感恩父母的英文演讲稿
Students, we come from? To hear this question, I am sure you will say that parents are taken to put us up in the world. Yes ah, one day more than a decade ago, our parents happy with tears and smiles to greet the arrival of the U.S.. But when we came to the world the moment that many parents have a hard job - we take care of. This is even though a heavy burden, but has no complaints to parents raising me up. In order to give us a comfortable living environment, they are always so hard, then the effort. Small, I always treat this issue as a matter of course, because I do not know, nor do I know the hard work of parents. Now, I grew up, and I know with a heart of Thanksgiving to appreciate their parents, should take on, take care of, the responsibility of your parents There is an old said: The milk of the sheep have to kneel TU, A feed has meaning. Bit by bit, our growth can not be separated from their parents to help when the water springs of the TU reported that, therefore, we should know how to feel gratitude for it, know how to thank their parents . Call us first time parents, first step towards independence, the first to write a word askew when ... ... are parents around to teach us patience. Parents, are giving us God does not require any modification of the sustenance of the soul. When we are confronted with difficulties, to devote all of us to help people, their parents are. When we are wronged, to be patient to listen to our cry of the people, their parents are. When we make mistakes, he will not hesitate to forgive us who are parents. When we succeed, would like for us to celebrate, to share with us the pleasure, are the parents. And now far away in our field study, it is still concerned about our parents. ... ... Now I left the distant parents, came here, the mother will ask me homesick, I very firmly said: No, certainly not! But to the school, in the face of unfamiliar faces unfamiliar environment, I want to cry well. Are upset when the home to the phone, the mother the right to ask me please. My tears quickly down, and tried to not let her find. Not familiar with the latter slowly, although it was no longer such as homesickness, but there are always unhappy when the advent of a lot of times at night, when feeling lonely, they will naturally think of distant family members, think of it in the remote mountain village in their own lives more than a dozen of the Spring and Autumn, and a phone call out greetings and listen to the voices of parents and that kind. If the mother is always a few, but each time I was swept away the boredom, disappeared: Children in school right? Anything better at home, not to miss too much. Always miss my mother, my diet iving, asked me in the distant land still used to the life, always asked of me to take care of the body, the mother-friendly sound, so I do not miss how the family it? Phone, some hoarse voice of his father, the father honestly going to say too much so, the phone, he always ask me are not eating, there is no cost of living, the better to eat it. But I was well aware that his father with his hard-working to raise his children, with his simple character education of his children, his father is proud of the Child.