英語演講比賽演講稿（精選31篇）

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇1

　　Good morning,everyone!.

　　From all the warm applause, i am of my classmates have hope. i will be with perseverance and tenacity to laugh last!

　　what is life? is patience, tenacity, perseverance is perseverance, perseverance is a kind of toward the goal diligently pursue the process, a destination never give up the spirit!

　　life is not easy, there are test; life is not smooth, often need to exercise. cannot persist in their pursuit for ideal, can't keep on carving to efforts, will be without a single success.

　　the development of training, in the face of10 meters of rock climbing and bungy jumping, all the students without fear, the courage to climb, especially some female students to overcome the physiological and psychological aspects of persistent limit, climb, bent upward; we are going forward, courageously try to be the first performance, and take concrete actions to interpret the essence and connotation of perseverance!

　　one persistent tenacity is strong from the need of necessary conditions. in the face of adversity is from, in the face of difficulties do not bow their heads, is a heroic performance. ancient cloud: adversity makes a man wise, what makes a hero. the setback and the attack for the strong is the driving force and pressure, is succeand victory! as everyone knows, he was arrested and his book; zhong ni and qu yuan banished for spring and autumn; ode to a left thalamic blindness, mandarin; sima qian; the" historical records" prison; beethoven wrote" moonlight sonata". be too numerous to enumerate examples, but the truth is only one, it is perseverance!

　　in his daily sailing kolumb diary is always written with such a sentence:" we keep going!" this sentence may seem trivial, but contains a profound truth. with this advance courageously spirit, they marched towards the vast sea, acrothe tempestuous waves, after savage wilderness, overcome go through untold hardships, finally found a new continent, completed the history of an amazing feat!

　　have one words of song, everyone for having heard it many times," no experience of wind and rain, how to see rainbow!" the road of life is not smooth, but carries a beautiful dream, just stick to the direction of life, they will be able to create their own or even human miracle!

　　finally, i would like to use a poem:ugly bat with thousands of years of hard work was to win the praise of the poet a buffalo with a million works won the painter's green eyes,we are not born for fame and live to die，we are for the faith and to fight song!

　　Thank you.

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇2

　　In our daily lives, we have many choices to make, such as what to eat forsupper,what clothes to wear, or what to do on weekends. at certain times in ourlives, we need to make even more critical choices, such as which school toattend, what job to take or who to choose as husband or wife. yes, life is amatter of choice. seemimgly, it means a choice of tangible things. but inessence, it means choosing a way of life. life is to be lived, savored, andenjoyed, not to be wasted or complained about.

　　Hardly can we forget the time when our society faced the grave threat fromthe life-and-death disease--sars. yet, even during those dreadful times, someafflicted people remained optimistic. instead of wearing neutral white masks,some people turned to colouful ones, and thus display a happy mood. and somecreative people dubbed sars to mean "smile and remain smiling." i was deeplytouched by their optimisim, nearly forgetting that we're still in a battle.people who survive these kinds of circumstances, (at some point)decide in theirminds to carry on in spite of the overwhelming odds.

　　Laid-off workers, typically regarded as the victims of economicadvancement, are subject to desperation that being unmeployed has brought onthem. but, encouragingly, we have witnessed some of them striving hard torebuild confidence toward life and discover new opportunities for demonstratingtheir values.

　　Although we cannot choose our appearance, inborn gifts and even avoidunexpected disasters and adversities, we do have the privilege to choose to liveoptimistcally,to love our lives, to have dreams, and to cherish hopes.

　　Every morning when we get up, we have a choice of how we want to approachlife that day. as for me, i choose to be cheerful.

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇3

　　DREAM——A word that has changed the world

　　Hello,everybody !it is my great honor to be here to share my idea with you .Today,I will talk something about DREAM——A word that has changed the world .

　　“What do you think is the word that has really changed our world ”

　　When I was asked about this question for the first time ,without thinking it too much ,a word flash into my mind ——DREAM ,D-R-E-A-M.People more or less dream about different things ,to be a teacher ,a doctor ,a scientist ,a businessman and so on .All these people who have dreams should be respected ,because Dreams make the world go around .We grow great by our dreams.All big men are great dreamers in their youth.Everyone has a dream ,and everything starts as one’s daydream.

　　Martin Luther king had a dream.He desired for a future where blacks and whites would coexist harmoniously as equals.By speaking the way he did,he educated,he inspired,he informed not just the people there,but people throughout America and unborn generations.He pushed forward the pace of American black society towards the racial equality .

　　Thomas Edison had a dream.He dreamed of a lamp that could be operated by electricity,began where he stood to put his dream into action,and despite more than ten thousand failures,he stood by that dream until he made it a physical reality!And today,his dream lights up the world at night.

　　Walt Disney had a dream.This,in itself,wasn't unusual -- he was always dreaming.He dreamed of making the first animated feature film,and of building an amusement park that parents could enjoy right along with their kids.Walt Disney empowered his dream and today,Disneyland,Disney world and Disney theme parks attract around the world thrill millions of visitors each and every year.

　　John F.kennedy had a dream.He wanted to land a man on the moon and return him safely to earth so as to restore faith in the American way of life.John F.kennedy empowered his dream and 8 years later Neil Armstrong stepped on the face of the moon.The moon landing certainly gave Americans new found confidence.

　　Dream --- A word that has changed the world Yes ,I would say so ,wouldn’t you

　　Youth is a special life relay station ,the growth with the worry ,the life feeling become aware happily with the dream ,collected a unique youth melody in here .

　　We decide.We choose.And as we decide and choose,so are our lives formed.In the end,forming our own destiny is what ambition is about.And most importantly ,You are the one you choose to be.

　　It is easy to waste our lives ,our days ,our minutes .It is easy to exist than living .So hold fast to your dreams,For if dreams die,life is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly.Hold fast to your dreams,For when dreams go,life is a barren field,Frozen with snow.

