【感恩周系列活动】心怀感恩，阳光前行——国际高中部举办感恩励志演讲会
提到感恩两个字，就觉得十分有重量。回想生活的过往，你是否接受过别人的帮助，或者给与帮助？你是否及时的表达过自己的感恩之情？当生活出现荆棘，你是否依然怀有感恩之心？
11月24日，国际高中部举办感恩励志演讲会，林约翰、赵奕程、衡司宸、黄静琪、黄彼得、张安之几位同学将他们的人生经历和对感恩的心得体会分享给同学们，激发起同学们内心深深的感恩之情。
Hi everyone my name is John, I’m a grade 9 student, I‘m very honored to do this presentation. As you see, today we will talk about thanks giving. Thanksgiving is a special holiday of concern, helping, dedication and so on. But now, in some people’s eyes, it has become a celebration. They don’t even care about Thanksgiving’s real meaning and they don’t know how to be thankful. So we must to know the meaning of thanksgiving and how to be thankful.
The traditions of thanksgiving
There are lots of countries in the world and different countries have different ways to celebrate Thanksgiving day. Here are some example of the ways in which different countries celebrate thanksgiving day.
USA: In America, the 16th president of the US, Abraham Lincoln, declared the event a national holiday in America in 1863 during the American civil war. He declared that the fourth Thursday of November should be set apart to give thanks to God in prayer. Now, Americans observe Thanksgiving to celebrate good health, blessings in their family, and prosperity. On this day, families come together and prepare different meals with turkey being a major part of the meal.
GERMANY: In Germany the holiday is held on the first Sunday of October. The reason for the holiday is to celebrate the good autumn harvest. It is mostly a rural harvest time observance marked by Choral singing, music, services in the church, and Thanksgiving procession.
CANADA: Thanksgiving is held annually in Canada to celebrate the blessings of the previous year and the harvest of the year. The day is marked by spending time with family over a feast with the food mostly served including roasted turkey, autumn vegetables, sweet corn, and sweet potatoes, accompanied with a lot of celebrations and religious activities to give thanks.
Why we have thanksgiving day?
Thanksgiving is not just a holiday of celebrating, it is also relevant to our lives. For Christians, Thanksgiving not only has a patriotic history, but it also has spiritual roots that go back to the Old Testament Bible. We can reclaim Thanksgiving. Rather than just being a day where we eat a lot, we can go back to our historical and spiritual roots as we give thanks to God. If you think you have nothing to thank for, you are wrong. In our life, there are many things that we can thanks for, our parents, they give us life; our teachers, they work hard for teaching us better and many things around us. The most important thing in Thanksgiving Day is Love.
How to thank?
There are many ways to give thanks. For example, you can use your capabilities to help others, you can give away your wealth, or share with people ……. it doesn’t have to take a lot of time and effort to be thankful, sometime, it can be a simple sentence: “thank you.” Now you see, to be thankful is not difficult, as long as there is love and gratitude in your heart.
在开始写这篇演讲稿之前我很苦恼，我在想我该怎么去组织我的语言才能讲好这个稿子，我有试着写过通篇华丽的措辞，也有过励志昂扬的词汇，但我觉得这太过于官方了，还是用最朴素的话才能流露出生活当中的真情实感。
我们大家都知道感恩节是美国的，但感恩不分国度。我们每个人都要去学会感恩。学会感恩会使我们的灵魂升华 。
就拿我自己举例，我认为在我的初三学习生涯中 是我经历过最戏剧性的一段时间。在那个时候其实我性格并不开朗，也不自信，就是一个很懦弱的一个人。往往都是委曲求全 对别人百般讨好 。为了让自己不孤单 总是做一些吃力不讨好的事情。来换取所谓意义上的朋友。
就是这种性格，使我在初三下学期，进入了对我影响最大的时候。马上临近中考 正常人都是拼搏 100天 创造新辉煌。而我却在那个时候经历了校园霸凌，在一开始的时候，他们只是带头孤立我，不让任何人和我讲话，但是那个时候我并不在意 只是想好好学习 考个好高中 到时候就都分道扬镳了。谁还管你们啊。但事与愿违 生活总有许多的不如意 ，他们开始对我进行语言攻击 一开始是从外貌上对我进行攻击 使我很长时间都有着容貌焦虑和身材焦虑。后来就从我做的各种行为事情上 在批判我 仿佛不管我把事情做的有多完美 他们总会有偏见。接着就是肢体上的行为了。我想我这辈子都不想在经历中午回到教室时课桌椅全都推翻 东西散落一片的狼藉 面对同学的冷漠和嘲笑。我想我再也崩不住了，我给我父母打电话 求他们让我回家 不要再念书了。就是在那个时候一双手搭我肩上 威胁我说：“告状呢？小心以后没有好日子过了！”这个行为导致现在有人从后面搭我肩膀我都感受到后怕。后来我就回家呆了一个月 在学校的压迫下回去考了模考 但成绩并不理想。可想而知，我中考落榜了。当时在找学校这件事情上天天和我妈吵架，我也一度想过不学习了，我妈就气急败坏让我去打暑假工。但毕竟是亲生的，还是可以三天打鱼两天晒网，好在最后还是赚了五千多块钱。