不善言辞rallied behind him, he put into the love to other people talk about when their children face in a brilliant smile. In our rural areas, raising me and my brother is not easy, let alone reading we want to send. Faced with huge fees, parents insist teeth, and put the burden of any of their livelihood on the shoulder bending, no complaints. Now, we are studying or working outside, guarding the empty house, then the phone will become the parents of the happy things. Us a call back and tell other parents some乐滋滋situation. I think that they are perhaps the most happy moment. While at home is far, far more than thousands of miles away from their parents, but parents also give care at the time around my side, my parents give me endless effort to encourage one another through the lonely times, they are the spirit of my pillar. Life is not perfect as imagined, our parents are not hard to understand, although we should not live with their parents to share the hardships of a difficult start, but we can be less in their daily lives for their parents to worry about. When parents fall ill, we should take responsibility, take care of their parents? Want to know, even if an interest in words, even a bowl of instant noodles themselves to do a good job, parents who will comfort the hearts of our anxiety in every possible way. Parent Thanksgiving, is not difficult to do. Will remember to thank our long-distance may be on the road give us a bowl of water to drink the ladies, perhaps will remember our appreciation to the seat of the big brother, will recall that appreciation may be hard to train our own teachers ... ... yes, they of course want to thank us, and can be At the same time, we should not forget that parents are always the most worthy of our appreciation of the people! 下面是中文的另一篇。
学会感恩 人的一生中，小而言之，从小时候起，就领受了父母的养育之恩，等到上学，有老师的教育之恩，工作以后，又有领导、同事的关怀、帮助之恩，年纪大了之后，又免不了要接受晚辈的赡养、照顾之恩；大而言之，作为单个的社会成员，我们都生活在一个多层次的社会大环境之中，都首先从这个大环境里获得了一定的生存条件和发 展机会，也就是说，社会这个大环境是有恩于我们每个人的。
感恩，说明一个人对自己与他人和社会的关系有着正确的认识；报恩，则是在这种正确认识之下产生的一种责任感。
没有社会成员的感恩和报恩，很难想象一个社会能够正常发展下去。
在感恩的空气中，人们对许多事情都可以平心静气；在感恩的空气中，人们可以认真、务实地从最细小的一件事做起；在感恩的空气中，人们自发地真正做到严于律已宽以待人；在感恩的空气中，人们正视错误，互相帮助；在感恩的空气中，人们将不会感到自己的孤独…… 人生道路，曲折坎坷，不知有多少艰难险阻，甚至遭遇挫折和失败。
在危困时刻，有人向你伸出温暖的双手，解除生活的困顿；有人为你指点迷津，让你明确前进的方向；甚至有人用肩膀、身躯把你擎起来，让你攀上人生的高峰……你最终战胜了苦难，扬帆远航，驶向光明幸福的彼岸。
那么，你能不心存感激吗
你能不思回报吗
感恩的关键在于回报意识。
回报，就是对哺育、培养、教导、指引、帮助、支持乃至救护自己的人心存感激，并通过自己十倍、百倍的付出，用实际行动予以报答。
“感恩”是个舶来词，“感恩”二字，牛津字典给的定义是：“乐于把得到好处的感激呈现出来且回馈他人”。
“感恩”是因为我们生活在这个世界上，一切的一切包括一草一木都对我们有恩情
“感恩”是一种认同。
这种认同应该是从我们的心灵里的一种认同。
我们生活在大自然里，大自然给与我们的恩赐太多。
没有大自然谁也活不下去，这是最简单的道理。
对太阳的“感恩”，那是对温暖的领悟，对蓝天的“感恩”，那是我们对蓝得一无所有的纯净的一种认可。
对草原的“感恩”那是我们对“野火烧不尽，春风吹又生”的叹服。
对大海的“感恩”，那是我们对兼收并蓄的一种倾听。
“感恩”是一种回报。
我们从母亲的子宫里走出，而后母亲用乳汁将我们哺育。
而更伟大的是母亲从不希望她得到什么。
就像太阳每天都会把她的温暖给予我们，从不要求回报，但是我们必须明白“感恩”。
“感恩”是一种钦佩。
这种钦佩应该是从我们血管里喷涌出的一种钦佩。
“感恩”之心，就是对世间所有人所有事物给予自己的帮助表示感激，铭记在心； “感恩”之心，就是我们每个人生活中不可或缺的阳光雨露，一刻也不能少。
无论你是何等的尊贵，或是怎样的看待卑微；无论你生活在何地何处，或是你有着怎样特别的生活经历，只要你胸中常常怀着一颗感恩的心，随之而来的，就必然会不断地涌动着诸如温暖、自信、坚定、善良等等这些美好的处世品格。
自然而然地，你的生活中便有了一处处动人的风景。
“感恩”是一种对恩惠心存感激的表示，是每一位不忘他人恩情的人萦绕心间的情感。
学会感恩，是为了擦亮蒙尘的心灵而不致麻木，学会感恩，是为了将无以为报的点滴付出永铭于心。
譬如感恩于为我们的成长付出毕生心血的父母双亲。
“感恩”是一种处世哲学，是生活中的大智慧。
感恩可以消解内心所有积怨，感恩可以涤荡世间一切尘埃。
人生在世，不可能一帆风顺，种种失败、无奈都需要我们勇敢地面对、豁达地处理。
“感恩”是一种生活态度，是一种品德，是一片肺腑之言。
如果人与人之间缺乏感恩之心，必然会导致人际关系的冷淡，所以，每个人都应该学会“感恩”，这对于现在的孩子来说尤其重要。
因为，现在的孩子都是家庭的中心，他们只知有自己，不知爱别人。
所以，要让他们学会“感恩”，其实就是让他们学会懂得尊重他人。
对他人的帮助时时怀有感激之心，感恩教育让孩子知道每个人都在享受着别人通过付出给自己带来的快乐的生活。
当孩子们感谢他人的善行时，第一反应常常是今后自己也应该这样做，这就给孩子一种行为上的暗示，让他们从小知道爱别人、帮助别人。
“感恩”是一个人与生俱来的本性，是一个人不可磨灭的良知，也是现代社会成功人士健康性格的表现，一个人连感恩都不知晓的人必定是拥有一颗冷酷绝情的心。
在人生的道路上，随时都会产生令人动容的感恩之事。
且不说家庭中的，就是日常生活中、工作中、学习中所遇之事所遇之人给予的点点滴滴的关心与帮助，都值得我们用心去记恩，铭记那无私的人性之美和不图回报的惠助之恩。
感恩不仅仅是为了报恩，因为有些恩泽是我们无法回报的，有些恩情更不是等量回报就能一笔还清的，惟有用纯真的心灵去感动去铭刻去永记，才能真正对得起给你恩惠的人。
“感恩”是尊重的基础。
在道德价值的坐标体系中，坐标的原点是“我”，我与他人，我与社会，我与自然，一切的关系都是由主体“我”而发射。
尊重是以自尊为起点，尊重他人、社会、自然、知识，在自己与他人、社会相互尊重以及对自然和谐共处中追求生命的意义，展现、发展自己独立人格。
感恩是一切良好非智力因素的精神底色，感恩是学会做人的支点；感恩让世界这样多彩，感恩让我们如此美丽
