记者 周幸子

本学期开学后第三周🏋🏼，外院特色活动之一的外教特色讲座便在同学们的翘首企盼下再次拉开帷幕⏪。第一场外教讲座在3月1日晚上7点，于丽泽C107成功举行。此次讲座主题是“成功之路”，由Mr. Darren Mullins主持。

作为本学期首场外教讲座，“成功之路”这个话题对于即将步入社会的同学来说无疑具有极大吸引力。不顾天上蒙蒙细雨🦦，在讲座正式开始前教室就已挤满了慕名前来的观众🧜🏽‍♂️。

Mr. Darren Mullins通过列举大量名人失败的例子，如爱迪生发明电灯泡的经历⛹🏽‍♀️，埃尔维斯·普雷斯利在实现他音乐抱负前所遭受的无数次否定👬，彼得.罗斯在成为棒球明星前的艰辛等，深刻地阐述了“要想成功，就必须不惧失败，勇于尝试”这个道理。他认为，“渴望”和“想要”一词是对等的。并且，通过自己学习吉他的切身体会，他告诫同学们🧯：只要你想，你就能办到*️⃣。接着🤞🏻，为了顺利地将同学们引向正确的成功之路🦃，他又把成功分成“长期成功”和“短期成功”两种，并仔细地讲述了他堂姐与他在老人院的工作经历🏃‍➡️，借此告诫大家短期成功并不可取，要想获得真正的成功必须一刻不停地努力。“一个人要成功，首先要知道自己的弱点✌🏿，并学会借助他人的力量来获得最终胜利。”在如何获得成功的问题上👩🏼‍🦲，Mr. Darren Mullins这么说💁🏻🟡。他认为，人无完人，一个人不可能胜任所有的事✉️，所有成功人士都善于利用他人的优点来弥补自己的不足。

演讲的后半段，Mr. Darren Mullins主要讲述了自己的音乐生涯😡🦶🏼。当听到他投寄的歌曲获得了第四名的好成绩，在座同学不约而同地发出了钦佩的赞叹。随后🏌🏻‍♀️，他还为同学们演唱了他自己创作的曲子🦁，引得同学纷纷拿起手机摄像🦕，并要求他再唱一首，他很高兴地满足了大家的要求😎。

直至讲座结束🫖，仍有许多同学前去请教问题，有关于成功的探讨🕟，也有吉他技术的切磋。讲座上Mr. Darren Mullins演出时那自豪又陶醉的神情，无疑坚定了在场所有同学追求成功的信念👨‍🦼。

First Lecture: The Road to Success

By Zhou Xingzi

As one of the typical activities of the School of Foreign Languages, lectures by overseas teachers were held again this semester. At 7 p.m. on March 1st, Mr. Darren Mullins held the first speech named "The Road to Success" in LiZe Building Room C107.

Through some examples of failed experiences of celebrities, such as Thomas Edison, Elvis Aron Presley, Pete Rose and so on, Mr. Darren Mullins proved that if you want to succeed, don’t be afraid of failure and just try to do it. He thought that the word “desire” was equal to “want”. With his experience of learning playing the guitar, he said, “if you want to do something, you can do it”. In order to lead students to the road to success, Mr. Darren Mullins compared the differences between “Lasting Success” and “Fleeting Success”. At the same time, he shared his story when he worked with his cousin in a Residential Care Home, which helped students to understand the importance of pursuing Lasting Success.

“The man who desire for success must know his weakness and manage to win with the help of others.” With the question of how to succeed, Mr. Darren Mullins said, "nobody is perfect, you can hardly do anything without others'' help. All the successful men have the ability to make up their weakness with others'' advantages."

In the second part of this lecture, Mr. Darren Mullins recalled his musical life. Knowing his song got fourth prize, many students couldn’t help gasping in admiration. When Mr. Darren Mullins sang a wonderful song which was written by himself, the students not only recorded video for him but also asked for encore.

At the end of the lecture, many students came to ask him questions about success or guitar. There is no doubt that during the rendition, the pride and happiness shining on Mr. Darren Mullins’s face would encourage students present to struggle for success.