耶稣说：“爱你们的仇人，善待恨你们的人，诅咒你的，要为他祝福，欺辱你的，要为他祷告。”我想或许是这样的 我应该学会感恩那些对我不好的人 如果我没有经历这种事情 我可能还是那个胆怯 懦弱的我 或许我也不会来到嘉洋 现在也不会站在这个台上。我很感谢我在这里的每一位老师和我的朋友。是他们的鼓励和支持，才会有现在的我，能遇见你们是我的幸运。
感恩是真善美的基础。生活中虽然不可能事事尽如人意，但我们常怀着一颗感恩的心，可以让我们的心态更加积极的去面对生活。
感恩节（Thanksgiving Day）是美国人民独创的一个古老节日，也是美国人合家欢聚的节日。初时感恩节没有固定日期，由美国各州临时决定。直到美国独立后的1863年，林肯总统宣布感恩节为全国性节日 。1941年，美国国会正式将每年11月第四个星期四定为“感恩节”。
Today is Thanksgiving Day, so before starting our speech, I wish you all a happy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving Day is a holiday created by Americans. At the beginning, Thanksgiving Day was decided temporarily by the governor of state, until 1863 when President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving as a national holiday. In 1941, the US Congress officially designated the fourth Thursday of November as “Thanksgiving Day.”
感恩节是美国的传统节日，主要流传于北美国家。感恩节旨在感谢生命中遇到的一些人和事。感恩节这一天。美国举国上下热闹非凡，有许多戏剧表演、化装游行、体育比赛等等。除了美国拥有自己的感恩节，加拿大、巴西、埃及、希腊等地方也拥有属于自己的感恩节，不同国家庆祝感恩节的习俗各有不同。
Thanksgiving is a traditional holiday which mainly spreads in North American countries. It aims to thank people and things we experience every day in life. Thanksgiving Day is a festival with many theater performances, costume parades, sports competitions and so on. In addition, Canada, Brazil, Egypt, Greece and other countries also have their own Thanksgiving. Different countries have different customs of celebration.
每逢感恩节这一天，美国家家户户都要吃火鸡，他们通常还吃一些传统的菜肴，例如西葫芦、奶油洋葱、土豆泥、番瓜派等等。饭后，经常还做些传统游戏。比如：跳舞、各种比赛等许多娱乐活动。
On Thanksgiving Day, people will eat turkey and some traditional dishes, such as zucchini, buttered onions, mashed potatoes, papaya pie, etc. After meals, families will play games, dance, and do many other entertainment activities.
在美国，像中国的春节一样，感恩节当天，成千上万的人们不管多忙，都要和自己的家人团聚，大家一起享受一顿丰盛的节日晚餐。人们还会按照习俗前往教堂做感恩祈祷，学校和商店也都按规定放假休息。同时，好客的美国人也忘不掉这一天邀请好友、单身汉或远离家乡的人共度佳节。
Thanksgiving Day in the United States is like the Spring Festival in China where thousands of people, no matter how busy they are, have to reunite with their families and enjoy dinner together on the day.People also go to churches to pray for thanksgiving, schools and shops are also closed as required. At the same time, hospitable Americans will invite friends, bachelors, or people far from home to their celebration.
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我们应该感恩，尤其在感恩节这一天。我们应该感恩我们的父母，他们给予我们生命并教育我们；我们应该感恩老师，他们辛勤工作教给我们知识；我们应该感恩我们的朋友，因为你们呢，我们的人生之路充满阳光，不再孤单。无论环境如何，我希望每个人都有一颗感恩的心。谢谢！
We should be grateful, especially on Thanksgiving Day. We are thankful to our parents for their dedication for decades to nurture and educate us. We are grateful for the teachers’ hard work, they teach us both knowledge and morals. We are grateful for our friends, because of you, the journey of life is bright, and the road of life is no longer confused.No matter what the environment is, I hope everyone has a grateful heart. Thank you
今天是感恩节，我们代表12年级发表感恩节演讲，我们演讲的主题是：常怀感恩之心。感恩节是美国的经典传统节日，美国人在感恩节之际感谢基督教的神过去一年的赠与和丰收。其实我们也有许多值得感恩的事情，比如平安健康、学习顺利、老师同学的帮助、家人的关心关爱。我们不仅要在感恩节这一天才想起感恩，而是要在生活中时刻记得感恩，常怀感恩之心。
Today is Thanks Giving, we are representing 12 grade to give a speech here today. The topic of our speech is: always be grateful. Thanksgiving is a traditional holiday in the United States, Americans give thanks to the Christian God for the gifts and harvests of the past year. In fact, we also have many things to be thankful for, such as peace and health, successful studies, the help of our teachers and classmates, and the care and love of our families. We should not only remember to be thankful on Thanksgiving Day, but we should always remember to be thankful in our lives.