“感恩”之心是一种美好的感情，没有一颗感恩的心，孩子永远不能真正懂得孝敬父母、理解帮助他的人，更不会主动地帮助别人。
让孩子知道感谢爱自己、帮助自己的人，是德育教育中重要的一个内容。
在这方面，美国人可以堪为楷模。
从1863年亚伯拉罕起，林肯总统宣布了感恩节为国家节日。
其间的两百多年，每年一次的感恩活动，从小地方传播开去。
这是一个充满感谢和爱的节日。
美国人欢聚一堂，进行一次特殊的祈祷，感谢、颂扬上苍在过去一年里的仁慈和恩惠。
非但如此，它更成为一种社会活动，超市门口放个大筐，让人们留下一份食品给那些食不果腹的穷人，政府机关、学校和教堂准备大量的食物，敞开大门，分发给一些无家可归的人。
更可贵的，平时里无忧无虑的孩子在这一天却极其认真地挨家挨户敲开邻居的家门，募集食品。
也就从小培养了帮助穷人的意识，给了他们自己和所有美国人行善的机会。
这就让我意识到了一些东西。
如果细细想想，我们可感谢的东西真的很多：感谢父母对我们的爱、感谢我们有饭吃、有衣穿、有房子住、有床睡、有灯光照明、感谢健康、感谢老师的教育和所有帮助支持过我们的亲人朋友、还有昔日里素不相识的贵人，感谢在寂寞时有音乐陪伴，有对方可以倾诉……感谢上帝
于是，我们可以浅显简单地说，如果你感到受冷落、遭抛弃、被友谊背叛了，或许应尝试先向别人伸出热情的手，学着去感谢一些东西。
（当然，这也可能是你精神振作所需之良药。
） 感恩心态是一种健康的心态，会使人的身心更好地适应社会、适应自然。
感恩的举动所能带来的连锁反应，可能会感染改变我们周围的每一个人，包括我们自己。
震撼心灵或者悦耳动听的感谢之声永远不会引起误会，它是没有国界而可以跨越地球上一切障碍，使世界变得更加和谐更快乐的最简单易行的方式吧。
所以我们要学着去感恩—— 为了人生可以沉淀一份理性。
那个篮坛飞人乔丹在群星涌动的NBA赛场退役了，我们大概再也看不到他翱翔的身影。
这或许是一个永久的心伤。
更或许，我们应该感恩：感谢乔丹带来出神入化的球技和五个NBA总冠军的辉煌，感谢他的永不言败、永不放弃的坚强斗志。
为了生活能够增添一份从容和释怀。
去年的4月1日，张国荣真的作了“一辈子只下地一次的鸟”，无数歌迷都为他伤心落泪。
包括今年的愚人节，又一次阴雨连绵。
“天空没有留下什么痕迹
但我已飞过~~~ ”是的，我们毕竟有《有谁共鸣》、《沉默是金》可以反复吟唱，还有《倩女幽魂》、《阿飞正传》、《霸王别姬》可以回味的。
学会感恩可以算是人生需要补习的一课。
记起一次去看望中学老师，向她表达深藏心中的思念时，感觉到她眼里好似闪着激动的泪光。
我后来有想，即使没及时向帮助我们的人表达感激之情也没有关系，其实关键是不要忘了在有机会时，请第一时间望着对方的眼睛说：“谢谢你
”的感恩。
人生道路，无论热衷单枪匹马“孤胆英雄”，还是天马行空、独往独来，总脱不了所处的环境。
每项成功都是由来自人、自然的种种力量合力所致的，也都是在爱情、亲情、友情的烘托下达到的。
历来讲究养育之恩、知遇之恩、提携之恩、救命之恩的中国人，是否更应提倡“知恩图报”、“滴水之恩，涌泉相报”的作风呢
虽然我们没有感恩节，但我们是否也该学着去感激一些东西，为了自己，也为了自己生活着的这片土地呢
古人云“施人慎勿念，受施慎勿忘”。
学会感恩，让生命可以轻装一点，未来才会阳光。
所以我会用我所能做到的一切去感谢这个世界，用所能及的全部力量来报答一切。
关于西方的节日(中英文都要)
元旦(1月1日)-----NEW YEAR'S DAY 成人节(日本，1月15日)-----ADULTS DAY 情人节(2月14日)-----ST.VALENTINE'S DAY (VALENTINE'S DAY) 元宵节(阴历1月15日)-----LANTERN FESTIVAL 狂欢节（巴西，二月中、下旬)-----CARNIVAL 桃花节(日本女孩节，3月3日)-----PEACH FLOWER FESTIVAL (DOLL'S FESTIVAL） 国际妇女节(3月8日)-----INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 圣帕特里克节(爱尔兰，3月17日)-----ST. PATRICK'S DAY 枫糖节(加拿大，3-4月)-----MAPLE SUGAR FESTIVAL 愚人节(4月1日)-----FOOL'S DAY 复活节(春分月圆后第一个星期日)-----EASTER 宋干节(泰国新年4月13日)-----SONGKRAN FESTIVAL DAY 食品节(新加坡，4月17日)-----FOOD FESTIVAL 国际劳动节(5月1日)-----INTERNATIONAL LABOUR DAY 男孩节(日本，5月5日)-----BOY'S DAY 母亲节(5月的第二个星期日)-----MOTHER'S DAY 把斋节-----BAMADAN 开斋节(4月或5月，回历十月一日)-----LESSER BAIRAM 银行休假日(英国, 5月31日)-----BANK HOLIDAY 国际儿童节(6月1日)-----INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DAY 父亲节(6月的第三个星期日)-----FATHER'S DAY 端午节(阴历5月5日)-----DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL 仲夏节(北欧6月)-----MID-SUMMER DAY 古尔邦节(伊斯兰节，7月下旬)-----CORBAN 筷子节(日本，8月4日)-----CHOPSTICS DAY 中秋节(阴历8月15日)-----MOON FESTIVAL 教师节(中国，9月10日)-----TEACHER'S DAY 敬老节(日本，9月15日)-----OLD PEOPLE'S DAY 啤酒节(德国十月节，10月10日)-----OKTOBERFEST 南瓜节(北美10月31日)-----PUMPKIN DAY 鬼节(万圣节除夕，10月31日夜)-----HALLOWEEN 万圣节(11月1日)-----HALLOWMAS 感恩节(美国，11月最后一个星期4)-----THANKSGIVING 护士节(12月12日)-----NRUSE DAY 圣诞除夕(12月24日)-----CHRISTMAS EVE 圣诞节(12月25日)-----CHRISTMAS DAD 节礼日(12月26日)-----BOXING DAY 新年除夕(12月31日)-----NEW YEAR'S EVE(a bank holiday in many countries) 春节(阴历一月一日)-----SPRING FESTIVAL (CHINESE NEW YEAR)
宋美龄简介
宋美龄（18973月5日－2003年10月23日）蒋中正(即蒋介石）的妻子，民国前夫人，中国国民党评议委员会主席团主席、中国国民党中央妇女工作委员会指导会议指导长、辅仁大学董事会前董事长与名誉董事长。
因为在传统的中国社会，女人嫁人以后，就改为夫姓。
所以，她的全名是：蒋宋美龄，人称： 蒋夫人。
她曾经为了中国的抗日战争，作为中国的第一夫人到美国进行筹款活动，她流利的英文和优雅的言行，受到美国政界的好评。
宋美龄在近代中国历史与对美关系具有深远的影响力。
但她因为各种考量，至死都没有与大姐、二姐相见。
在大姐宋霭龄与二姐宋庆龄的葬礼上也不肯去见最后一面。
早年（1897-1926） 1897年3月5日（农历2月12日），宋美龄出生于中国上海虹口朱家木桥（今东余杭路）。
她的父亲宋嘉澍是中国海南文昌县人，曾经担任美南监理会（今卫理公会）的牧师，后来离开传教职务经营出版业致富；母亲倪桂珍则出身上海本地的富裕家庭，其母系祖先可以追溯到明末大学士徐光启。
宋美龄是兄弟姊妹6人中第4个出生的，2个姐姐宋霭龄、宋庆龄分别比她年长8岁和4岁，哥哥宋子文比她年长3岁，2个弟弟宋子良、宋子安则分别比她年幼2岁和9岁。
1903年，6岁的宋美龄进入上海三一堂女塾就读。
1908年，11岁的宋美龄与二姐宋庆龄同时赴美国留学，先后在新泽西州萨米特镇以及乔治亚州梅肯市的皮德蒙特学校、威斯里安女子学院就读，1912年进入马萨诸塞州的威尔斯利学院（Wellesley College, MA），1917年回到中国。