　　I hope you everyone he

　　夢--一個改變世界的詞

　　大家好!我很榮幸能在這里和大家分享我的想法，今天我將談?wù)撘粋�關(guān)于夢想的東西--一個改變世界的詞。

　　“你認為什么是真正改變了我們世界的這個詞呢”

　　當我被問到這個問題的時候，沒有想太多，一個字閃進我的腦海——夢，d-r-e-a-m.people或多或少的夢想不同的東西，是一個教師，醫(yī)生，科學家，商人等等。所有這些人的夢想都應(yīng)該得到尊重，因為夢想讓世界運轉(zhuǎn)。我們增長我們的夢想偉大，所有的偉人都是在青年時期偉大的夢想家。每個人都有夢想，一切都開始作為一個的白日夢。

　　路德金做了一個夢，他希望給黑人和白人能和諧共處等。說他，他這樣的教育，他深受啟發(fā)，他通知不只是那里的人們，但全美國的人和未出生的后代，他推動了美國黑人社會的步伐走向種族平等。

　　愛迪生托馬斯做了一個夢，他夢見一個能用電來供電的電燈，他開始在那里站著把自己的夢想付諸行動，盡管有一萬多個失敗，他站在那一個夢中，直到他成為現(xiàn)實!今天，他的夢想照亮了世界。

　　沃爾特迪士尼有一個夢想，這一點，在它本身并不尋常，他一直在做夢，他夢想制作第一部動畫電影，并建設(shè)一個娛樂公園，父母可以享受與他們的孩子。

　　約翰肯尼迪做了一個夢，他想把人送上月球并返回他安全返回地球，恢復美國的生活方式的信念。約翰肯尼迪授權(quán)他的夢想，8年后尼爾阿姆斯壯踏上月球的臉。登月的確給了美國人的新發(fā)現(xiàn)的信心。

　　夢---一個改變世界的話是的，我會這樣說，是不是你

　　青春是一個特殊的生命接力站，隨著煩惱的成長，生活的感覺變得與夢的幸福感，在這里收集了一個獨特的青春旋律。

　　我們決定，我們選擇，并且當我們決定和選擇，我們的生活也在我們的生活中，最終形成我們自己的命運是什么樣的野心是什么，最重要的是，你是你選擇的那個人。

　　我們的生活，我們的日子，我們的生活，很容易浪費我們的生命，很容易生存，所以堅持你的夢想，因為如果夢想死亡，生命是一只折斷翅膀的鳥兒，不能飛翔。

　　我希望你們每個人都可以.

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇4

　　Accept the Gift from Life

　　Ladies and Gentlemen：

　　Today I’m glad that I’m standing here talking to you all. As the title given，I am going to talk you about a way of treating people and things in life. Myspeech here basically includes 2 parts， in the former of which I‘ll describe youthe present occasion we teenagers are in.， as well as the reason behind. Thenit’s about the several opinions of mine toward the case above.

　　Undoubtedly， every one of us has stepped into adolescence， a period of timewhere the most

　　exciting and mysterious changes take place. Boys， apparently become moreambitious. Girls， in some ways， start to dream and become more sensitive aboutthe world. All in all， as if our emotions become much stronger， somehow we’realways trapped in circles and struggling against something that can’t be changedanyway. We complain about how fragile our friendship is， how little people knowabout us， how unfair the life is，etc. It seems that every time we fail， we blameit to the tough conditions we’re in， while never notice a problem insideourselves， that we’re never satisfied.

　　Let’s just imagine that there was an old lady. What she sees was herneighbors’ being mean again while not how kind they were when they took care ofher sick body. What she saw was her dog’s annoying barking while not how muchloyalty it had shown.What she saw was always so depressing that it finallyturned her into an unpleasant person. Think about how our life would be if westand in her shoe.

　　Why don’t we focus our attention on how much we’ve already got in stead? Youknow it’s really simple to do as there’s a tremendous amount of examples. Likethe popular Jetpack Joy Ride on your Iphone， you can enjoy it whenever you like，whereas in some poor area people don’t even know such thing as Iphone.

　　Actually we should be thankful about the richness we’ve got， thankful thatwith each sunrise taking place we don’t need to starve to call it a day，thankful that the people we love are still in health， that we still got much tohold on. As a saying on website，” The world is tough， but I’m tougher.” Whatdoesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

　　Every day is a gift from life， all we need is to accept it， cherish thelessons life has taught us， so as to achieve our goal with high spirit. In thisway， someday when we leave the world， we leave no regrets.

　　Thank you for listening.

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇5

　　My Attitude towards to Marks

　　For our students， marks is above everything. Teachers will judge us from ourmarks. With marks we can be enrolled into junior middle schools. With marks， wecan be enrolled into senior middle schools. With marks we can be enrolled intocollege. With marks we can be enrolled into postgraduate and doctrine studies.Still with marks we can be graded and be allowed to go abroad for furtherstudies. Our parents will be strict with us with the marks. Our society judge usfrom marks. However， sometimes we students compare one another with marksdirectly. We are completely controlled by marks. We like them and we feel sorryfor them. But what attitude towards our marks should we take?

　　Truly， marks functions cannot be underestimated. In terms of test in ourstudy， marks are fair and real. That is the reason why we say "Everyone is equalbefore marks. "

　　However， I think marks are the sole standard to judge the success or failureof students in exams. Sometimes， marks more than ten or less than one or two inour exams comparing with others mean not everything. The success or failure inexams will be influenced by experience on the spot and the examinee’s healthetc. Once in a while one cannot fail in exams. " Success or failure is commonsense for military. " I think everyone is familiar with the famous saying. Don’tyou think such will be the case with our study? In exams， one cannot be "never-defeated general" . Even though one will be very good in everyday study，he cannot succeed in every exam sometimes. We can get proof from the fact thatthe very best one we call "Number One Scholar" in the entrance exams for collegeand ordinary middle school and specialized secondary school over the years isnot eminent above all others nor top student in every study.

　　As a matter of fact， "high marks" and "ability" are not unified. Some timeago， a new phrase " high marks but poor competence" came into being. Once Ihappened to meet such a teacher as this .It is said that the teacher justgraduated from a far-famed key university. But his teaching result is much lessthan that of the one who just graduated from a not-well-renowned college. Whenlecturing， the teacher only repeated what the text-books says， which was verydull so the his students’ interest in learning was not aroused. His teaching wasshort of unity of teaching and learning. At present there is a fact that we knowa few brilliant and top college graduates are not qualified for their posts. Thereason for it may be lack of the ability to combine knowledge learnt from bookswith pragmatics in their work. Students of this kind will be successful in everyexam but they will be able to use freely their knowledge in their posts. Don’tyou think it waste training such persons for the country?

