1、English Corner -Be Thankful Be Grateful Everyday, millions of people die of. HungerHunger Thirst MalnutritionMalnutrition（ 营养不良营养不良）. And someare And someare just waiting just waiting to die to die While vultures（秃 鹰）. wait for them to die too. Have you realized HOW LUCKY you are? Yet what do you do
2、? Almost everydayAlmost everyday We We plain. We envy other peopleWe envy other people We cry when we dont get what we want.We cry when we dont get what we want. But when we get itWe want some more. Look around you Look around you Look and realize YOU ARE LUCKY! You will never have what you like unt
3、il you learn to like what you have. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe once said We start liking what we have by being We start liking what we have by being thankful!thankful! Being Thankful! START with saying START with saying THANK YOU!THANK YOU! In EnglishIn English Thank you! In ChineseIn Chinese XIE XI
4、E!( 谢 谢 ！) In FrenchIn French Merci ! In SpanishIn Spanish Gracias! In FilipinoIn Filipino Salamat! But of course words are just words!But of course words are just words! When you say thank you , you have to say it from the HEART! Have you met people who seems to shine from within? Peoplewho look ha
5、ppy People who look People who look contentedcontented People whose smiles make People whose smiles make us smile in returnus smile in return They are happy, BECAUSE They are happy, BECAUSE they are they are THANKFUL!THANKFUL! These people look beyond the surface! And not take things for granted! Ta
6、ke this picture as an example.Take this picture as an example. What do you see? Read this aloud:Read this aloud: Take time to smell the roses and be Take time to smell the roses and be thankful for all the things around you!thankful for all the things around you! Sunrise SunsetSunset SunlightSunligh
7、t TreesTrees The seaThe sea Your friendsYour friends Your FamilyYour Family We have to find value in things the We have to find value in things the seem unimportant!seem unimportant! Let me tell you a story!Let me tell you a story! The Box of Kisses! Once upon a time, there was a man who punished hi
8、s 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and the man became angry when his daughter tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.Then, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy.“ The father fel
9、t bad by his earlier earlier anger, but he got angry again when he opened the box and the box was empty. He shouted at her, “Dont you know that when you give someone a present, you should put something in it?“ The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, “Oh, Daddy, its not empt
10、y, I blew kisses into the box. All for you, Daddy.“ The father was moved. He put his arms around his little girl, and said, “Thank you! I am sorry for being angry at you!”. An accident took the life of the child only a short time later and the man kept that gold box by his bed for many years and whe
11、never he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there. Thankful for that one Christmas morning when he felt his childs love. Being thankful means acting thankful!Being thankful means acting thankful! You should show your thankfulness by
12、 doing the same kindness that has been done to you By helpingBy helping By smilingBy smiling By showing loveBy showing love Life can be full of ups and downs,sometimes we might feel that thereare more downs than ups. But remember. As long as we value the things around us. As long as we loveas long a
13、s we find time to be THANKFUL for everything. Then we can say. “Its not so bad!” and when that happens, then Everyday can be the BEST DAY OF OUR LIFE! Every day there is someone remind you of something, it means you have friends, so we should be grateful. I am fatter and fatter, that means my life i
14、s better and better, so I should be grateful。 There is shadow work/study with me ， that means I am working/studying under the bright sunshine, so I should be grateful 。 so I should be grateful There is a lawn to be cun, windows to be cleaned,that means I have a home, We can hear lots of complaint to everything around the world，we should be grateful, because that means we are free to talk. Be Grateful The end
