文档介绍：最新大学英语演讲稿
【最新大学英语演讲稿】
my definition of ess
“once upon a time, there was a king who had a daughter as beautiful as a blooming rose. to all the suitors who came to the king’s palace to ask for the hand of the princess, the old king assigned three tasks to be plished, each next to impossible. one day, into the king’s palace came a handsome young prince...” well, you know the rest. the three tasks may be different in different versions, but the main plot is always the same, with the prince claiming the princess’s hand triumphantly.
and the ending is always the same, finishing with the line “and they live happily every after.”
why aren’t we tired of something so fanciful, so unrealistic, and, i would say, so unimaginative? how can a story like that endure generations of repetition`? because, i think, it is a typical ess story. it is highly philosophical and symbolic. by implication, we see a 4step definition of ess: 1 ) a goal to be set. as represented by the beautiful princess; 2 ) challenges to be met, as represented by the three tasks; 3 ) the process of surmounting difficulties, as represented by the ordeals the youth goes through; and 4 ) the reward of ess, as represented by the happy marriage.
the story not only caters to everyone’s inward yearning for ess, but also emphasizes the inseparability of the process and the result. the reward of ess will be much amplifie