这时，她必须努力学习汉语，并重新融入华人社会。
回国前，宋美龄已经与哥哥宋子文的好友刘纪文秘密订婚(这一点没有历史史实的根据，还有待历史考证）。
1920年，蒋介石与宋美龄在上海初次见面，立刻展开了热烈的追求。
由于蒋介石已经结婚，并且信仰佛教，倪桂珍强烈地反对他们的交往，要求蒋介石先行与所有妻子、侍妾解除婚约，并答应研读基督教教义才答应他的追求。
第一夫人（大陆时期）（1927-1949） 1927年12月1日，蒋宋两人于上海西摩路（今陕西北路）369号的宋家和静安寺路（今南京西路）的大华饭店举行结婚仪式，此一结合曾被一语双关的称为“（蒋）中（正）（宋）美（龄）合作”。
1927年12月蒋介石与宋美龄结婚后，1928年宋美龄怀孕，他极为欣喜；然而却意外因刺客行刺而流产 1930年，在宋美龄的促使下，蒋中正在上海虹口昆山路景林堂正式接受洗礼，成为基督教徒。
1932年，宋美龄担任中国航空委员会秘会长，并曾经负责当时中国空军之组建，,并把空军经费存到香港银行，造成了抗战时空军飞机数量严重不足的恶果.但当代也有有良知与历史责任感的青年历史学家指出，在当时航空科技日新月异，军械淘汰日趋频繁的大背景下，与其投资于匪谍横行的工业界，远不如“转而进之”投资金融收益丰厚。
此举可见宋先生秉承雄奇公一贯的英明果断文韬武略，可谓三千年未有之雄奇女子也
1934年，国民政府在蒋中正与宋美龄的主导下开始推行“新生活运动”，宣传新政内容，在全国范围推广喝开水，不吐痰，多识字，讲究文明卫生；秋天，随蒋中正作了1个月的西北考察。
1935年，在宋美龄的促成下，中国成了美国武器和飞机的最大进口国。
1936年12月12日凌晨，杨虎城与张学良扣押蒋中正，实行“兵谏”，发生了举世闻名的西安事变。
蒋中正在西安被扣押的消息传出后，宋美龄大为震惊。
她当时正在上海养病，没有随行。
闻讯后，顾不得身体不适，急忙赶回南京同政府有关人员，商议解救办法。
宋美龄竭力陈说用和平方法解决西安事变营救蒋中正的重要性，要求各方面“检束与忍耐，勿使和平绝望”，“推进军事之前，先尽力求委员长出险”。
随后，宋美龄、宋子文等于12月15日飞往西安，代表蒋中正同张学良、杨虎城、周恩来正式进行谈判，进展顺利。
最后达成协议。
12月25日下午，蒋中正偕宋美龄等人飞离西安，西安事变和平解决。
1937年，蒋介石授权宋美龄掌握空军；宋美龄邀请陈纳德将军整顿中国空军，并且成为名义上中国空军的总司令。
1938年，宋美龄的《战争与和平通讯》出版；组织妇女工厂和战时学校，以“新生活运动促进总会妇女工作指导委员会”为全国妇运最高指导机关。
1938年影响非常大的美国《时代》周刊把蒋中正和宋美龄作为一九三八年第一期的封面人物，评选他俩为一九三七年“世界风云人物”，指出“一九三七年，世界上最引人注目的国家是中国。
在陆地，在海洋，在天空，中国人同入侵的日本人展开了殊死搏斗。
尤其是在上海，中国军队连续十三周阻止了日本人的前进。
在这个关键时刻，领导这个国家的是一位最能干的领导人蒋中正和他的杰出夫人宋美龄。
1943年为了取得美国对中国抗战的更多支持和同情 ，宋美龄作为蒋中正的特使，于该年二月访问美国。
她成为美国罗斯福总统的夫人的贵宾，在白宫住了十一天。
她那优美的仪态、高雅的风度和适度的言谈，赢得了罗斯福夫妇的敬佩。
在此期间并完成对美国募款的任务，并于二月十八日在国会发表演说，成为第一位在美国国会发表演说的中国人，也是第二位女性（第一位是荷兰女王），劝说美国将注意力从欧洲战场转移到日本对中国的侵略，为中国赢得了美国的同情，随后，宋美龄又去美国各地发表演说，所到之处无不引起轰动，总计有超过25万人听过她的演说。
当时，美国朝野对日本空袭珍珠港和美军在太平洋战争初期所遭受的重创还记忆犹新，所以对中国艰苦抗战的英勇表现产生了由衷的敬意。
他们把这种敬意集中表达在对宋美龄的欢迎上。
加以宋美龄有着在美国接受教育的背景，美国人觉得这是自己国家培养出来的香蕉人，油然而生出一种自豪感。
因此，美国一时掀起“宋美龄热”，传播媒介大量报导她的行涵，许多杂志以她的肖像作为封面。
她所到之处，人们鼓掌欢呼，慷慨捐款，支援中国抗日战争，美国国会更顺势废除实行已有60年恶名昭彰的“排华法案”，提高美国华人的地位。
接着，宋美龄又去加拿大访问，进一步扩大了中国抗战的国际影响。
战时，她为国军缝制军服以及在医院探望国军的照片成功地激起许多中国人民的爱国心。
1943年宋美龄再次被美国《时代杂志》选为封面人物和年度风云人物。
1943年11月，宋美龄随蒋中正出席中、美、英三国首脑开罗会议，穿梭于蒋中正和美国总统罗斯福、英国首相邱吉尔之间，充分显示了外交才干。
由于蒋中正不会说英文，居中翻译协调的工作全部由宋美龄负责，罗斯福事后说：“我对蒋先生的印象十分模糊，现在想想，我对蒋先生的认识，几乎全部是透过他的夫人。
”事后，邱吉尔对罗斯福说：“这位中国女人可不是弱者”
1946年，为调停国共冲突，美国派遣特使马歇尔来华，接受蒋中正夫妇招待，由于接受西方美国教育，宋美龄与马歇尔在各方面的交流反应，引起民情不同的中国人及部分美国人批评。
1946年10月，蒋中正夫妇首次造访台湾，参加“台湾光复一周年纪念”活动，两人皆对台湾留下深刻的印象。
战后，宋美龄姐夫孔家与宋家所形成的孔宋集团在政治力的默许下，在贸易特许权、金融等等方面上下其手，被许多近代史研究者认为是导致当时中国国民党形象败坏的主因之一。
台湾公视“世纪宋美龄”第二集“奋起与挫败”中，曾描述宋美龄亲人孔宋家族以权势谋私利，蒋经国1948年在上海“打老虎”，打到宋美龄的姨甥孔令侃，但在宋美龄干预下，蒋中正还特地发了一封电报给当时上海市长吴国桢处理此事，暴露出内心的挣扎。
1948年底，国民政府在国共内战一路失守，蒋中正为了争取美国对他再次的支持，再度派遣宋美龄前往美国打算卖掉美龄买美援，然而被当时的美国总统杜鲁门冷冻处理，在美国无可为力。
第一夫人（台湾时期）（1950-1975） 1950年宋美龄来到国民政府的台湾与夫蒋中正会合，开始了在台湾的生活。
她基于其出生、宗教信仰与认知，反对共产主义，反对共产党，大力支持“反共复国”的大业（当然还是和她原来干的一样还是毫无成绩），并创办中华民国妇女反共联合会、华兴育幼院等等。
1967年担任在台复校的天主教辅仁大学董事长。
1975年4月5日蒋中正病逝于台北，而此时宋美龄与蒋经国矛盾渐现，台湾当局举行“国葬”，宋美龄旋于隔年离开台湾，远走美国。
晚年（1976-2003） 1979年中美关系正常化后，宋美龄在美国仍坚持反共复国的理想，并曾发表“给廖承志的公开信”、“为劝告邓颖超信服三民主义统一中国”公开信。
1981年5月29日宋美龄二姊宋庆龄过世，华盛顿特区的中国大使馆曾向她发讣闻，并希望她能够回大陆赴北京祭拜，宋美龄在几经考量后，拒绝了这项请求。
1986年宋美龄返台，发表了“我将再起”演说，引起台北政坛议论。
同年参与出席“蒋中正百年诞辰”纪念活动，上台发言说出“我只希望，让三民主义的光辉，普照大陆”。
1988年蒋经国过世，国民党拟推李登辉代理党主席之前，宋美龄致函当时的国民党秘书长李焕表达异议，认为此事不宜过急。
7月，国民党13全大会，通过李登辉总统为党主席，宋美龄以中评会主席团主席身分发表“老干与新枝”演说，这是她在台湾公开政治场合最后一次发表演说。
1991年再次离台赴美，并从官邸带走大批行李共100多箱，之后除了孔家甥辈过世外，不再回过台湾，1994年后长居纽约。
1995年时值第二次世界大战结束五十周年，宋美龄接受美国参议院多数党领袖杜尔及参议员赛蒙，分别代表共和党及民主党的邀请，出席美国国会为她举行的盛大致敬会，以表彰她在二次世界大战期间，对中美关系所做的贡献。
2003年10月23日于纽约逝世，享年106岁，是第二次世界大战中各参战国领袖及夫人中最长寿者。
家族 她的两位姐夫分别是孔祥熙和孙中山。
当时的孔家宋家是全国最大的资本家，而孙中山，蒋介石的政治声望是甚高的，所以有了四大家族之说。
描写圣诞节的英语作文(带翻译)
Christmas Day圣诞节Christmas Day is the biggest festival in the western countries.It is on December 25, the birthday of Jesus Christ.Before the festival, every family will buy a Christmas tree, and put it in the middle of the living-room. And their houses look more soft and beautiful.圣诞西方国家最盛大的节日。
