初中英語閱讀拓展名人勵志演講為成功做好準(zhǔn)備素材.docx

為成功做好準(zhǔn)備Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, members of the university, graduates, ladies and gentlemen. As I look around this hall full of happy, proud faces, filled with enthusiasm and hope for the future, I am struck by the rich possibilities that await you. You have been educated in one of Australias and the worlds top universities, in the peaceful and beautiful environment of Canberra. You have studied with some of the most talented students and teachers you could find anywhere. You have been exposed to a kaleidoscope of cultural influences and you have achieved academic excellence.尊敬的校長，副校長，各位教職員工，全體畢業(yè)生們，女士們，先生們，你們好！環(huán)顧大廳四周，我看到一張張洋溢著幸福和自豪的臉龐，你們富有激情，對未來滿懷希望，我為你們的大好前途感到驚嘆不已。在寧靜而美麗的首都堪培拉，你們在澳大利亞乃至世界上一流的大學(xué)接受了教育。在這兒，你們同世界上最出色的學(xué)生為伴，得到最博學(xué)的教師的諄諄教導(dǎo)。遨游在多種文化交織的海洋里，你們在學(xué)術(shù)上取得了卓越的成就。Leaving the global financial crisis aside for a moment, surely this is one of the best positions from which to start living the rest of your life. Hopefully you will all be happy and successful and live long fulfilling lives. So while you are celebrating your achievements today, lets take a moment to pause and reflect on what makes some people successful while others, with similar or greater talent and resources, founder.暫且拋開全球金融危機(jī)不談，毋庸置疑，從這所大學(xué)畢業(yè)將成為你們今后美好生活的起點。我希望，你們所有人都能擁有幸福而成功的人生，能實現(xiàn)自己的人生價值。因此，在你們慶祝自己所取得的成就時，讓我們暫停下來反思一個問題：擁有同樣甚至更加卓越的才智和資源，為什么一些人成功而另一些人卻失敗呢？Over my career, I have had the privilege to work with some astounding people. People like Paul Keating who left school at barely 15 years of age, yet went to become one of Australias most visionary and far sighted prime ministers. As an executive coach, I am working with highly motivated, successful corporate leaders. Yet often I find myself helping them to work out what is missing in their lives and what to do about it.在我的職業(yè)生涯中，我非常有幸曾和一些杰出的人一起工作，比如保羅基廷。他不到15歲就離開了學(xué)校，然后后來卻成為澳大利亞最具遠(yuǎn)見卓識的總理之一。作為一名高級主管指導(dǎo)員，我經(jīng)常和富有活力且非常成功的公司領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人一起共事。然而，我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己經(jīng)常幫他們尋找生活中迷失的東西，并幫助他們彌補(bǔ)。So what exactly is a successful life? How do you define it? Does being successful require you to amass material possessions or to wield great power? Must you be famous, or even become a celebrity? Perhaps its more about being devoted to serving others less fortunate than you or enjoying a life with family and friends, or living sustainably and leaving a legacy, such as world peace.那么，成功的人生究竟是什么樣的？該如何定義成功？成功的人生是否意味著積累物質(zhì)財富或是能夠行使大權(quán)？是否意味著你要非常出色，甚至成為名人？也許成功的人生更意味著幫助比你不幸的人，和家人及朋友一起享受生活、和睦相處，或是為子孫后代留下遺產(chǎn)，比如世界和平。Trying to answer this question drew me to the innovative TED website earlier this year. TED (standing for technology, entertainment and design) is a small non-profit organization devoted to ideas worth spreading. They do this through their website and annual US and UK conferences where they bring together the worlds most fascinating thinkers and doers.在尋覓何謂成功人生時，我想到了年初見到的創(chuàng)新型網(wǎng)站TED。TED（指technology, entertainment, design在英語中的縮寫，即技術(shù)、娛樂、設(shè)計）是一家小型非盈利機(jī)構(gòu)，該機(jī)構(gòu)通過他們的網(wǎng)站和美英年度會議致力于有價值的思想的傳播。美英年度會議，即TED大會，會議云集世界上最杰出的思想家和實干家。