演讲稿

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 it's 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样的？该如何定义成功？成功的人生是否意味着积累物质财富或是能够行使大权？是否意味着你要非常出色，甚至成为名人？也许成功的人生更意味着帮助比你不幸的人，和家人及朋友一起享受生活、和睦相处，或是为子孙后代留下遗产，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 world's most fascinating thinkers and doers.
在寻觅何谓成功人生时，我想到了年初见到的创新型网站TED。TED（指technology, entertainment, design在英语中的缩写，即技术、娱乐、设计）是一家小型非盈利机构，该机构通过他们的网站和美英年度会议致力于有价值的思想的传播。美英年度会议，即TED大会，会议云集世界上最杰出的思想家和实干家。
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.
有一位著名的美国篮球教练约翰·伍顿曾给成功下了一个很有感染力的定义。他认为，真正的成功是竭尽全力做好自己力所能及的事情从而达到内心的平和。这个定义很有感染力，因为这意味着，无论任何人，不管来自哪里，只要努力并且充满自信，就能拥有成功的人生。他还说，永远不要让无法做成的事情影响到你能做到的事情。这可是一个很好的建议。

重点讲解+名人简历

重点讲解：
1. amass
vt. 积累，积聚
eg. The capitalists amass great wealth by exploiting workers.
资本家剥削工人而积累了巨额财富。
eg. He is planning to amass a fortune for a rainy day .
他正打算积蓄财富以备不时之需。
2. wield
vt. 使用；掌握，运用，行使
eg. We must learn to wield the weapon of law effectively.
我们要学会使用和用好法律武器。
eg. People may wield the power in a democracy.
在民主国家里，人民可以行使权力。
3. make the/an effort to do sth.
努力做某事；
eg. Actually, so few people make the effort to read that it's difficult to call books a 'mass medium'.
实际上，现在太少人肯花精力读书，以至于很难还把书称为一种大众媒体。
eg. We are prepared to hold ourselves accountable, to make the effort to respond to these voices.
我们已准备肩负起责任，努力对这些呼声作出响应。
4. interfere with
打扰； 妨碍； 与……抵触
eg. Don't interfere with my business.
不要干涉我的事情。
eg. He tries not to let his business interfere with his home life.
他尽量不让日常工作妨碍他的家庭生活。

名人名言：
Knowing who we are and being confident enough to do what matters to us--that's what counts.
了解自己，满怀自信，做好我们认为重要的事情，这才是最重要的。