节日在12月25日，是耶稣的生节日前个家庭都要买一颗圣诞树，放在起居室的中央，这样他们家看起来又温馨又漂亮。
On Christmas Eve, children always hang up their Christmas stockings and hope Father Christmas will come to put presents in them. In fact, their parents put the presents in their stockings.在平安夜，孩子们总是把圣诞袜挂起来，希望圣诞老人会把礼物放到里面，实际上把礼物放到袜里面的是他们的父母。
How interesting it is! On Christmas Day, people say Merry Christmas to each other.你说有趣不有趣
在圣诞节那天，人们互相祝贺“圣诞快乐”。
Christmas Day圣诞节Most westerners always celebrate Christmas Day as their major festival, in order to memorialize Jesus.During that time, they always have several days off, so they can enjoy this festival with all their hearts.The children often get together with their friends.The adults are busy with decorating their houses.They also send the postcards with their best wishes to each other. In the streets, there are so many Fathers Christmas sending presents to the passers-by.And everything is on a discount in the supermarkets.Thus the supermarkets are the busiest places.为了纪念耶稣大部分西方人都庆祝圣诞节作为他们的主要节日。
在这段时间里，他们总是有好几天假，所以他们可以全身心的享受这个节日。
小孩们经常与他们的朋友聚在一起。
大人都忙着装饰他们的房子。
他们还互相赠送明信片以及他们对彼此的祝福。
在街上，有很多圣诞老人在派送礼物给路人。
超市里面的所有东西都在打折。
所以，超市是最忙的地方。
In the evening, the families usually have pudding, sandwiches, apple pies and some other desserts for dinner.After supper, the families always sing and dance around the Christmas tree.Sometimes, they also go to church.Before going to bed, the children often hang up their stockings beside their bed, so that Father Christmas will fill them with presents.It is said that Father Christmas always drives a deer to the human world and entering into each house from the chimney.Now the children no longer believe in Father Christmas, but they still hang up their stockings, because their parents will fill them with presents.晚上，家里面通常都有吃布丁，三明治，苹果派还有一些其它的甜点作为晚餐。
晚饭后，家人们总是围着圣诞树唱歌跳舞。
有时，他们还会去教堂。
睡觉前，孩子们常常会把长统袜挂在床边，这样圣诞老人就会用礼物把它填满了。
据说圣诞老人总是骑着一只鹿到人类，之后从烟囱进入每个房子。
现在的孩子不再相信圣诞老人的故事了，但他们仍然会挂上他们的袜子，因为他们的父母会用礼物把它填满。
Happiness in Chiristmas Day快乐圣诞节Christmas is the biggest festival in the western world, which people all over the Christian countries celebrate. It is on the 25th day of each December.Christians consider it as the birthday of Jesus Christ.But now many customs and habits are beyond religious meaning.The Christmas season begins five or six weeks before the exact holiday.There is always a shopping boom during this period.So it's really a happy season for shop owners.每年的12月25日，所有基督教国家的人们都欢庆圣诞节。
一般认为圣诞节是耶稣诞生的日子。
但是现在许多风俗和习惯都已超出了宗教意义。
圣诞节季节在12月25日之前的5、6个星期就已经开始了。
在这一时期总会出现一个购物潮。
所以圣诞节确实是店主的快乐节日。
英语怎样才能学好呢
去 看看专家们是怎样学英语的吧!!余玉照谈“怎样学好英文”A FEW SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO MASTER YOUR ENGLISH所谓「学好英文」，是指听、说、读、写四方面的能力已大致应付生活上普遍的需要。
在听力方面，要能大致听懂一般性的英语演讲、新闻英语广播，以及普通电影中的英语对白等。
在讲的方面，要能与英美人士就一般话题作较长时间的交谈，至于用英语问路、购物、点菜、作报告、打电话等等，也都能够应付裕如。
在阅读方面，要能大致读懂英文时代周刊、新闻周刊、纽约时报、读者文摘英文版、英文中国邮报或中国日报，以及其他非特殊专门性的英文读物。
凡涉及专门学科比较深奥的读物，通常需要深入钻研后始能理解，所以不必用来衡量一般水准的阅读能力。
最后，在写的方面，要能用英文写一般社交或商业书信、读书或业务报告，以及普通题材的文章等等。
以上所列的英文能力标准，对大部份中学生而言显然是偏高了；对大学生而言，相信只要肯下四年苦功，大抵都能冀望达到。
我必须郑重声明的是这种标准的拟订，完全为了能确实满足生活上多方面的普遍需求，绝非有意夸张困难或唱高调。
换言之，订出这种标准是不得已的，因为，倘若达不到这种标准，则用起英文来恐将难免常有不太够用的挫折感，果真如此，便不能说是「学好英文」了。
那么，究竟要怎样做，才能有效达到上列标准呢
这实在是「老生常谈」而且「见仁见智」的问题。
不过，为了抛砖引玉，乃不揣简陋，就管见所及提出下列十项建议，敬请专家惠予指正。
第一， 祛除学习英语的心理障碍。
最常见的障碍有两种，一是决心不强，二是信心不够。
其实，要想学好英文或其他任何学科，非得先下定决心学好它不可。
有人学英文已有七、八年甚至十几年的历史，却仍未「学好」，固然可以归咎许多因素，但最根本的原因之一恐怕是没有下定坚强的「学好英文」的决心。
由于这个缘故，学习态度往往就显得相当被动或消极。
我曾教过「大一英文」课，常常看到不少学生修英文似乎只为了应付考试，赚几个学分而已。