你是否有时接受了别人的帮助，却忘记了感谢他？或没有意识到某一件事是值得或需要你去感谢的。比如遇到下雨天，在下楼的路上借走了同学的伞，当你回来归还雨伞说谢谢时只是简单的社交礼仪还是发自内心的感恩？甚至你连谢谢都没有说？还有那些热心为你讲题的同学，你有没有只是感谢他为你讲题，却没有感恩他牺牲自己的时间来帮助你？当你常怀感恩之心，你的行为将不再是表面上的一句谢谢，而是发自内心的感恩与互相帮助，人与人之间的关系将会更加亲近与和谐。
Do you sometimes receive help from others and forget to thank them? For example, when it is raining and you need to borrow a classmate’s umbrella, or when you come back to return the umbrella and say thank you, is it just a simple social etiquette or are you truly grateful from your heart? Or did you even say: “thank you?” And those students who tutor you with passion, did you thank him or her for teachingand sacrificing his time to help you? When you have a grateful heart, your behavior will no longer be superficial, but from your heart, and the relationship between people will be deeper.
有时，当他人在你背后为你做了许多事情，你有可能没有意识到这些值得感恩的事情，这需要我们常怀一颗感恩之心去发现。每日清晨，同学们开始新的一天，当你离开宿舍去上课，是否想过宿舍里的生活老师在做什么？他们拿起各种工具，清理宿舍的公共区域，日复一日。你一定见过脏乱的宿舍卫生间，满地的水渍、没有冲洗的蹲坑，但是过了一天，都已消失不见。你们的父母，从怀胎十月、到教你学步、到拉扯长大，然后逐渐老去，在背后看着你成为他们。我们来到嘉洋国际学校，有一个基本的共同特点：出国。选择这条道路有可能是因为糟糕的中考成绩，有可能是因为追求更好的教育。诚实地说接受教育的成本是很高的，我听说过有的家长因为需要购买家长会来回的机票与孩子吵了一架。但是他们在你的背后辛苦工作、默默付出，只是为了你能够更好的生活和成长。
Sometimes, others have helped you without your knowledge, and you may not consider these things worthy of gratitude.Every morning when we start a new day, and when you leave the dormitory to go to class, do you ever wonder what the dormitory teachers in the dormitory are doing? They pick up various tools and clean the common areas of the dormitory, day in and day out. You must have seen dirty dorm bathrooms there are water stains all over the floor, unflushed squatting pits, but after a day, it’s all gone. You parents gave brith to you, taught you how to walk, watched you grow and grow old themselves in the process. We all have one common goal for coming to Joy International School: studying abroad. It is possible that the reason why you camehere is because of poor grade in public middle scholl, or to have a better education.The tuition of Joy is not cheap, and I heard that some parents argued with their children because they needed to buy plane tickets for the parents’ meeting. And some parents even sold the house for their childs’ study. They just want you to have a better life and be happier.
守家卫国的解放军战士；在灾害中抢险救援的消防指战员，他们在灾情救着陌生人的亲人，却离开了自己的亲人，甚至不知道能否再次见面；在深夜站岗或巡逻的人民警察，那闪烁的警灯给予了我们深夜回家的安全感；为了新冠疫情每一次动态清零，穿上厚重闷热的防护服，开展核酸检测的医务工作者；还有政府中日夜工作、为国家发展奉献了一生、满头白发的公务员。常怀一颗感恩之心，感恩这些为了每一个人而负重前行的人，正是因为他们，我们才可以在一个长期和平稳定的国家生活。
The soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army who guard the home and the country; the firefighters who rescue and rescue in disasters, who save the loved ones of strangers in disasters, but leave their loved ones and don’t even know if they can meet again; the people’s police who stand guard or patrol late at night, the flashing police lights give us a sense of security to go home late at night; the medical doctors who put on heavy and stuffy protective clothing and carry out nucleic acid testing for every clearing of the new virus, these are all people whom we should admire There are also civil servants with gray hair who work day and night in the government and have dedicated their lives to the development of the country. Be grateful to these people who make our li easier. It is because of them that we can live in long-term, peace and stability.
感恩是每时每刻的，如何常怀感恩之心？当我们再看到同学之间的帮助；老师辛苦的工作；家长为我们付出；还有默默为我们负重前行的人们，我们会不会想起感恩他们？
Being grateful is not a one-time thing.how do we always be grateful? When we see how our classmates help each other; the hard work of the teachers; the parents who have paid our tuitionwill we think of thanking them?