　　To sum up from the above， I can say marks are not absolutely authoritativefor some. If we neglect training and developing the students’ ability andcompetence and if we only seek for the high marks， we will be absolutely wrong.We should take an objective attitude towards the marks. Neither should weneglect them nor should we overvalue them like a God.

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇6

　　It is quite usual that one meets failures, for one's life can never be plain sailing. However, different people hold different attitudes towards failure. Some people think it a heavy blow to fail in achieving something and they can not endure failure.

　　When they meet failure, they will be seriously dejected and can never pluck up their courage to try again.

　　However, others think it natural to meet failures in one's career. Therefore, they are psychologically prepared. When they meet failures, they will not be frustrated. Instead, they will continue to meet new challenges. As to me, I'm in favor of the latter view. Failure is really a terrible thing but it is also the mother of success. If one draws lessons from failures, in most cases he will get success in the future. Furthermore, one's life can never be smooth sailing; it must be full of difficulies and setbacks. If one is daunted by difficulies and frustrations, he will always be a failure. However, if one holds a positive attitude toward failure, he will overcome difficulties and frustrations to win victory.

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇7

　　Now, I'm coming to another true story. It's about a poor, ordinary looking old woman. She was a widow without any children, living barely from hand to mouth by picking odds and ends from rubbish heaps. However,she took in more than ten homeless orphans successively and managed to bring them up. Every day she labored from morning till night. In order to earn as much money as possible to raise the children and to keep them in school,she even went to a hospital regularly to sell her blood. She got so weak for the loss of blood that she sometimes fell in a faint on her way home.

　　When asked why she chose to burden herself with so many children,she smiled and simply answered,“Oh,I love children and I like to have their company. ”

　　Though the old woman was poor materially, she was full of affection and rich in spirit. She was loved dearly by her children. She was also highly appreciated by the local government, and truly respected by people in her community.

　　Maybe you can't help wondering, “What makes that ordinary woman so extraordinary?” It is nothing else but her inner beauty, her true devotion of love without any thought of rewarding. What a sharp contrast there is between the great woman and the selfish singer.

　　So,to answer the question “What is real beauty?”,I declare definitely,it is the beauty lying in one's heart of hearts and embodied in his actions and deeds,that is,the inner heauty!

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇8

　　Good afternoon, dear teachers. I’m very glad to be here to have a speech. The topic of my speech is <the spirit of sports>.

　　As far as I’m concerned, I’m a sheer amateur of sports, being fascinated by swimming, running, mountaineering and so on. I couldn’t agree with these perspectives from people who dislike sports, because you’ll feel greatly relieved after being drenched in sweats by sports. Sports can also help you forget your worries and stress, feeling unprecedented relaxed.

　　As is known, a healthy body is extraordinarily crucial. Moreover physical exercise undeniably exerts a far-reaching influence on keeping ourselves fit. In taking part in out-door sports, we are closer to nature and can take in fresh air. The beauty of nature will keep us clear-headed, which is essential to our health. Besides sports can stimulate the circulation of blood and help to excrete the wastes in the body. It also can work up our appetite and activate or digestion. In a word, sports can give rise to a strong body for us.

　　In contemporary society, with the increasing focus on health, people in ever expanding numbers join the trend of doing sports and begin to accept more and more sorts of fashionable sports, ranging from hiking to diving. From this phenomenon, we can see not only do sports play a significant role in health, but also lay a solid foundation for human beings’ spirit.

　　Taking hiking for example, it’s a blend of man and nature completely way to travel, and also a kind of sports that not only need your physical strength, but also need the patience, perseverance and persistence. At the beginning of climbing a mountain, you’ll be exciting with the fantastic scene of mountain, river and water. However, after a half way, you’ll fell so tired and exhausted. The climbing road becomes more and more steep. At that time, it requires your persistence and determination to conquer arduous situations. It just likes the life, the closer the success is, the more difficulties you must endure.

　　From my aspects, the enchantment of sports is that it’s a challenge for the limit of your body --- both a sort of healthy and popular life style and an reflection of optimistic and positive attitude. Just like nowadays, the development of Olympic games is harmonious and prosperous, for the reason that it’s not only for shaping human’s body, but more for pursuing a king of spirit --- faster, higher, stronger.

　　This is my speech. Thank you.

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇9

　　Everybody is good! Welcome to badaling scenic area tourism. Accompany you visit together, today I am very happy, hope all can spend a good time in badaling.

　　My friends, have a look at your feet? Guess what weigh? Tell you! This is a stone, a piece of have two or three one thousand catties! At that time, there is no train, automobile, also have no crane, is by the shoulder of countless countless hands, step by step, carry on the steep mountains. This is how many working people sweat and wisdom, to condense into the former does not see the head, after see the tail of the Great Wall!

　　This is the Great Wall! This is the west jiayuguan, east to shanhaiguan, which meet the sea sunrise and gobi desert sun, or turned on the peaks, or bent over in the valley, the ups and downs, stretching thousands of miles of the Great Wall. It is such a magnificent verve, Great Wall is a great miracle in the history of the world!

　　Dear visitors, today's visit here will be over, thank you very much for my support and cooperation. The majestic Great Wall forever awaits respectfully you the presence!

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇10

　　My good friend

　　I have a good friend , his name is Li Hua. He is 12 years old. He is a student in Hui Dong Middle School. He is tall and strong. He works hard at school.

　　Li Hua is good at studying , so he often helps me with my studies. He loves music and reading books. We always play football after school ..

　　Li Hua is a good student and a kind person. We all like him. Do you like him ?

　　My family

　　There are four people in my family. They are my parents ,my sister and me . My father is a worker . He works in a factory . My mother is a teacher. She teaches English at a middle school . They like eating healthy food , such as meat and vegetables . They all like playing table tennis. My sister and I are students in the same school . I love my family very much.