这些学生只喜欢念考试范围以内的东西，范围以外则没有多大兴趣。
如有这种学习动机与态度，却想「学好」英文，恐怕花再长的时间也很难如愿以偿。
谈到信心不够，也是很可怕的一种障碍。
我认识的学生当中便有不少是怕开口说英语或怕写英文的。
他们似乎把英文当作什么神圣不可侵犯的，或什么艰难无比的东西来看待。
其实，这是大可不必的。
我们应该注重随学随用的原则，尽量找机会把学到的应用出来，不可老是畏畏缩缩的光学不用。
相信很多人只要狠狠抖落「害羞」或「害怕」的心理，便将发现自己业已具备使用英文的基本能力。
有了信心后，自然能够学得既快又好。
第二， 多多尝试用英文来思考。
许多人开口讲出一句英语之前往往要先想了半天，其实他们是在心里暗地进行「中译英」的工作。
翻译或打腹稿本身并没有什么不好，但是在实际与人会话的场合，通常对方总是期望你立刻有所反应。
迟疑一二秒尚无大碍，超过三五秒钟的话，对方便会觉察你在迟疑了。
为了避免这种反应慢半拍的缺点，最好平时常用英文来思考。
这样做，等于经常复习英文，也等于默默地给自己考试，久而久之，反应自然会变快些。
第三， 常跟朋友练习英语会话，也常收听英语广播或电影对白。
住校生与几位室友「约法三章」，规定除某些特殊场合之外，一律得讲英语。
认真实施的话，我敢保证，不出三个月听讲能力便有可观的进步。
我大三时，在回宿舍的公车上用英语大谈电影观后感，正「盖」得起劲时，一位旁座的陌生男子过来干涉，说是要给我们「补习国语」，这位男子和他的一位同伴跟着我们在新生南路底台大站下车，要我们走进出牌后的暗巷里接受「补习」。
我们看到情势不妙，立刻拔腿就跑，幸好安然脱险了。
希望大家在公共场合说英语时，千万要提防别人「误会」你们。
万一英语尚未学会讲，嘴巴却被打歪了，那就太划不来了。
第四，多背诵英文字词及好文章，或朗读名家英语演讲。
这样做，也有许多好处，例如可以增进对英文句子的意念单元及其表达语调的认识，同时也能借此培养开口说英语的勇气。
以前教「大一英文」时，每教完一课后，总要指定学生背诵一两段较为精彩的。
此外，每次上课时都要请一位学生上台演讲，一学年下来每人都至少有两次上台的经验，事后许多学生都向我表示获益匪浅。
第五，常常阅读英文报纸及杂志。
住校生不妨与同室室友合资订阅至少一种英文日报及一种杂志。
不能与别人合订的，也要舍得花钱独自订阅。
大一新生还有「大一英文」课，固然也要这么做，大二以上不再有正规英文课的学生，更需要这么做。
我推荐China Post， China News， New York Times， Time， Newsweek， Reader's Digest， 等等刊物，原因很简单，就是它们记载的都是最新的资讯，使用的都是最新的英文，有时新到很多字词及表达法在一般字典里都还找不到。
如果我们常常阅读这类刊物，不仅可以获得很多新知，而且可以学到最实用最时兴的英文。
反过来说，如果不肯接触这类刊物，只想在几本学校教科书的小天地里打转的话，是很不容易使英文能力升级的。
第六，多多欣赏文学作品，尤其是英文小说。
这点建议特别适用于非英语系的学生。
对于初次选读英文名著的人来说，过于艰深难懂的，例如意识流之类的作品，是不太适宜的。
最好先读文字清新简明、故事富于趣味的作品。
记得我念师大附中时，杨淑玉老师指定的英文暑假作业之一，便是阅读一些用较为浅易的英文改写成的西洋文学名著。
在那之前，总是念些短文及专搞什么文法之类的琐碎东西。
及至开始碰英文名著后，才突然发现自己大致读通整本的英文书了，心中不禁大喜，对英文的兴趣也就更浓厚了
英文系的学生大概都有类似的体验，非英文系的学生不妨试试看。
文学与人生的关系是如此密切，欣赏英文名著既能使英文进步，又能加深对人生的了解，真是一举数得。
第七， 多多练习用英文写日记，或用英文跟朋友通信。
以前我曾透过别人介绍跟一个美国男孩做笔友，的确很有意思，可惜两人只通了半年多的信，就中断了。
至于写英文日记，也是极有用的。
读完本文后，各位不妨把我的「十项建议」译成英文，记在日记里。
如果因为功课太重，无暇好好「创作」，则不妨只抄下几行书报上读到的佳句或格言警语，高兴时也可以选些中文的文章试译几段，抄在日记上。
这样写了一段时间后，写作能力必将大大提高。
第八， 尽量了解语言与文化的密切关系。
事实上语言就是文化的一种象征，所以透过一国语言可以深入观察该国的文化。
本来这是很简单的道理，可是却被很多人忽视了。
就英文而言，常听见「英式英语」、「美式英语」，及「黑人英语」等类「英语」，各有各的特色，而那些特色都跟着它背后的文化有关。
英语学习达到相当程度时，往往会觉得英文能力好像总是停留在某个阶段，造成这种现象的原因不只一端，其中之一可能就是由于没有进一步研究英语背后的文化所致。
如果这种观察尚属正确，那么，为了突破自己的英文「瓶颈」，恐怕就得设法多多认识英美诸国的政治经济制度、社会风俗、文学艺术、哲学宗教、甚至于科技发展各方面的问题，美国孟肯先生(H.L. Mencken)所著「美国的语言」便是一个著名的例子。
第九， 购买足够的英文工具书。
字典之类的参考书，乃是语言学习者不可或缺的工具。
有意「学好」英文者必须至少拥有一本又重又厚的大型英英字典，如韦氏的或兰登的大字典即是；至于良好的英汉、汉英、俚俗语、片语、同义反义字、外来语、简缩字词等类字典最好也都购备一种。
有人学了好几年英文，用来用去还是一本小小的英汉字典而已，始终还不晓得勤查大型英英字典及其他各类工具书的好处，毋宁是很可惜的。
毕竟，工具书不齐全，便无从下深厚的工夫，要想“学好”英文，除了需要良师指导外，还必须靠自己自修。
因此，希望有意者明天就去买全必需工具书。
等到工具书摸得脏兮兮时，英文能力大概就能达到一个预期的起码标准了。
第十， 必须持续地学习再学习。
凡是皆须持之有恒始有所成，学习语言更是如此。
这种老得不能再老的道理，用不着我在这里多费唇舌。
遗憾的是偏偏有不少人，在英文学习的漫长道路上，半途而废了。
尤其是非英文系的学生，自大二以后逐渐疏远英文。
过了几年后，有的甚至完全抛弃英文，而把英文视为畏途了。
如此前功尽弃，憾何如之
英文之为一种强势国际语言，看来在我们有生之年是不会有什么改变的，所以，跟它结下不解缘，无论从那一个角度来看，都是很有实用价值的。
盼望还没有「学好」的人要痛下决心继续学下去，已经「学好」的人也要精益求精，切勿中辍。
毕竟，学问是永无止境的。
谨以挚诚与大家互相勉励。
参考资料：
求一篇听“我的中国心”400字感受
“河山只在我梦萦，祖国以多年未亲近……”多么雄壮的歌词，多么撼人心 田的话语，相信大家一定听过这首我的中国心吧，这首歌曲承载着多少流落异国他乡的同胞的爱国情啊，正如歌曲所唱，虽然洋装穿在身，就算生在异国他乡，也改变不了我的中国心
是啊，祖国这个名字是多么神圣啊，我们为祖国欢喜，为祖国哭泣，也以祖国为荣，为了祖国一切都可以放下，无论怎样也改变不了我们那颗爱国的心。
听这首歌我眼前浮现了一个个爱国志士的身影。
詹天佑这位杰出的爱国工程师，为了给祖国争光，毅然接受了修筑京张铁路 的重任，要知道，修筑这条铁路是多么地困难，但詹天佑在困难面前毫不低头，为了给祖国争光，他克服了重重困难，让外国人不敢再轻瞧我们祖国，让中国人能够抬得起头。
获得诺贝尔物理学奖的丁肇中虽然在美国出生，但是他从未忘记自己是一个中国人，在发表演讲时仍坚持用生硬的中国话演讲。
钱学森是中国著名的导弹之父，他为了回到祖国，不知道受到美国当局多少迫害，但他从未放弃过回祖国的念头，因为他坚信不管怎样也改变不了我的中国心
在祖国的历史，爱国志士数不胜数，而今天的我们也应该时刻铭记我们的祖先早已把我们的一切烙上中国印
有关Thanksgiving（感恩）主题的英语文章
