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一分鐘英語演講稿(精選23篇)

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一分鐘英語演講稿 篇1

Everyone is attracted by beauty and beauty is powerful. But what is true beauty? Perhaps you can get the answer from the following story.

一分鐘英語演講稿(精選23篇)

This morning I went to the market to buy some vegetables with my parents. On the way we all highly praised a young man in western-style clothes and leather shoes who was riding by. But he rode so fast that he knocked an old lady down ead of stopping, he pretended not to see this and rode away quickly. We were all very angry with the young man. To our happiness, a girl in plain dress ran forward at once, helped the lady up and took her home. We all praised the girl.

From this we know we cannot judge a person by his appearance. A person who is dressed beautifully may not have a beautiful soul. Only a person who has a beautiful soul is really beautiful.

一分鐘英語演講稿 篇2

Youth

Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind ; it is not rosy cheeks , red lips and supple knees, it is a matter of the emotions : it is the freshness ; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life .

Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite , for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20 . Nobody grows old merely by a number of years . We grow old by deserting our ideals.

Years wrinkle the skin , but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul . Worry , fear , self –distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust .

Whether 60 of 16 , there is in every human being ‘s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next and the joy of the game of living . In the center of your heart and my heart there’s a wireless station : so long as it receives messages of beauty , hope ,cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long as you are young .

When the aerials are down , and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old ,even at 20 , but as long as your aerials are up ,to catch waves of optimism , there is hope you may die young at 80.

Thank you!

一分鐘英語演講稿 篇3

Beauty

Beauty usually refers to what appeals to the eye. A nice and well built girl is regarded as beautiful. A bunch of vigorous flowers are also considered as beautiful. A splendid waterfall coming down from a mountain is as well looked on as beautiful.

Beauty also refers to what appeals to the mind. The virtue of the Chinese nation-industry and bravery are taken as beautiful, because it helped to produce such a magnificent culture in the world. Einstein's theory of relativity is also perceived as beautiful, for it explains many natural phenomena so perfectly.

Beauty is around us. If you keep an eye or pay some attention, it is never difficult to find something beautiful somewhere about you. Wonderful natural spots, historical relics,fine arts, splendid buildings, and kind people are just a few inches away.

一分鐘英語演講稿 篇4

My favourite colour is green,we can see the colour everywhere:tree leaves are green,grass is green and so n is also a healthy colour,during our lives,we seeing this colour more often is good for our eyes,and why we don't called those natural food like "Red Food","Blue Food" or "Purple Food"? So you can understand how impotant it n means life,hope youth and 's my favourite colour:Green,I hope more and more people will like green like me.

Thanks for listing!

一分鐘英語演講稿 篇5

Everytime I am asked what I want to do in the future. I think a minute and say being a doctor is my dream job.

Doctor is an other kind of artist who does human art by fighting with diseases and making people feel good. I think it is a pleasure to try my best to bring happiness to others. It is a feeling of pride and I am fond of it. In modern life, a mass of people work day and night to seek wealth and as a result they ignore their health. It is known that strong body is a foundation of beatific life. I dreamed to be an excellent doctor who can help them have a right to enjoy life again. Curing people is a doctor's holy responsibility.

Being a doctor is my dream job, now I should study hard to gain more knowledge to reach my goal.

一分鐘英語演講稿 篇6

As we all know, communication is one of the most essential social skills that we need for our self development. Communicating with all understanding always contributes to a deep touch between peoples' heart. Today, I am going to talk about how to communicate with classmates.

To start with, you need to realize that your classmates are just in the same age of you. So be relaxed and nature. You are not too much smarter or outstanding than others and either are they! When you talk with them, remember to mention somMy favorite book is (Italian: Cuore). This is a diary written by an Italian boy Enrico. The diary is about his life and study. It included various touching stories that happened around Enrico, the mottos taught by his parents, as well as the wonderful ten "monthly" stories told by his teacher during the class. Every word in the chapter describes the word "love". From patriotism to friendship, and to the love between parents and child -- really touching.

This novel taught me how to love, and how to learn from love. I really like this book very much. How about you? What is your favorite book?

My favorite book is . Have you read it before?

Oh, I haven't read this book before. What is it about?

Well, it is a story of a rich girl who maintained her noble character after the bankruptcy of her father. The story is happy ending.

