Success for me
Hello, everyone! Good afternoon! I am very glad to have the chance to make this speech. My topic is: how to achieve success. First of all, let us see a story.
“Long long ago, there was a king who had a daughter as beautiful as a blooming rose. To all the men who came to the king's palace to ask for the hand of the princess, the old king gave them three tasks to be accomplished, each next to impossible. One day, there came up a handsome young prince in the king's palace." Well, you know the rest. The three tasks may be different in different versions, but the main plot is always the same, Prince successfully passed all the challenge and got the heart of the princess in time. And the ending is always the same, finishing with the line "And they live happily ever after."
Why aren't we tired of this story so beautiful, so uealistic (, I would say, so unimaginative ? How can a story like that can enduregenerations of repetition? The reason, I think, is that a typical success story like this is so close to our daily life. Moreover we can understand so deeply, it is not just a story, but a good will from people’s inner heart. By implication, we see a 4-step definitions of success: 1 ) a goal to be set. as represented by the beautiful princess. So you’d better find your princess as soon as possible; 2 ) challenges to be meet, as represented by the three tasks. Only if you directly meet the challenge, can you besuccessful; 3 ) the process of overcoming difficulties, as represented by the ordeals the youth goes through; 4 ) the reward of success, as represented by the happy marriage. That’s all! Find your princess, meet challenges, overcome difficulties, and have a good life.
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,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,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。
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