This is where I found a very appealing definition of success, which was used by a well-known American basketball coach called John Wooden. He defines true success as peace of mind through knowing that you have made the effort to do the best of which you are capable. This is appealing because it means that anyone from anywhere can live a successful life with a bit of hard work and self-belief. He also argues that you should never let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. And that is a great piece of advice.有一位著名的美國籃球教練約翰伍頓曾給成功下了一個很有感染力的定義。他認(rèn)為，真正的成功是竭盡全力做好自己力所能及的事情從而達(dá)到內(nèi)心的平和。這個定義很有感染力，因為這意味著，無論任何人，不管來自哪里，只要努力并且充滿自信，就能擁有成功的人生。他還說，永遠(yuǎn)不要讓無法做成的事情影響到你能做到的事情。這可是一個很好的建議。Once we have defined our idea of success, the experts tell us that we should set some goals and then work out the actions or steps needed to reach them. Analyst Richard St John, speaker at the Big Ideas forum several years ago, did this by asking 500 other participants -who ranged from Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch to Goldie Hawn and Al Gore-to tell him what was their secrets of success. From these interviews, he came up with this list of eight steps:一旦我們對成功有所定義，專家們就會告訴我們要建立目標(biāo)，并采取相應(yīng)的措施達(dá)成目標(biāo)。幾年前曾在偉大思想論壇演講的分析家理查德圣約翰就曾做了一項關(guān)于成功的秘訣的調(diào)查。這項調(diào)查采訪了500人，包括比爾蓋茨、魯伯特默多克（傳媒大亨），還有歌蒂韓以及阿爾戈爾（前美國副總統(tǒng)）。通過這些調(diào)查，他總結(jié)出了成功的八個步驟：Step 1 passion-find something that you are passionate about that you would do for love, not money, and the dollars will follow.第一步：激情。尋找你所熱愛的工作，這樣，工作就是出于熱愛而不是為了金錢。金錢也會隨之而來。Step 2 work-there is no substitute for hard work but if you love the work you do, then its not so hard. You become a workaholic.第二步：工作。工作的辛苦是無法避免的，但是如果你熱愛自己的工作，自然就不會覺得很辛苦。你也會變成“工作狂”Step 3 good-be very good at something. Practice, practice, practice until you are perfect.第三步：專長。一定要在某一方面十分突出。練習(xí)，練習(xí)，不斷練習(xí)直到非常熟練為止。Step 4 focus-on one thing so that all your energy and effort pour in one direction.第四步：專注。鎖定一個目標(biāo)，并為之投入全部精力和努力。Step 5 push-push yourself through shyness, self-doubt, and negative thoughts. And if this is too hard, he says, call your mother and she will do it for you.第五步：鞭策。努力讓自己擺脫害羞、自我懷疑和消極思想的困擾。如果做不到這點，那就告訴你的母親，她會幫助你。Step 6 serve-find some way to serve others. Millionaires do this by providing something of value to others willing to pay for it.第六步：服務(wù)。尋找為別人服務(wù)的機(jī)會。百萬富翁為別人提供有價值的服務(wù)，而那些人也愿意為之償付金錢。Step 7 ideas-look for ways to keep generating new ideas and act on the best of them.第七步：思想。不斷讓自己迸發(fā)新思想，并將其中最好的付諸行動。Step 8 persist-never give up no matter what is thrown at you.第八步：堅持。不管有多艱難，永遠(yuǎn)不言放棄。I dont know about you, but I love lists. You cant beat them as an organizational tool for getting things done. So when I first read Richards list, I thought that it looked like a great guide to action. But on closer scrutiny, I wasnt so sure. This was because, despite a few periods of great sadness, life has been very good to me and I know that I have experienced success in many parts of it.我不知道你們是否喜歡羅列清單，但我非常喜歡這樣做。羅列清單能幫我們把事情做得井井有條，這一點毋庸置疑。所以當(dāng)我第一次讀到理查德的“成功八部曲”時，我就覺得這是行動的偉大向?qū)?。但?xì)細(xì)品味，我又對此產(chǎn)生了懷疑。因為，雖然經(jīng)歷過一些痛苦，但我的生活依然很好，我在很多方面也獲得了成功。Yet when I looked more closely at Richards list, I realized that I had skipped over some of his most important steps. For example, I am passionate about far too many things to concentrate on just one-be it politics and leadership, economic history, public policy, mentoring, rainforests and gardens, community and family-I could go on. Clearly I seem to lack focus! In fact, my whole career has been a bit of a random walk.然而，當(dāng)我更加仔細(xì)品讀理查德的“成功八部曲”時，我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己忽略了一些最重要的步驟。