Can you tell us why you love this book so much?

Sure. It is because the story taught us to be brave and to face the challenges and difficulties with courage. I am deeply impressed by the strength and perseverance of the little princess in the story. I have decided to learn from her from now on.

Oh I see, the story sounds very good. I cannot wait to read this book as well.

一分鐘英語演講稿 篇7

Hello! Everyone. I’m Tony, an 11-year-old happy boy.I live with my parents and we love each other.

I have many hobbies, such as sports, singing and reading I love animals most. Now I will tell you about my favorite animal.

They are very precious sea animals with long live on fish, shrimps and so are very clever. People often train them for performances which brings us a lot of happiness and are very friendly and peaceful. They never attack people. Instead, they have saved many people in danger.

Now,do you know what they are? Yes, you are right. They are dolphins.

I hope we can take actions to protect dolphins, so they will always be with us.

一分鐘英語演講稿 篇8

so now i'd like to share with you what's in my suitcase today. guess what? books. i have a suitcase full of books. here's margaret atwood, “cat's eye.“ here's a novel by milan kundera. and here's “the guide for the perplexed“ by maimonides. but these are not exactly my books. i brought these books with me because they were written by my grandfather's favorite authors.

my grandfather was a rabbi and he was a widower who lived alone in a small apartment in brooklyn that was my favorite place in the world when i was growing up, partly because it was filled with his very gentle, very courtly presence and partly because it was filled with books. i mean literally every table, every chair in this apartment had yielded its original function to now serve as a surface for swaying stacks of books. just like the rest of my family, my grandfather's favorite thing to do in the whole world was to read.

but he also loved his congregation, and you could feel this love in the sermons that he gave every week for the 62 years that he was a rabbi. he would takes the fruits of each week's reading and he would weave these intricate tapestries of ancient and humanist thought. and people would come from all over to hear him speak.

一分鐘英語演講稿 篇9

One day I saw a comic book on the extracurricular book, with a lot ofstumps on a slippery hillside, a man sitting on a stump, smoking, and an axbeside the stump, and a bird flew over it, Finally, it was finally found, in theyoung man's head security of a nest. After reading this comic, I was in acontemplation ... ...

Where is the bird's home? Why can not it find his own home? The bird isspiritual, and it clearly remembers that it is here, and here is their happyparadise. Where the birds are here, how happy are they, and how old are they,and the trees are turned into the stumps, and the birds are gone. Paradise isthe ignorant villagers who are ignorant of their own interests, they are theculprit of killing the birds n ah, quickly wake up. If the world isnot green trees and flowers, not this lively and lovely Of the birds accompaniedby my life will be how much lonely, how much monotonous ah!

Yes, ah, these deforestation phenomenon is less? But, who knows? Earth onlyone, it is our beautiful home, we want to protect it, cherish her? With thecurrent statistics, China's forest area In the world ranked fifth, ranking people dare to be pleased that: we Jiangyin people's environmental awarenessis stronger than the park, community, roads and other places are full of trees,from afar, Like a green Pei Tsui, shiny, beautiful. Into each town of Jiangyin,are tree-lined, as if into the green ocean.

I think: if everyone is kind of a tree, a flower, then how beautiful theearth mother will be, how charming! At that time, every corner of the world,there will be birds singing butterflies in the dancing, bees day and night YeHao, honey, human ah, let us hands together, hands together to become a realityit! Yes, afforestation can shelter; is afforestation can absorb noise; Yes,afforestation can give small animals A happy home, so that they grow freely,multiply descendants ... ... human, all this depends on you, let us worktogether!

Humans, the earth's defense experts, you have to know: If there is only oneanimal in the world, then we are lonely, let us join hands to save the earthtogether, to protect the environment where human beings live! But there is onlyone, it is our beautiful home, we want to protect it, cherish her? With thecurrent statistics, China's forest area in the world ranked No. 1 in the world,Five, per capita ranking of 119. But people dare to be pleased that: we Jiangyinpeople's environmental awareness is stronger than the park, community, roads andother places are full of trees, from afar, like a green Pei Tsui, shiny,beautiful. Into each town of Jiangyin, are tree-lined, as if into the greenocean.