1.Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in much of North America, generally observed as an expression of gratitude, usually to God. The most common view of its origin is that it was to give thanks to God for the bounty of the autumn harvest. In the United States, the holiday is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. In Canada, where the harvest generally ends earlier in the year, the holiday is celebrated on the second Monday in October, which is observed as Columbus Day or protested as Indigenous Peoples Day in the United States. Thanksgiving is traditionally celebrated with a feast shared among friends and family. In the United States, it is an important family holiday, and people often travel across the country to be with family members for the holiday. The Thanksgiving holiday is generally a four-day weekend in the United States, in which Americans are given the relevant Thursday and Friday off. Thanksgiving is almost entirely celebrated at home, unlike the Fourth of July or Christmas, which are associated with a variety of shared public experiences (fireworks, caroling, etc.) 感恩节的由来要一直追溯到的发端。
1620年，著名的“五月花”号船满载不堪忍受英国国内宗教迫害的清教徒102人到达美洲。
1620年和1621年之交的冬天，他们遇到了难以想象的困难，处在饥寒交迫之中，冬天过去时，活下来的移民只有50来人。
这时，心地善良的印第安人给移民送来了生活必需品，还特地派人教他们怎样狩猎、捕鱼和种植玉米、南瓜。
在印第安人的帮助下，移民们终于获得了丰收，在欢庆丰收的日子，按照宗教传统习俗，移民规定了感谢上帝的日子，并决定为感谢印第安人的真诚帮助，邀请他们一同庆祝节日。
在第一个感恩节的这一天，印第安人和移民欢聚一堂，他们在黎明时鸣放礼炮，列队走进一间用作教堂的屋子，虔诚地向上帝表达谢意，然后点起篝火举行盛大宴会。
第二天和第三天又举行了摔交、赛跑、唱歌、跳舞等活动。
第一个感恩节非常成功。
其中许多庆祝方式流传了300多年，一直保留到今天。
初时感恩节没有固定日期，由各州临时决定，直到美国独立后，感恩节才成为全国性的节日。
1863年，美国总统林肯正式宣布感恩节为国定假日。
届时，家家团聚，举国同庆，其盛大、热烈的情形，不亚于中国人过春节。
2.你说的是感恩，最好用 gratitude这个词 Gratitude is an Open Door: Three Stories About Wealth and Poverty By Kate Judd Let me tell you a story. I had two good friends who had never met each other. They were close in age. They were each divorced; they came from the same ethnic background. One had one teenager, the other had three. They shared many interests. I thought they would love each other. At a party at my home, I introduced my friends to each other. “Annette, this is Barbara; Barbara, Annette. You have so much in common.” Annette was a talkative type. Right away, she began to tell Barbara about her life. “It’s so tough being divorced, isn’t it?” Annette said. “I mean, money is so tight. My new house cost two hundred and seventy thousand dollars. I had to get financial help from my father. It’s not that Daddy doesn’t have it— he just endowed a chair at a major university. But I hate to ask. Of course, I do have the alimony from Bill, my ex; but I don’t feel that I should rely on that. I’m putting it away for my retirement—that’s what my accountant says I should do. And the house that Bill and I built just won’t sell. I don’t know why. We spent nine hundred thousand dollars on that house, it’s absolutely perfect. “It doesn’t matter so much to Bill if the house doesn’t sell. He’s the vice president of a big bank in the city. But I’m really struggling. I mean, I don’t make much. I’m just a music teacher. So, anyway, what I’ve decided to do is build an addition onto my new house: a little apartment. I don’t know where I’m gong to come up with the money. It’s going to cost sixty thousand. But, you know, it’s a tremendous investment in the long run. It adds to the value of the house. And I’m going to rent it out, so then I’ll have the rent every month to add to my income. It’s worth it to scrape a little while I’m having it built.” My friend Barbara sat silent. She had a smile fixed firmly on her face. I had never heard Barbara say anything unkind about anyone—ever. She never said a word against Annette, either; but after the party, she told me she would prefer not to see Annette again. You see, I had forgotten one thing: while Annette, who was worth several hundred thousand dollars, worried about whether she had enough to