例如，我熱愛太多的事情，并沒有專注于一件事情我涉足過政界、做過領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，研究過經(jīng)濟(jì)史和社會政策，從事過教育，關(guān)注過雨林和園藝，還對社區(qū)和家庭感興趣等待。顯然，我缺乏專注。事實上，我的職業(yè)生涯有點像漫步。I started spruiking Australian wine at the New York food fair, before becoming a secretary in Washington because the World Bank did not recognize my ANU degree and I needed a job. Then I morphed from an economic policy wonk at the Commonwealth Treasury, to being a senior advisor to the Prime Minister of Australia, in charge of government business and multiculturalism.在華盛頓做秘書前，我在紐約食品市場推銷過澳洲酒，因為當(dāng)時世界銀行不認(rèn)可我在澳大利亞國立大學(xué)獲得的學(xué)位，而我需要一份工作。后來，我從聯(lián)邦財政部的經(jīng)濟(jì)政策專家轉(zhuǎn)而成為澳大利亞總理的調(diào)理顧問，主要負(fù)責(zé)政府工作和多元文化研究。This wandering path led me into the private sector where I moved from advising companies on how to deal effectively with governments, to running a $10 billion business in superannuation. And how I oscillate between being a non-executive director and an executive coach. As you see, my career has no clear direction, no single expertise and no sole passion. But I have pursued my own path and loved every minute of it.經(jīng)過這些曲折，我辭去了在咨詢公司向人們講解如何有效地與政府溝通的工作，轉(zhuǎn)而步入私營企業(yè)，用退休金經(jīng)營了一個有100億美元注冊資金的公司?，F(xiàn)在，至于是做公司的非執(zhí)行董事，還是做一名行政人員教練，我也猶豫不定。你們看，我沒有明確的職業(yè)方向，沒有專長，也沒有專注于一年事情的熱情。但是，我在自己的職業(yè)道路上有追求，享受差點的每一分鐘。I blame my mother for my persistence and motherhood for my fixation with multi-tasking! Like all lists of this sort, they seem to promise a quick and easy fix. Success risks becoming just a function of personality, public image, attitudes and behaviors, skills and techniques. While these factors are important, it leaves out ones inner compass-character, principles and values, things like courage, fairness, integrity, patience, service, and human dignity.母親給予了我做事的耐性，母愛使我同時專注于多項工作。像所有同類清單一樣，“成功八部曲”似乎能給我們提供一個快速而又簡單的方法。個性、公眾形象、態(tài)度和行為、技能和科技都是成功的重要因素。這些因素固然重要，但卻忽略了內(nèi)在因素，即性格、做事原則及價值觀，還有勇氣、公平、正直、耐心、服務(wù)以及人性尊嚴(yán)等。To quote Stephen Covey of Seven Habits fame, principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value. When these truths are internalized into habits, they empower people to create a wide variety of practices to deal with different situations. This is the way that we prepare for the sometimes harsh realities of life-like not getting ones dream job on the first attempt.正如斯蒂芬科維在高效人士的7個習(xí)慣一書中所說，原則是人類行為的向?qū)?。這一點已經(jīng)被證實擁有持久不變的價值。當(dāng)這些真理漸漸內(nèi)化為一種習(xí)慣時，他們會賦予人類處理各種局面的能力。有了這種能力，我們就能坦然應(yīng)對生活中的困境，比如第一次求職沒有得到理想中的工作。As I watched the devastating Victorian bushfires that burned countless homes and killed too many people last February, it reminded me that we cannot ignore the possibility of bad things happening. I arrived at Melbourne airport that Saturday afternoon as the temperature hit 46 degrees and spent the rest of my stay stunned by the disaster that unfurled before us. The stories of those survivors showed unshakeable inner strength-something we all need if we are to overcome setbacks and forge our own path to success.去年二月，澳洲維多利亞發(fā)生了嚴(yán)重的森林火災(zāi)，無數(shù)的家園化為灰燼，許多人喪失生命，這讓我意識到，我們不能忽視不好的事情發(fā)生的可能性。期間的一個周六的下午，我到達(dá)墨爾本機(jī)場，那里溫度高達(dá)46攝氏度，火災(zāi)的陰影籠罩著我在墨爾本的日子。幸存者的事跡展現(xiàn)了人們內(nèi)心堅不可摧的力量。我們所有人都需要擁有這種力量，克服挫折，緞造我們成功的道路。Our Governor General Ms. Quentin Bryce, in a speech she gave at the end of last year to the Kings School in Sydney, urged the boys to understand who you are. She went on to tell them that we need to know who we are so we can show others who we are. We need to belong to ourselves so we can belong among others. We need our own proof that we h