I think: if everyone is kind of a tree, a flower, then how beautiful theearth mother will be, how charming! At that time, every corner of the world,there will be birds singing butterflies in the dancing, bees day and night YeHao, honey, human ah, let us hands together, hands together to become a realityit! Yes, afforestation can shelter; is afforestation can absorb noise; Yes,afforestation can give small animals A happy home, so that they grow freely,multiply descendants ... ... human, all this depends on you, let us worktogether!

Humans, the earth's defense experts, you have to know: If the world is onlya human animal, then we are lonely, let us join hands to save the earthtogether, to protect the environment for human survival it!

一分鐘英語演講稿 篇10

Good morning, honorable judges:

My name is Fang Shuo. My topic is: I’m the spokesman of Jining.

Jining is the birthplace of Confucius, Mencius, Yan Hui, Zeng Shen and Zisi, With the Great Canal passing by; it’s called the Holy Land in the East, and the kingdom of manners.

You could find the trace of the saint in the Confucius Temple, Confucian Family Residence and Confucian Cemetery. You could enjoy the peculiar rocks on the Yishan Mountian, the beautiful scenes in Quanlin of Sishui, the lotus flowers in the Weishan Lake, and the stories of the 108 heroes on the Liangshan Hill.

Confucius said, “It’s always a great pleasure to greet a friend from afar.” Welcome to Jining!

一分鐘英語演講稿 篇11

when i was young, i used to be very naughty. life then was like a glaball ,shining with bright colours. i had once gone down to the river bank, catching a great many worms and was afterwards punished by mum. i had ever cut the pillow towel into pieces in order to make clothes for my dolls. similarly, i was then blamed seriously. once i even put the hot iron on the floor which immediately burnt a big hole on the carpet. although i had done so many annoying things, my childhood seemed to be rather colourful. however, i had never had a clear definition about myself. but then something happened. it had made a great difference to my life and made who i am now.

i had always been afraid of having the intravenous drop in hospital. the first time i was taken to have the drop, i cried for almost half an hour and finally gave off at father's severe scolding. watching the cold needle stabbing into my skin, i cried even more loudly. at that time, i never dared to take a glance at my hand and always needed my mother to stay with me at my side. even if mum had told me many times," honey, there’s nothing to be scared of. just close your eyes and sleep." i would still keep my eyes wide open, watching the liquid flow through the bottle and never slept.

一分鐘英語演講稿 篇12

people are like tea bags—you have to put them in hot water before you know how strong they are." i can still remember the words that dad said to me years ago.

when i came back from the usa, my friends asked me: “how do you feel about your staying there?” “wonderful” i said. “then why do you come back?” hearing this, i told them there were lots of beautiful countries in the world, but none of them can compare with our own country—china. how true the saying is: “there’s no place like home!”

i love you, china. as a young student, all we should do is to study hard and devote ourselves whole-heartedly in the future, to the great cause of building you into an even stronger and greater country in the world. i love you, my dear motherland! i love you, china! thank you for your listening !

一分鐘英語演講稿 篇13

Good morning everyone,

today is my turn to the speech. First of all, I would like to say that a quick test, we hope that the good preparation, good test for all, is the only way home for a good year. My English is not high, I wish I could within the next two years to learn English well. I hope you will be able to learn English after graduation to have a good future.

Finally, I wish the students and teachers a happy new year, further study and work. Well! I finished the speech. Thank you for listening.

一分鐘英語演講稿 篇14

The environment of the city is getting worse and worse today. There arewastes, air pollution and so on. What can we do to save our city? About thewastes, we should sort the wastes, to see if they can be recycle used; use thereusable shopping bag instead of the plastic bags. About the air pollution, weshould go to school on foot or by bike; we should also ask our family not to usecar as much as possible, take the subway or bus instead. I hope everyone can seethe environment problem and do the best to save our city.

如今城市的環境變得越來越糟。有垃圾和空氣汙染等問題。我們應該如何保護我們的城市?關於垃圾,我們應該進行垃圾分類,看看它們是不是可以回收利用;使用環保購物袋來代替塑料袋。關於空氣汙染,我們應該走路或者騎自行車去學校;我們還應該要求家人儘量少使用汽車,用地鐵或者公交車代替。我希望每個人都能看到環境問題,儘量來拯救我們的城市。

一分鐘英語演講稿 篇15

On a Saturday morning. I went to have breakfast. I felt there was aterrible smell and went over to have a look carefully. I found that there was abig pile of banana skins giving out the then a young fellow holding adustpan rubbish to walk towards here . He raised his hands, The big pile ofrubbish was here. At once I went to him and said “Uncle , you can’t do like this. These things will rot very soon. It’s bad for our health and make the peoplefall ill.” However ,the man said “Everyone does so ,who falls ill,who will seethe doctor.”