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇11

　　勤練習。

　　即便是優(yōu)秀的演講者都會事先練習他們的演講。用錄音機或是攝像機將整個練習的過程記錄下來，這樣你就可以了解自己的表現(xiàn)從而發(fā)現(xiàn)哪些地方可以改進。如果你夠勇敢的話，你也可以在朋友或是家人的面前練習，并向他們征求意見。

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇12

　　ladies and gentlemen, honorable judges, good afternoon.

　　i come from one of the most lovely and attractive areas of china, the pearlriver delta of guangdong province and i'd love to say a few words about thisarea that is so dear to my heart.

　　guangdong province is a magically beautiful wonderland, with endlessnatural treasures. the lush and green mountains are inhabited by songbirds andexotic animals; the farm land is fertile and productive, providing all of itspeople with wonderfully nutritious grains and all the fruits they need to behealthy and strong. the pearl river meanders through the province and eventuallycomes to our beautiful seashore with crystal clear blue water, flourishing withall kinds of different fish and sea creatures. all these natural advantages helpto boost the ever-expanding economy of guangdong and increase the welfare of itspeople.

　　guangdong is privileged to have such a beautiful landscape, with hundredsof historical sites and places of great interest to local people and foreignersalike. our capital city, guangzhou, is also known as "the city of flowers".everywhere you look you will see flourishing plants and blossoming flowersoverflowing with vigor.

　　the people of guagdong are very friendly to visitors from anywhere. whoeveryou are and wherever you come from, guangdong people will greet you with theonly language---guangdong dialect.

　　guangdong is also known as the chinese capital of delicious food. there isan old saying that "the only best delicacies are in guangdong.” food from thisprovince is internationally famous. its variety of tastes, shapes and colors cansatisfy even the most refined palette. i'm sure, the moment you seat yourself ata cantonese banquet, your appetite will naturally become keen and eager to tasteall the numerous delicacies of the region. here are but a few i will mention inpassing: steamed fish in ginger sauce, seasoned chicken, drunken shrimp, dancefish balls, fried jellyfish, roast suckling pig or duck, braised crispy chickenor squab, shark fin soup, moon cakes, refreshments and desert, and so many more.my mouth is watering just at the sound of these wonderful dishes.

　　i would like you all to know that there is truly nowhere in the world iwould rather live and i invite you all to come discover the hidden treasures ofmy hometown. i would be glad to serve as your personal guide.

　　thank you all.

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇13

　　Everyone tries to achieve success in his/her career. But some finally attain their aims while others fail. Why? Some continue their cause to the end through long period of hard struggles， but others are easily disappointed and stop halfway.

　　Strong will， perseverance and diligence are the three essentials of success. A man of strong will and perseverance always has an inflexible spirit. He sticks to his cause no matter how tough it might be. Life is short and we have too much to do. Without diligence no one can achieve anything.

　　I believe that where there is a will there is a way， and that success belongs to those who can make constant efforts.

　　Don't be afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living， and your belief will help create the fact.

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇14

　　From Walls to Bridges

　　I'm studying in a city famous for its walls. All visitors to my city are amazed by the imposing sight of the city walls, silhouetted by the setting sun with gold and shining lines. With old, cracked bricks patched with lichen, the walls are weather-beaten guards, standing still for centuries in protecting the city.

　　Our ancestors liked to build walls. They built walls in Beijing, Xi'an, Nanjing and many other cities, and they built the Great Wall, which snakes through half of our country. They built walls to ward off enemies and evil spirits. This tradition has been maintained to this day as we still have many parks and schools walled off from the public. I grew up at the foot of the city walls, and I've loved them since my childhood. For a long time, walls were one of the most natural things in the world.

　　My perception, however, changed after a hiking trip to the Eastern Suburbs, a scenic area of my city. My classmates and I were walking with some international students. As we walked out of the city, we found ourselves flanked by taller and taller trees, which formed a huge canopy above our heads. Suddenly an international student asked me, "Where is the entrance to the Eastern Suburbs?"

　　"We're already in the Eastern Suburbs," I replied.

　　He seemed taken aback, "I thought you Chinese have walls for everything." His remark set off a heated debate. At one point, he likened our walled cities to "jails," while I insisted that the Eastern Suburbs were one of the many places in China that had no walls.

　　That debate had no winners, but I did learn a lot from this international student. For instance, he told me that universities like Oxford and Cambridge were not surrounded by walls; the campuses were just part of the cities. I have to admit that we do have many walls in China, and as we are developing our country, we must carefully examine them, whether they are physical or intangible. We will keep some walls but tear down those that impede China's development.

　　Let me give you an example.

　　A year ago, when I was working on a term paper, I needed a book on business law and found a copy in the law school library. However, the librarian turned down my request with a cold shoulder, saying, "You can't borrow this book, you are not a student here." In the end, I had to spend 200 yuan buying a copy; meanwhile, the copy in law school was gathering dust on the shelf.

　　At the beginning of this semester, I heard that my university has started not only to unify its libraries but also link them up with libraries of other universities, so my experience will not be repeated. Barriers will be replaced by bridges. Through an inter-library loan system, we will have access to books from any library. With globalization, with China integrated into the world, I believe many of these intangible walls will be knocked down.

　　I know globalization is a controversial issue, and it is hard to say whether it is good or bad. But one thing is for sure: it draws our attention to China's tangible and intangible walls and forces us to examine their roles in the modern world.

　　And how about the ancient walls in my city and other cities? Should we tear them down? Just the opposite. My city, like Beijing and other cities, is actually making a great effort to preserve the walls. These walls attract not only historians and archeologists but also many schoolchildren trying to study our history and cultural heritage. Walls have turned into bridges to our past and to the rest of the world. If the ancient builders of these walls were still alive today, they would be proud to see such great change in the role of their walls. They are now bridges that link East and West, South and North, and all countries of the world. Our cultural heritage will survive globalization.

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇15

　　All over the world people listen to classical music.Classical music is difficult to describe.It means different things to different people.

　　Some famous classical composers were Bach,Vivaldi,Haydn and Mozart.In their music,they did not tell a story or show strong emotions.They wanted to make beautiful and interesting music with lovely sounds.

　　Then composers started to express ideas.They told stories about love and war.They also wrote about religion.Sometimes they composed music for holidays.Through their music composers showed strong emotions.Some of these composers were Beethoven,Schumann,Chopin,Mendelssohn,Wagner and Tchaikovsky.

　　Classical music has been popular for hundreds of years.Bach wrote about 300 years ago.Beethoven wrote about 200 years ago.And Tchaikovsky wrote over 100 years ago.

　　Sometimes people close their eyes while listening to classical music.It is difficult to understand sometimes.When they close their eyes they have to think about the music.

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇16

　　As we all know, "Failure is the mother of success." But few people can really understand what the saying means.

　　In the world, I am sure that no one dare say he hasn't met any trouble all his life. So we must face failure. In fact, failure is not fearful, but important thing is how to face it correctly. Facing failure, people will never take their fate lying down. They will try their best to work harder and harder until at last they succeed.

