克非 四川大学

克非，藏族，出生于四川省阿坝藏族羌族自治州。1996年至2003年就读于四川大学外国语学院，先后荣获英语文学学士和英语文学硕士。毕业后留校任教至今。

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第五届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛亚军

What Is Success

What is success? Success is the realization of one's hopes and justified ideals. Under such a general notion, however, people have different understanding of success because the hopes and ideals they cherish vary from one another.

Here let me tell you a story of a young female college student. Not long ago, she caught a very terrible nerve disease known as facial paralysis. All of sudden the left side of her face got paralysed, her mouth slid to one side, he eye couldn't close even slightly, and the muscles were completely stiff. Like a bolt from the blue, she was drawn into a total panic. What to do? With her parents, the student had visited a11 the hospitals in the city and tried every possible means, but none worked. As time went by, the situation became more and more urgent because the curable stage was slipping by quickly. She was so scared, but deep in her heart she still kept such a tiny sparkle of hope that things would be going better one day. At last she found her savior, miraculously. She was introduced to a venerable retired acupuncturist. The first time the acupuncturist saw her, he was also quite uncertain if there would be any hope, but still he accepted her. From that day on, they two started their long journey of treatment. After one month, those little silver needles did work marvels! Some muscles of her face were able to move a little. Another month passed, change could be seen on her eyelid. Step by step, after 6 months of continuous acupuncture treatment, she got better and recovered basically at last.

On that day of her 1eaving,the girl and her father presented a precious gift to the acupuncturist. It's a picture frame with the most sacred 6-word blessing from her ethnic nationality: Om-Ma-Ni-Pad-Me-Hung.

Some little silver needles, a traditional Chinese acupuncturist and an ordinary college girl, they together made the miracle happen! That is success.

Talking about success, what usually come to our mind are those great achievements and shining cases. But to me, success is just in each time we rise up to challenges. Why is success so dear to everybody? Because it is not easy to come by, because in the process of our striving for success, we have both our body and soul tempered, and we are enlightened by the most valuable qualities of human beings: confidence, courage, love, fortitude, patience and sense of responsibility. These are the best treasure a person can ever possess, and these are the greatest power for us to strive for the truth and happiness.

My dear friends, now can you guess who that young college student is?

It's me, who is standing here and speaking to you in earnest and sincerity.

I'm so proud that I can take part in this competition within a year after I conquered such an obstinate disease. I am also proud that I come here today not only on behalf of myself and my university, but also on behalf of my successful family, a mixed family formed by a Tibetan father and a Han mother. I' m so happy that I can do credit to my ethnic originality and that land which had reared and educated me.

What is success? Everybody has his own interpretations just as I do. There is one thing for sure, that is every kind of success lead you to a ever brighter future. My friends, believe in yourselves that you can make the best of yourselves. Thank you.

来源：二十一世纪报英语教学网