Looking at this , I remembered another act : There is a stream through ourvillage. Over it there are two bridges the age of seven years old , Ienjoyed the beautiful scenery under the bridge very much. It was the best placeto swim in summer. But now the rubbish was getting more and more leaves,fruit skins,dead ducks and chickens…r rotting ,not only themosquitos flew around but also the bad smell made everyone feel gh the stream was cleaned up several times, it’s still happeningnow. A lot of plastic bags always float on it summmer we have to go far awayfrom the village to swim.

What causes this? Who is the devil?It’s the human ourselves. I have got toknown from a book rubbish in the countryside mostly occupies the fields anddamages the earth’s surface pollutes soil,wave ,atmosphere and damages ourhealth. The adults often say “The body is capital.” But why are they able tomake woollen cloth like this ? Does it affect everybody’s safe and sound life?

Schoolmates, we are the host of society tomorrow . It’s our duty to improveand build the safe invironment.

Safety is in our hands must take park in more environmental protectionactivities, Plant more trees and flowers to make us live in a beautiful homewith the blue sky ,blue water and green land forever.

Safety is in our hands . Please try your best to tell people around you todeal with the rubbish , and to make a contribution to building our safe hometome.

在一個星期六的早上。我去吃早餐。我感到有一股難聞的氣味,走過去仔細看看。我發現香蕉皮發出的氣味一大堆。這時,一個年輕人拿著簸箕垃圾走到這裡。他舉起雙手,垃圾堆在這裡。我立刻去對他說:“叔叔,你不能這樣做。這些事情會很快腐爛。這對我們的健康是壞的,使人們生病。”不過,他說,“每個人都這麼做,誰生病了,誰會去看醫生。”

看這個,我記得還有一幕:有在我們村裡流。它有兩座橋。七歲的時候,我喜歡美麗的風景橋下很。它是在夏天游泳最好的地方。但現在垃圾越來越多。菜葉子,果實皮,爛後死亡鴨和雞的…,不僅蚊子到處亂飛,而且每個人都難聞的氣味很可怕。雖然流清洗幾次,它仍然發生了。很多塑料袋總是浮在上面的。夏天我們要去遠離鄉村遊。

這是什麼原因造成的?誰是魔鬼?這是人類自己。我要知道從一本書。在農村,大多處在域和損害地球表面的垃圾。它汙染土壤,大氣波,並損害我們的健康。人們常說“身體是本錢。”但是他們為什麼能這樣呢?它影響到每個人的安全和健康的生活嗎?

同學們,我們是社會的主人的明天。這是構建完善的安全環境是我們的責任。

安全掌握在我們手中。我們必須參加更多的環保活動,種植更多的樹木和鮮花,讓我們生活在藍天一所漂亮的房子,藍水,綠色的土地永遠。

安全是我們的手。請盡力告訴你周圍的人來處理垃圾,並使我們構建安全的家鄉貢獻。

一分鐘英語演講稿 篇16

everyone is attracted by beauty and beauty is powerful. but what is true beauty? perhaps you can get the answer from the following story.

this morning i went to the market to buy some vegetables with my parents. on the way we all highly praised a young man in western-style clothes and leather shoes who was riding by. but he rode so fast that he knocked an old lady down ead of stopping, he pretended not to see this and rode away quickly. we were all very angry with the young man. to our happiness, a girl in plain dress ran forward at once, helped the lady up and took her home. we all praised the girl.

from this we know we cannot judge a person by his appearance. a person who is dressed beautifully may not have a beautiful soul. only a person who has a beautiful soul is really beautiful.

一分鐘英語演講稿 篇17

Hi everybody.

Beauty usually refers to what appeals to the eye. A nice and well built girl is regarded as beautiful. A bunch of vigorous flowers are also considered as beautiful. A splendid waterfall coming down from a mountain is as well looked on as beautiful.