　　Not being courageous to face setbacks, people have no chance to enjoy the pleasure of success. So they have nothing to do but feel sad and empty all day and all night. In fact, they lose the chance of success themselves.

　　My friend, whenever in trouble, please remember, "Failure is the mother of success."

　　我們都知道，“失敗是成功之母”。但很少有人能真正理解這句話的意思。

　　在這個世界上，我相信沒有人敢說他在生活中還沒有遇到任何麻煩，所以我們必須面對失敗。事實上，失敗并不可怕，重要的是如何正確面對它。敢于面對失敗，人們將不再被命運打倒。他們越來越努力工作直到最后成功。

　　不敢面對挫折，人們也就沒有機會享受成功的喜悅。他們會無所事事而感到傷心和整天整夜的空虛。事實上，他們喪失了成功的機會。

　　我的朋友，無論何時你遇到了困難，請記�。骸笆�敗是成功之母�！�

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇17

　　good morning! ladies and gentlemen，today i will make a speech here 。 my topic is the importance of environment。

　　so many people talk about protect environment but very few actually do。this is because they dont really understand the importance of the environment。next im going to tell a story。 it will tell you how important the environment is。

　　long long ago，there was a kind of animal called dinosaur。 they were the biggest animals on earth。they were also very strong。 but because of the environment，they were disappeared。

　　were humans stronger than the dinosaurs? the answer must be no。 a dinosaur can easily kill a dozen people。but as strong as they still could not withstand the threat environment。 do you think we can?the answer is certainly not。 so we knew the importance of the environment。

　　the earth gives us a good environment。 we must learn to cherish， cherish this opportunity。

　　so ，we must protect the environment。 as a student，we can also do a lot of helpful things。 for example，we can protect it by not throwing rubbish away，we can save water to make full use of it and so on。

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇18

　　Hello! everyone:

　　I’m a happy Chinese girl, My name is WangSiwen. You can call me Alice. Nice to meet you! My English name is Alice. Today is my birthday, so I’m very happy. I’m nine years old. I have a round face and a small mouth. My eyes are not too big and not too small. And I have long black hair.

　　My story for today is tadpoles mummy .

　　Spring comes. Tadpoles are missing their mummy. They want to look for her.

　　A duck is coming. The tadpoles says: “mummy, mummy!” the duck say:“sorry, I’m not your mummy. Your mummy has a white belly ”the tadpoles says:“Thank you, Good-- Bye ”.

　　A fish is coming. The tadpoles says: “mummy, mummy!” the fish say:“sorry, I’m not your mummy. Your mummy has two big eyes ”the tadpoles says:“Thanks, Bye ”.

　　A turle is coming. The tadpoles says: “mummy, mummy!” the turle say:“sorry, I’m not your mummy. Your mummy has a white belly ”the tadpoles says:“Thanks a lot, See--you”.

　　Just then, the forg is coming, The tadpoles says: “mummy, mummy!” the forg say:“How are you, my babies ,I love you so much!”

　　少兒英語演講比賽稿范文篇4

　　Good morning!(Good afternoon) teachers! Today, I’m very happy to make a speech here. First, Let me introduce myself.

　　My name is DingYihang. My English name is Tom. As you know , Tom is a naughty cat. Haha ! .I’m ten years old. I come from The No. 1 attached Primary School of normal training college .I am in Grade 4. I am a lovely boy!

　　I like playing football,Because every boy likes playing it. My dream is to be a good football player. Potatoes are my favorite food, They’re tasty 。My favorite color is blue , blue is a cold color, but I like it. Because sky is blue ,sea is blue，I like sea very. Today I will make a speech about sea,I hope that you can like my speech.

　　I like English very much! It’s fun. I like reading .Every weekend, I like to go to Da Zhong book mall . I can read books here. Thank you for listening.

　　Please remember me! Please support me! Thank you very much!

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇19

　　Dream, everybody has. However, I think, the dream as the growth of the age, will change at any time!

　　The dream of the age of three

　　When I was 3 years old, although also just a girl, but, we also have a 3 years old dream! My dream is to every day can eat to the color seductive jelly beans! The kindergarten every day, dad and creak on his bicycle to pick me up, I will think, dad today will certainly bring color jelly beans to pick me up. But, want to return to, dad didn't often bring me eat jelly beans. At that time, I will run to dad's arms, with a peevish tone to dad said: "dad, are you to buy me some color jelly beans?" Father seems a little angry: "oh, don't buy, not buy, jelly beans to eat many will have decayed tooth!" I still don't give up: "I'm not eat every day, you can buy!" Sometimes, after my request for a long time, father finally agreed to me, I am happy to eat a dream at the age of 3, fruity! The food is delicious.

　　At the age of 8 dream

　　At the age of eight, I had been sitting in the third grade. Said dream, also won't go to jelly beans. At that time, I am addicted to reading.

　　Mother and I went to a backgammon supermarket, I entered the house, left flip, flip right, when turn to a book - the story character, I carefully looked up, I could see them forget all about eating and sleeping, even my mother told me to go home, I did not hear. Aunt until the store is closed, when I go home, I was pleased. After that, I often go to read a book, of course, I have mastered a lot of writing skills. The teacher also to me a thumbs-up! The book gives me knowledge and fun.

　　Dream at the age of 11

　　At the age of 11, I was in the sixth grade, my dream is as bigger, my dream is to enter key middle school at 1 or 4. Had the goal, to work harder. I write my homework every day, the remedial class around in my side every day, although very hard, very tired, but I still insist on, don't be difficult tripping, strive to succeed.

　　Because the dream with my growth, let me track on the road to success.

