关于感恩节英语作文范文

Mywife，Shirley，andIhavegoneonvacationstoaquietbeachinsouthwesternFloridaformostofourmarriedlife.Ifthatbeachcouldtalk，itwouldtellofteenagenewlywedswhosunnedandwrote"Iloveyou"onitssands.Itwouldtellofalittlegirlwitheyesthecoloroftheseagatheringseashellsandofthreewildboysleapinganddivingintothesurf.Itwouldtellofjoyousvisitsovertheyearsfromfriends，parents，grandparents，newbridesandgrooms--andnowgrandchildren.Thebeachwouldtellglorioustalesofwarmthandgratitude.collectedbywww?

ButIrealizedonedaythatIhadrarelyexpressedmygratitudetotheonewho‘dlivedthoseyearswithme.Onour40thweddinganniversary，ShirleyandIwalkedagainthefamiliarmarginofthesea.ItoldherthenhowthankfulIwasthatshesharedmylife.

Wedon‘thavetowaitforanniversariestothanktheonesclosesttous--theonessoeasilyoverlooked.IfIhavelearnedanythingaboutgivingthanks，itisthis:Giveitnow!Whileyourfeelingofappreciationisaliveandsincere，actonit.Sayingthanksissuchaneasywaytoaddtotheworld‘shappiness.CollectedBywww?

Afewyearsago，ayoungwomanfromaneighboringtownwonascholarshiptoaprestigiouscollege.Althoughtheinner-cityhighschoolsheattendedwasplaguedwithproblems，sheovercamethemandexcelled.Whenshegraduated，shecommendedtheoften-malignedschoolforitschallengingcoursesandherteachersfortheirspecialinterestandencouragement."Ican‘tsayenoughgoodthingsabouttheschoolandtheteacherswhogavemesomuchofthemselves，"shesaid."Ishallbeeternallygratefultothem."CollectedBy

Sayingthanksnotonlybrightenssomeoneelse‘sworld，itbrightensyours.Ifyou‘refeelingleftout，unlovedorunappreciated，tryreachingouttoothers.Itmaybejustthemedicineyouneed.

BeforeA.J.Croninbecameabeestsellingauthor，hewasadoctor.Oncehetoldaboutacolleaguewhogaveanunusualprescriptiontopatientsafflictedwithworry，fear，discouragementorself-doubt.Thedoctorcalledithisthank-youcure."ForsixweeksIwantyoutosaythankyouwheneveranyonedoesyouafavor.Andtoshowyoumeanit，emphasizethewordswithasmile."Withinsixweeksmostofthedoctor‘spatientsshowedgreatimprovement.CollectedBy

Ofcourse，therearetimeswhenyoucan‘texpressgratitudeimmediately.Inthatcasedon‘tletembarrassmentsinkyouintosilence--speakupthefirsttimeyouhavethechance.

IrecentlyreturnedhometoMontpelier，Ohio，forashortvisit.MemoriesofmyboyhoodfloodedbackasIwalkedthefamiliarstreets.ThenIsawMrs.Bible，andmymindflashedbacktohighschool.collectedby

Iwasafreshman，moreinterestedinsportsthanschoolwork，andIwasfallingbehindinmyLatinclass.ThenVioletBible，aneighborwhowasaschoolteacher，foundoutaboutmyproblem."Oh，Latin‘sgreatfun，"shetoldme."ComeovertonightafterdinnerandI‘llshowyou."Forthenextseveralweeks，shetutoredmeuntilIcouldconjugatewiththebestofthem--well，almost.Anyway，Ipassed.Atthecallowageof14itseemedperfectlynaturaltomethataworkingwifeandmotherhadnothingbettertodoafterahardday‘sworkthantutormeinLatin.CollectedBy

NowasIsawher，Irealizedwhatanuncommonsacrificeithadbeen.And，afterallthoseyears，Itoldherso!"Whatyoudidwaswaybeyondthecallofduty，"Isaid."Thankyou."Iwasrewardedwithasurprisedsmileandasparkleinhereyes.

Eachhumanbeingisyearningforkindwordsofappreciation.InDecember1991，17-year-oldCandiBrown‘scaroverturned;theroofcollapsedandcrushedherskull.ThecrewsofEngineCompany8andMed15inGrayson，Ga.，rushedhertoGwinnettMedicalCenter.Doctorstoldherparentstopreparefortheworst.ButCandisurvived.AyearlaterthefamilyservedaholidaydinnertotheGwinnettCountyfirefightersandemergencymedicaltechnicians.DuringdinnerCandi，whosegoalistowalknaturallyagain，rosepainfullyandsaid，"ThankyouforhelpingGodsavemylifeandgivingmeasecondchance.Iloveyou."collectedby.