Beauty also refers to what appeals to the mind. The virtue of the Chinese nation-industry and bravery are taken as beautiful, because it helped to produce such a magnificent culture in the world. Einstein's theory of relativity is also perceived as beautiful, for it explains many natural phenomena so perfectly.

Beauty is around us. If you keep an eye or pay some attention, it is never difficult to find something beautiful somewhere about you. Wonderful natural spots, historical relics,fine arts, splendid buildings, and kind people are just a few inches away.

thank you.

翻譯:嗨,大家。

美通常指的是吸引眼球的東西。一個漂亮而漂亮的女孩被認為是美麗的。一束有力的花也被認為是美麗的。從一座山上下來的一個美麗的瀑布,也被視為美麗的。

美也指那些對心靈有吸引力的東西。中華民族的工業和勇敢的美德是美麗的,因為它有助於產生這樣一個巨集偉的文化在世界上。愛因斯坦的相對論也被認為是美麗的,因為它解釋了許多自然現象如此完美。

美在我們身邊。如果你保持一個眼睛或支付一些關注,它永遠不會很難找到一些美麗的地方關於你。奇妙的自然景點,歷史文物,美術,輝煌的建築,善良的人只是幾英寸遠。

謝謝您.

一分鐘英語演講稿 篇18

There is a forest, where the trees flourish, the forest green grass,flowers ... ... animals are free to live with. Later, near the residents, theybegan to cut down trees, killing animals, the forest can be seen everywhere baretrees, many animals lost their homes, and even their loved ones. The barrenearth is crying, and the animals that have lost their loved ones are bothgrieving and angry, and decide to arrest the murderers who destroy their homesand hurt their loved ones.

One day, someone went to the forest to cut down the trees and killed theanimals. Had long been ambush animals rushed out, the "murderer" person scared to leave the hands of the tools, trembling, cold sweatstraight. One of the animals proposed to the "murderer" for public trial. So, aforest trial conference began.

Lamb first statement: "human greed to chaos to kill the killing, resultingin a large area of soil erosion, we sheep lost a good home and the survival ofthe grass ... ..." a bird said: "human chaos cut Let us homeless, human chaoskill let us lose loved ones ... ... "Tiger said angrily:" human deforestation sothat we have no place to live, their chaos kill us to become endangered Species... ... "the animals you a word I am in a way to count the heinous crimescommitted by mankind, the trial of this person feel shame and shame to ask:" howwill you deal with me? "The judge elephant said: See you have the meaning ofrepentance, right and spare you, go back and tell you the same kind: to protectthe ecological balance of nature, not for their own time and destruction of theecological environment, or suffer not only our animals and vegetation, you humanThey will be punished ... ... "

The "murderer" was released, decided to repent their own behavior, andactively promote the concept of environmental protection, and activelyparticipate in various environmental activities. A few years later, this foresthas resumed the prosperity of the past, the animals have lived a free life.

一分鐘英語演講稿 篇19

a man who lived in a block of apartments thought it was raining and put his head out the window to check. as he did so a glaeye fell into his hand.

he looked up to see where it came from in time to see a young woman looking down.

"is this yours?" he asked.

she said, "yes, could you bring it up?" and the man agreed.

on arrival she was profuse in her thanks and offered the man a drink. as she was very attractive he agreed. shortly afterwards she said, "i'm about to have dinner. there's plenty. would you like to join me?"

he readily accepted her offer and both enjoyed a lovely meal. as the evening was drawing to a close the lady said, "i've had a marvelous evening. would you like to stay the night?"

the man hesitated then said, "do you act like this with every man you meet?"

"no," she replied, "only those who catch my eye."

一分鐘英語演講稿 篇20

good morning, ladies and gentlemen, i’m very glad to make a speech here. today my topic is “i love you, china.”

since the day i was born, i began to have a proud name—chinese. since the day i began to talk, the most beautiful sentence i’ve ever learnt has been “i love you, china!”

i love you, china, and i’m so proud of being a chinese. i’m proud that i’ve got the beautiful yellow skin, black eyes and black hair. i’m also proud that i speak the most beautiful language in the world—chinese.

i love you, china, for i can feel the deep love you give me every day, every minute. last year, i got an opportunity to visit the united states of america. during my staying there, my father’s boss once invited my family to dinner. while at table, he looked at me and asked: “little boy, how long have you been in america?” “about a month,” i answered, “how lucky you are!” he said, “if you were living in china, how could you learn such perfect english?” i smiled and told him proudly that all the students in china are able to learn english at school. i saw his surprised eyes and said to myself, “i’m proud of you, china. for you are offering us the best education.”