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇20

　　look! there is a rainbow! on the first day of my university life, when iwalked into the campus, there was a rainbow bridging over the fountain, i hadn’tseen rainbow for a long time. i was so excited, and leaped high with joy. myponytail danced with my happiness. it was a propitious sign indicated that mylife in university would be colorful, and actually it is!

　　after my entry into university, i found my life so busy. what i should dois not only gaining the scholarship but also being a good monitor and leader ofshanghai university percussion band. i got the 1st and 2nd price of scholarshipin my 2 years of study. i organized charity donations for schoolmates withfinancial difficulty or disease. every week, i give drum lesson to new membersof our percussion band. and there are always a lot of non-business performances,such as entertaining guests, celebrating party, cultural exchange with foreignstudents delegations and their bands. of course, part-time job is indispensablein my vacations. i ask for no payment but aim at getting accustomed to thesociety.

　　sometimes, my friends advise me not to tire myself out with such a tightschedule. i wake up before the rooster crow, and continue working till very latewhen others are enjoying their sweet dreams. every time i come back from therehearsal of percussion band, i have to finish my homework with the help of myown charged light because of the blackout in out dormitory. maybe such kind oflife is something like an ascetic, but we should work hard and try hard in ouryouth, aren’t we?

　　when i represented shanghai university to take part in the pond’s newcentury lady competition held in may, when i show off on the stage, when iemerged as “the girl of vitality”, i made use of every bit of time to compensatethe classes i had missed, i made use of every chance to learn from other girlswith vitality, versatility and intelligence, i made use of this opportunity topresent our university students’ state of mind.

　　there is a little bitterness in my busy life, but at the same time, thereis sweetness. it is colorful. i make fun out of it. i love it. when i snatch alittle leisure i lie on the green grass, reading books, i cripple myself in thewindow-seat in our library---the 2nd largest in shanghai---i absorb knowledgelike a hungry sponge, i wonder along the bank of river, listening to oriels inwillows and get a splendid sunset view of the campus. the sky is drunk with thesunset; i am drunk with the sweetness of my like.

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇21

　　Paul Bunyan was a hero in American folk tales. He was a lumberjack, livingin lumber camps ofthe American Northwest. He became famous for his greatstrength and great skill in cuttingtrees. According to legend, Paul Bunyan was agiant. He was so big that a small step he tookwas about three city blocks. Hecreated much of America. He dug Puget Sound in Washingtonto float huge logs tothe mill. He cleared trees from North and South Dakota and made the landin thosestates suitable for farming. He dragged his huge ax in the field of Colorado,and thuscreated the Grand Canyon. He also scooped out the Great Lakes to providedrinking water forhis giant blue ox, Babe. Babe weighed fifteen tons beforebreakfast and stood sixty feet tall.From the tip of one horn to the tip of theother, it measured 42 ax handles and a plug ofchewing tobacco. The ox atetremendous amounts of hay and potato peels and could haul awhole forest of logs.When Babe needed new shoes, the blacksmith had to open a new ironmine inMinnesota. The shoes were so heavy that the blacksmith sank knee-deep into solidrockwhile carrying them. Babe hadn’t always been blue. But nobody knew for surehow it had cometo be that colour. Some said it had turned blue from playingoutdoors too long during theWinter of the Blue Snow.

　　保羅·班揚是美國傳說中的英雄。他是個伐木工，住在美國西北的伐木營地里。他由于力大無窮，伐木快如割草而威震四方。保羅是個巨人，他只須邁一小步就能跨過三條街。美國的大部分山山水水據(jù)說都是他創(chuàng)造的。他掘出了華盛頓州的皮尤吉特灣，好把木材從水路運到鋸木場。他伐光了南北達科他所有的樹木，將林地改做農(nóng)田。他在科羅拉多的田野里拖了一下他的巨斧，結(jié)果劃出了大峽谷。他的藍牛貝貝口渴時，他就從五大湖里舀出水來給他喝。藍牛貝貝高六十英尺，早飯前重十五噸。兩角之間的長度為四十二斧柄外加一塊嚼煙。貝貝飯量極大，須為他準備大量干草和土豆皮。但它的力氣也極大，一次就能拉走一座森林的木材。貝貝需要釘掌時，鐵匠就得在明尼蘇達新開一座鐵礦。那副牛蹄鐵重得嚇人，鐵匠搬它們時，兩腿陷在堅硬的巖石里，深達膝蓋。藍牛并非生下來就是藍色的。它究竟是怎么變藍的，誰也說不清。有人說這是因為下藍雪那年冬天，貝貝貪玩兒，在外頭待得太久了。

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇22

　　Chinese teacher treats us just like friends, we also very trust to her. On one occasion, my language result in the decline, the in the mind very anxious didn't know what to do, then I remembered the Chinese teacher told us what is not happy at ordinary times, the confused things can tell her, I summon up courage to find a Chinese teacher, she is to have a rest. Chinese teacher saw me come in and asked me what's the matter, I said I wanted to find her talk. She listened to the very happy, immediately brought me to the conference room. I sat down in the heart of all of the unhappy said out, Chinese teacher help me analysis, I also know how to improve their performance, shu teacher and told my hands to answer questions in class, have confidence in yourself, no matter right or wrong answer, all want to brave answer. Answer to very happy, very confident. Also don't answer wrong, don't be discouraged, for the next answer correct.

　　Listen to the teacher's these words, I really changed, my grades have improved, also love in class to answer the question, I'm really happy for that.

　　And let me have such a big change is the teacher's words, from the bottom of my heart to thank her. Is she told me to have confidence in yourself; Is she let me learn how to face setbacks; Is she let me make more friends. In this two years, I learned in ordinary school a few years also learn something, maybe is this school is different from other schools!

　　Will be leaving soon, I think I will never forget this make me change my teacher, she will always be in my heart.

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇23

　　Chinese Youth's Day is on May 4th, it is to in honor of the students'movement in the year of 1919, at that time, the government made a failingdiplomacy in Paris, which resulted in signing the treaty of losing the land.　When the students heard about this, they were so angry that they paraded aroundthe street to go against the government's decision.　 The movement is completelyagainst the imperialism and feudalism, it has great effect on Chinese history.　Since then, the new Chinese government made that day as Youth's Day tocommemorate its influence.　 Now on that day, many activities will be hold, wecould see the new feature in the young generation, they are brave and fight fortheir future.

　　中國青年日是5月4日，這是為了紀念學生在1919年這一年的運動，在那個時候，政府做了一個失敗的外交在巴黎，導致簽署失去土地的條約。當學生們聽到這個消息，他們非常生氣，他們游街示眾在街上四處去反對政府的決定。該運動是完全反對帝國主義和封建主義，但對中國歷史有很大的影響。自此，新中國政府所做的一天，青年的紀念日，以紀念其影響力�，F(xiàn)在，在這一天，許多活動將舉行，我們可以看到新的功能，在年輕一代，他們是勇敢爭取自己的未來。

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇24

　　What Is Real Beauty?

　　It is human nature that all of us should be fond of beauty. Everybody was born with a heart for beauty.

