, though confined to a wheel chair, he has contributed greatly to the field of science.I myself, a rather shy person by nature who easily suffer from stage fright, had to pluck up great courage to take part in a speech contest like this. I co

5、uld have stayed away and had an easy time of it by not entering the university level contest.But I chose to accept the challenge and to face the difficulties. Now here I am. If I e out first, it will be a great success for me. If I e out last-I hope this will not be the case-but if I e out last, I w

6、ill not call my attempt a failure, but will also celebrate it as a true success, because part of my goal is my own character training-to do more assertive, to be brave in face of difficulties. For me, it is a meaningful step forward, small as it is, in the long journey toward the final success in my

7、 life, because I have truly gained by participating.Let us return to our handsome young prince and the 4-step definition of success. You my have noticed that the usual worldly criteria of wealth, position and fame were not mentioned as part of the story, but rather, it emphasized the process of over

8、ing difficulties. The ancient wisdom had already defined the meaning of success, and this is my definition, too.Thank you.譯文:成功之我見“很久以前，有個國王，他的女兒貌美如花。老國王向所有來求婚的男士提出了三個任務作為挑戰(zhàn)，而每一項任務都異常艱巨，幾乎不可能完成。一天，來了一位年輕英俊的王子”好了，下面的故事你們都知道了。三項任務在不同的版本中各不相同，但關鍵部分的情節(jié)都如出一轍:王子成功地過關，得到了公主的芳心。而故事的結局也都一樣，最后一句都寫道:“從此他們幸福地生活

9、在一起。為什么我們對如此美妙、如此不切實際,而我要說,如此缺乏想象力的東西這么樂此不疲呢?這樣的故事又如何能夠經歷幾代人的重復?我想，因為它是典型的成功的例子。故事的思想性很強，具有代表性。通過故事帶給我們的啟示，我們認識到了成功定義中的四個步驟;第一，目標的設定，有如故事里美麗的公主;第二，所遇到的困難和挑戰(zhàn)，就像三大任務;第三，克服困難的過程，故事中青年經歷重重難關可以作為象征;第四，就是成功的果實，如同幸福的婚姻。這個故事不僅迎合了人們內心深處對成功的向往，也強調了過程和結果的不可分離。如果通往成功的道路崎嶇曲折，那么成功的回報必然碩果累累，反之亦然。如果一個人繼承了父輩的百萬家產而生活

10、得輕松富足，那么，即使在物質上，他也不能算是個成功人士，因為，他的財富并沒有經過艱難困苦而獲得。確切地說，“成功”這個詞，不是個靜態(tài)簡單的定義。在我的理解中，真正意義上的成功是奮斗的過程和經歷了奮斗之后贏得的滿意的結果。請讓我另舉一例來闡明我的見解。如果我們試著改變足球的比賽規(guī)則，將球門放得很大，換下大衛(wèi)希曼或其他任何的守門員，這樣，隨便哪個“大衛(wèi)”，比如說，“大衛(wèi)貝克漢姆”，就可以輕松進球，然而這樣進一球卻不能給他帶來成功的震顫與喜悅。如果我們再改一改比賽規(guī)則，不讓阿森納隊的防守來守門，那么，貝克漢姆只要動動手，其實就是抬抬腳就能進一球，那樣的話、，實際上也沒有什么比賽可言了，因為贏球的意義

11、已經不存在了。在接受挑戰(zhàn)、克服困難和經歷磨難的過程中，“成功”的價值才得以豐滿。取得成果的意義和所克服的艱難的程度成正比。所謂成功的概念不是一成不變的.而曇相對而言的,因為困難的性質也是相對意義上的。正常人不費力氣做成的事對于一個殘疾人來說也許相當困難。獲得了同正常人一樣的能力，這個殘疾人就獲得了成功。這便是我們?yōu)槭裁闯缇词返俜一艚鸬脑螂m然行動不便，受到了輪椅的限制，他依然為科學界作出了巨大的貢獻。就我自己而言，生性羞澀，容易怯場，不得不鼓起非常大的勇氣來參加此次的演講比賽。我完全可以待在一邊，不參加大學級別的比賽，而落得輕松自在?？墒?，我還是選擇了接受這一挑戰(zhàn)來面對困難?，F(xiàn)在我來了，如果我能夠得第一的話.這對我來說就是巨大的成功。如果，我是最后一名我希望情況不是這樣但如果我真的是最后一名，我也不會認為這次的嘗試是一次失敗，反而我要把它當作一次真正的成功來慶賀，因為我一部分的目標是對自己性格的鍛