一分鐘英語演講稿 篇21

As we all know, pollution is harmful to living beings. There are manydifferent types of pollutions in this world. For instance, water pollution, airpollution, noise pollution and so on. Water pollution cause many kinds ofdisease that have negative effects on human beings, sometimes the diseases willtake people's life away. Dirty air will increase the rate of getting lungcancer. While the noise pollution will cause insomnia. People's health conditionwill be damaged.

In my humble opinion, people should take measures to control the ntly, not only the government, but also individual has taken part in theaction of protecting the environment. This is a good sign. Rivers are beingcleaned, air is purified, and the people come to realize that the importance ofprotecting the environment.

However, this is not enough, the problems are still exist. Not all of themhave been solved. Some factories are still pouring dirty water into the riversor give off the toxic gas into the sky. We should know that protecting theenvironment needs everybody's effort.

我們都知道,汙染對生物有很大危害。在這個世界上,有許多不同型別的汙染。例如:水汙染,空氣汙染,噪音汙染等等。水汙染會使人們生病,甚至死亡。髒空氣會使患肺癌的機率上升。而噪音汙染會讓人失眠。人們的健康水平會下降。

在我看來,人們應該採取措施去保護環境。最近,不僅僅是政府部門,個人也參與到環保中去。這是個好現象。河流乾淨了,空氣清新了,人們也意識到環保的重要性。

然而,這些還遠遠不夠。問題依舊存在。不是所有的問題都得到了解決。一些工廠依舊往河流裡面排放汙水,向天空排放有毒氣體。我們應該謹記環境保護需要每個人的努力。

一分鐘英語演講稿 篇22

In my memory, though my hometown is a small village, it is very I was small, I liked to caught fish in the river, the water was so cleanthat I could see the fish. As I miss my hometown so much, last week, I went backto my hometown, I found the place in my memory was not like what it was. Thetrees were not that numerous, the roads became bigger, while there was lessplace for the river, I saw some dead fish in the river, the water was dirty, theriver pollution was so serious! I couldn't believe it, the beautiful hometownwas destroyed by the pollution, it is people's ambition results in it, theychase for the profit at the cost of polluting the environment. I wish people canpay attention to protect the environment, they are saving themselves, too.

在我的記憶中,雖然我的家鄉是個小城鎮,但是很美麗。當我還小的時候,我喜歡在河裡抓魚,河水是如此的乾淨以至於我能看到河裡的魚。由於抵擋不住對家鄉的思念,上週,我回到了家鄉,我發現我記憶中的城市再也不是它原來的樣子了。樹沒以前的多,道路變得寬闊,然而河道卻變得窄些了,我看到河中有一些死掉的魚,河水是如此的髒,河流汙染是如此的嚴重!我無法相信眼前的一切,美麗的家鄉被汙染給破壞了,人們的貪念導致了這個結果,他們為了追求利益,不惜以犧牲環境為代價。我希望人們能注意保護環境,這也是在保護他們自己。

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and groups famously follow the opinions of the most dominant or charismatic person in the room, even though there's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas -- i mean zero. so ... (laughter) you might be following the person with the best ideas, but you might not. and do you really want to leave it up to chance? much better for everybody to go off by themselves, generate their own ideas freed from the distortions of group dynamics, and then come together as a team to talk them through in a well-managed environment and take it from there.

now if all this is true, then why are we getting it so wrong? why are we setting up our schools this way and our workplaces? and why are we making these introverts feel so guilty about wanting to just go off by themselves some of the time? one answer lies deep in our cultural history. western societies, and in particular the u.s., have always favored the man of action over the man of contemplation and “man“ of contemplation. but in america's early days, we lived in what historians call a culture of character, where we still, at that point, valued people for their inner selves and their moral rectitude. and if you look at the self-help books from this era, they all had titles with things like “character, the grandest thing in the world.“ and they featured role models like abraham lincoln who was praised for being modest and unassuming. ralph waldo emerson called him “a man who does not offend by superiority.“