　　Today in China,with the rising of our living standard, people's requirement of beauty has been heightened accordingly. Some people spare no money or energy on beautiful clothes, fashionable hair styles,the decoration of their houses and even the improvement of their looks. But it seems to me,all these are more or less confined to the beauty in appearance,or rather,the outward beauty.

　　In my opinion,we shouldn't only pay attention to beautiful appearance and neglect the beautification of the mind and what we are after should be the perfect unity of the outward beauty and the inner beauty. As we all know,so far as objects and animals are concerned,there is only beautiful appearance to be mentioned, but to us humanbeings, although the outward beauty really matters, the inner beauty is much more important. This was confirmed by a famous Russian writer in words much like this: “A person is not lovely for being beautiful but beautiful for being lovely. ”

　　Here, I'd like to quote two typical instances and I'm sure, my dear friends,from them you'll find out what real beauty is.

　　Recently I learned from the radio an unpleasant incident about a well known singer. She is very charming with a sweet beautiful voice and very famous for singing the song.“Devotion of Love”。 Not long ago,she was invited to Zhejiang Province to give performance. The moment she was to appear on the stage,she suddenly asked for more reward. Worse still,after her request was satisfied, she didn't begin to sing at once. Instead,she took her time to count all the money piece by piece. Thus she kept the audience waiting for half an hour. So when she at last showed up and started to sing “Devotion of Love”，a man rose up from his seat and shouted at her,“You don't have any devotion of love. You are not qualified to sing this song ! ”Hearing this, the singer stopped singing and began to shout abuses with her finger pointed at the man. At this time the whole audience burst into an uproar.

　　How disappointed her keen listeners were when they learned this! It is the singer herself who spoiled her beautiful image in the eyes of others.

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇25

　　Chinese intellectual revolution and sociopolitical reform movement. In 1915young intellectuals inspired by Chen Duxiu began agitating for the reform andstrengthening of Chinese society through acceptance of Western science,democracy, and schools of thought, one objective being to make China strongenough to resist Western imperialism. On May 4, 1919, reformist zeal found focusin a protest by Beijings students against the Versailles Peace Conferencesdecision to transfer former German concessions in China to Japan. After morethan a month of demonstrations, strikes, and boycotts of Japanese goods, thegovernment gave way and refused to sign the peace treaty with Germany. Themovement spurred the successful reorganization of the Nationalist Party and gavebirth to the Chinese Communist Party.　 See also Treaty of Versailles.

　　中國知識分子的革命和社會政治改革運動。1915青年知識分子的靈感來自于陳獨秀開始鼓動改革和加強華人社會通過接受西方科學，民主，和學校的思想，一個目的是使中國強大到足以抵抗西方帝國主義。1919年5月4日，改革的熱情，發(fā)現(xiàn)北京的學生對凡爾賽和平會議的決定，特許權(quán)轉(zhuǎn)讓前德國在中國對日本抗議的焦點。經(jīng)過一個多月的示威游行，罷工，和抵制日貨，政府給予的方式，拒絕與德國簽署和平條約。運動引發(fā)的民族主義黨成功重組，催生了中國共產(chǎn)黨。又見凡爾賽條約。

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇26

　　i have the answer to a question that we've all asked. the question is, why is it that the letter x represents the unknown? now i know we learned that in math class, but now it's everywhere in the culture -- the x prize, the x-files, project x, tedx. where'd that come from?

　　about six years ago i decided that i would learn arabic, which turns out to be a supremely logical language. to write a word or a phrase or a sentence in arabic is like crafting an equation, because every part is extremely precise and carries a lot of information. that's one of the reasons so much of what we've come to think of as western science and mathematics and engineering was really worked out in the first few centuries of the common era by the persians and the arabs and the turks.

　　this includes the little system in arabic called al-jebra. and al-jebr roughly translates to “the system for reconciling disparate parts.“ al-jebr finally came into english as algebra. one example among many.

　　the arabic texts containing this mathematical wisdom finally made their way to europe -- which is to say spain -- in the 11th and 12th centuries. and when they arrived there was tremendous interest in translating this wisdom into a european language.

　　but there were problems. one problem is there are some sounds in arabic that just don't make it through a european voice box without lots of practice. trust me on that one. also, those very sounds tend not to be represented by the characters that are available in european languages.

　　here's one of the culprits. this is the letter sheen, and it makes the sound we think of as sh -- “sh.“ it's also the very first letter of the word shalan, which means “something“ just like the the english word “something“ -- some undefined, unknown thing.

　　now in arabic, we can make this definite by adding the definite article “al.“ so this is al-shalan -- the unknown thing. and this is a word that appears throughout early mathematics, such as this 10th century derivation of proofs.

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇27

　　講故事。

　　故事更能吸引觀眾，它比陳述事實和運用修辭手法更能吸引你的讀者。所以盡可能地利用故事來展開你的演講。

　　英語演講比賽技巧14.Develop your own style.

　　形成自己的風格。

　　除了模仿和學習優(yōu)秀演講者外，你還需要形成自己的風格，這樣站在舞臺上你就更加自如。將個人故事和你的話題聯(lián)系起來，能給觀眾留下更深刻的印象。

　　英語演講比賽技巧15.Avoid filler words.

　　避免冗余。

　　"basically", "well", and "um"這些詞對你的演講毫無意義。當你不自覺地想要使用這些詞時強迫自己安靜下來。

　　英語演講比賽技巧16.Vary your tone, volume, and speed.

　　調(diào)節(jié)你的語調(diào)、語音和語速。

　　優(yōu)秀的演講者會不斷調(diào)節(jié)語調(diào)、語音和語速。這樣可以提起觀眾的興趣從而更關(guān)注你所講的內(nèi)容。

　　英語演講比賽技巧17.Make the audience laugh.

　　逗樂觀眾。

　　大笑能夠很好地放松自己和別人，在開始的時候，講幾個笑話是一種很好的破冰方式。當然，在此之前你應(yīng)該掌握好時間并向你的朋友講一遍笑話來看看他的反饋。

　　英語演講比賽技巧18.Find a friendly face.

　　發(fā)現(xiàn)友善的面孔。

　　如果你感到焦躁，那就在觀眾席中找到一張笑臉，并想象你只在和他一個人說話。

　　英語演講比賽技巧19.Don't apologize.

