范文 Onceuponatime,therewasakingwhohadadaughterasbeautifulasabloomingrose。Toallthesuitorswhocametotheking39;spalacetoaskforthehandoftheprincess,theoldkingassignedthreetaskstobeaccomplished,eachnexttoimpossible。Oneday,intotheking39;Well,youknowtherest。Thethreetasksmaybedifferentindifferentversions,butthemainplotisalwaysthesame,withtheprinceclaimingtheprincess39;shandtriumphantly。 Andtheendingisalwaysthesame,finishingwiththelineAndtheylivehappilyeveryafter。 Whyaren39;twetiredofsomethingsofanciful,sounrealistic,and,Iwouldsay,sounimaginative?Howcanastorylikethatenduregenerationsofrepetition?Because,Ithink,itisatypicalsuccessstory。Itishighlyphilosophicalandsymbolic。Byimplication,weseea4stepdefinitionofsuccess:1)agoaltobeset。2)challengestobemet,3)theprocessofsurmountingdifficulties,and4)therewardofsuccess,asrepresentedbythehappymarriage。 Thestorynotonlycaterstoeveryone39;sinwardyearningforsuccess,butalsoemphasizestheinseparabilityoftheprocessandtheresult。Therewardofsuccesswillbemuchamplifiedifthepathleadingtowardsitistreacherous,andviceversa。Ifapersoninheritshisfather39;smillionsandleadsaneasylife,heisnotasuccessfulpersoneveninmaterialterms,becausetherearenodifficultiesinvolvedinhisachievingaffluence。Thetermsuccess,tobesure。willnotsitstillforeasydefinition。ButasIunderstandit,thetruemeaningofsuccessentailsacombinationofboththeprocessandthesatisfactoryresultofanendeavor。Toclarifymyview,letmegiveanotheranalogy。 Ifwechangedtherulesoffootball,greatlyenlargedthegoalandsentawayDavidSeamanoranyothergoalkeeper,sothatanotherDavid,namelyDavidBeckham,couldscoreeasily,thenscoringwouldnotgivehimthethrillofaccomplishmentandthejoythatitbrings。IfwefurtherchangedtherulesbynotallowingArsenal39;sdefenderstodefend,sothatBeckhamneededonlytoliftafinger,actuallyatoe,toscore,thentherewouldbenogameatall,becausethemeaningofwinningwouldhavedisappeared。Inacceptingthechallenge,insurmountingthedifficultiesandinenduringthehardship,successacquiresitsvalue。Thesenseofattainmentvariesinproportiontothedegreeofdifficultiesonovercomes。 Theconceptofsuccessisnotconstantbutrelativebecausethenatureofdifficultyisalsorelative。Somethingyoudoeffortlesslymightposeagreatdifficultyforahandicappedperson。Inacquiringtheabilitytodothesameasyoucan,heorsheachievesuccess。That39;swhywegreatlyadmireStephenHawking,because,thoughconfinedtoawheelchair,hehascontributedgreatlytothefieldofscience。 Imyself,arathershypersonbynaturewhoeasilysufferfromstagefright,hadtopluckupgreatcouragetotakepartinaspeechcontestlikethis。Icouldhavestayedawayandhadaneasytimeofitbynotenteringtheuniversitylevelcontest。ButIchosetoacceptthechallengeandtofacethedifficulties。NowhereIam。IfIcomeoutfirst,itwillbeagreatsuccessforme。IfIcomeoutlastIhopethiswillnotbethecasebutifIcomeoutlast,Iwillnotcallmyattemptafailure,butwillalsocelebrateitasatruesuccess,becausepartofmygoalismyowncharactertrainingtodomoreassertive,tobebraveinfaceofdifficulties。Forme,itisameaningfulstepforward,smallasitis,inthelongjourneytowardthefinalsuccessinmylife,becauseIhavetrulygainedbyparticipating。 Letusreturntoourhandsomeyoungprinceandthe4stepdefinitionofsuccess。Youmyhavenoticedthattheusualworldlycriteriaofwealth,positionandfamewerenotmentionedaspartofthestory,butrather,itemphasizedtheprocessofovercomingdifficulties。Theancientwisdomhadalreadydefinedthemeaningofsuccess,andthisismydefinition,too。 Thankyou。 译文 成功之我见