　　任何時候都不要抱歉。

　　如果哪里講錯了，不要道歉。有時候觀眾們根本沒有在意道這些細節(jié)。除非你要更正一個事實，糾結(jié)只有你發(fā)現(xiàn)的小問題是非常不明智的。

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇28

　　Some people say that youth is a song, echoed the cheerful, beautifulmelody; Some people say that youth is a draw, engraved with the rich, romanticcolors.

　　有人說，青春是一首歌，回蕩著歡快，美妙的旋律;有人說，青春是一幅畫，鐫刻著瑰麗，浪漫的色彩。

　　80 years ago, in order to expel darkness for light, for an independenthomeland and the rich and powerful, a group of high-spirited youth with bloodand lives to write the song the most magnificent song of youth, drawn on a mostmagnificent picture of the youth.

　　80年前，為了驅(qū)逐黑暗，爭取光明，為了祖國的獨立和富強，一群意氣風發(fā)的青年用熱血和生命譜寫了一曲青春的最壯麗的青春之歌，繪上最壯麗畫卷青年。

　　Today, "54" Sports as a glorious page has been included in the annals ofthe Chinese nation. However, "54" is much more than just a historical case, itis a spirit, to show young people of our nation fiery love for the future anddestiny of the country concerned about the performance of duty and mission ofyoung people.

　　如今，“54”體育作為光輝的一頁已被列入中國民族的史冊。然而，“54”不僅僅是一個歷史事件，更是一種精神，展現(xiàn)我們的民族熾熱的愛年輕人為國家關(guān)心的職責年輕人的性能和使命的前途和命運。

　　Today, we had the honor of this generation of young people living in thereform and opening up a good time, had the honor of standing at the meetingpoint of century and millennium on.　 We are fortunate.　 Facing the new century,our responsibility. Recalling our carry forward the "54" the spirit of thinkingseriously, and they should have a kind of youth, what kind of life.　 Recall thatthe initial start Know "54" is a history lesson from the primary andsecondary.

　　今天，我們有幸這一代的年輕人生活在改革開放的大好時代，有幸站立在世紀和千年交匯點上。我們是幸運的。面對新世紀，我們的責任。我們回顧發(fā)揚“五四”思想嚴重的精神，他們應(yīng)該有一個怎樣的青春，什么樣的生活。記得，最初開始認識“五四”是從小學和中學的歷史課。

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇29

　　hello, ladies and gentlemen, my name is zhang xinyu. today, im going to talk about growing pains. different people have different pains from different places. we are now students,so i think we have pains mainly from studies. time files. two months ago, i came to a middle school student.but i have a pain.

　　homework is my growing pain. in the secondary school, we have more subjects to study.and homework is more than primary school.so i could’t adapt to the secondary school’s homework. i don’t have other time to do any sports or read any books. however, i think all pains will fade away in the end. i believe that i can adapt the school life step by step. try my best. that’s all. thank you for your attention.

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇30

　　Failure is so common in our life. No one can avoid it. When we fail in doing something, we often feel so depressed that we have no interest in other things. Sometimes failure can also make us lose heart. Therefore, no one wants to be a failure.

　　Success is what we all hope for, because it can bring us a sense of pride and a good reputation. The moment we succeed, we always feel so proud, as if having everything in our hands. If one enjoys his continuous success in his career, he will be famous and worshiped by others.

　　However, failure is the mother of success. One failure doesn’t mean you can never be successful. It depends on what we do to deal with failure. Those who are always afraid of failure and can’t go through it will never win. But as long as we can get some lessons and experience from our failure, we’ll be sure to succeed.

英語演講比賽演講稿 篇31

　　when i was nine years old i went off to summer camp for the first time. and my mother packed me a suitcase full of books, which to me seemed like a perfectly natural thing to do. because in my family, reading was the primary group activity. and this might sound antisocial to you, but for us it was really just a different way of being social. you have the animal warmth of your family sitting right next to you, but you are also free to go roaming around the adventureland inside your own mind. and i had this idea that camp was going to be just like this, but better. (laughter) i had a vision of 10 girls sitting in a cabin cozily reading books in their matching nightgowns.

　　(laughter)

　　camp was more like a keg party without any alcohol. and on the very first day our counselor gathered us all together and she taught us a cheer that she said we would be doing every day for the rest of the summer to instill camp spirit. and it went like this: “r-o-w-d-i-e, that's the way we spell rowdie. rowdie, rowdie, let's get rowdie.“ yeah. so i couldn't figure out for the life of me why we were supposed to be so rowdy, or why we had to spell this word incorrectly. (laughter) but i recited a cheer. i recited a cheer along with everybody else. i did my best. and i just waited for the time that i could go off and read my books.

　　but the first time that i took my book out of my suitcase, the coolest girl in the bunk came up to me and she asked me, “why are you being so mellow?“ -- mellow, of course, being the exact opposite of r-o-w-d-i-e. and then the second time i tried it, the counselor came up to me with a concerned expression on her face and she repeated the point about camp spirit and said we should all work very hard to be outgoing.

　　and so i put my books away, back in their suitcase, and i put them under my bed, and there they stayed for the rest of the summer. and i felt kind of guilty about this. i felt as if the books needed me somehow, and they were calling out to me and i was forsaking them. but i did forsake them and i didn't open that suitcase again until i was back home with my family at the end of the summer.

　　now, i tell you this story about summer camp. i could have told you 50 others just like it -- all the times that i got the message that somehow my quiet and introverted style of being was not necessarily the right way to go, that i should be trying to pass as more of an extrovert. and i always sensed deep down that this was wrong and that introverts were pretty excellent just as they were. but for years i denied this intuition, and so i became a wall street lawyer, of all things, instead of the writer that i had always longed to be -- partly because i needed to prove to myself that i could be bold and assertive too. and i was always going off to crowded bars when i really would have preferred to just have a nice dinner with friends. and i made these self-negating choices so reflexively, that i wasn't even aware that i was making them.

　　now this is what many introverts do, and it's our loss for sure, but it is also our colleagues' loss and our communities' loss. and at the risk of sounding grandiose, it is the world's loss. because when it comes to creativity and to leadership, we need introverts doing what they do best. a third to a half of the population are introverts -- a third to a half. so that's one out of every two or three people you know. so even if you're an extrovert yourself, i'm talking about your coworkers and your spouses and your children and the person sitting next to you right now -- all of them subject to this bias that is pretty deep and real in our society. we all internalize it from a very early age without even having a language for what we're doing.