survive, Barbara was supporting herself and her teenage child on ten thousand dollars a year, which she earned by mopping floors and scrubbing toilets. And she never complained. Before this, what had I thought about wealth? About poverty? I had grown up in comfort, never lacking for any material thing—indeed, indulged in anything money could buy. I had known that there was a difference between me and most of the other children at the tiny rural school where I had gone as a child. But I had not realized that the difference had to do with money. Like many a young member of the upper classes, I did not know what I was. Sitting with Annette and Barbara, I knew. I thought, “Let me never take what I have for granted. Let me never complain about being poor, when I am really rich.” If you had asked Barbara if she was poor, she would probably have denied it. She would have said, “I have a child who loves me. We have a house to live in. I have my health, so that I can work for my living. Sure, we have to get food from the Community Pantry sometimes, but we always have enough to eat. I’m even able to scrape together enough to go to school, so that some day I’ll be qualified for a better job which still allows me to take care of my emotionally troubled child. I have a family who cares about me. I’m thankful to have so much.” Maybe I should take Barbara for an example? Maybe I should be grateful for what I have—however much or little it is. Let me tell you another story: I have a middle aged relative who lives alone in a large house. Mentally somewhat disabled, she does not work, but is supported by a large trust fund set up by her late parents. Though her life style is not opulent by North American standards, she is always beautifully dressed, well fed, and can afford to hire people to do any job she cannot, or does not wish to do herself. One day my relative went to the supermarket (how much we take for granted)! Another friend of mine once hosted a professor from Russia. The professor was overwhelmed and enchanted by the small local supermarket. She exclaimed, “In America, your markets are like museums!” My relative, her eyes glazed and her feet sore after a long trip through the abundantly stocked aisles, decided to go to the flower case and pick out a refreshing bouquet for herself. In front of the buckets overflowing with big, richly colored roses stood an old Asian woman, who was silent as my relative selected her flowers. “So cheap” my relative thought. “Only a dollar a stem!” She chose a large bunch. The other woman still stood there. “It’s hard to pick, isn’t it?” my relative said. “Oh, I cannot buy any,” said the old woman. “Too expensive. I only like to come and look. They are so beautiful.” So this woman was grateful for the free beauty of flowers in a supermarket\\\/museum. Was that all? Did she feel her poverty, in not being able to afford a one dollar rose? There are those who would argue that this woman was wealthier than my friend Annette, who has a great deal of money but feels always impoverished. In this case, my relative should not have felt any guilt or worry, but should have taken her flowers home and enjoyed them, secure in the notion that we must each simply be thankful for what we have, no matter how we came to have it. Or should my relative have offered to buy some flowers for the old woman? That is another popular solution: those who have more should make private donations to those who have less. Perhaps my relative should have put her own flowers back in the case, and donated her money to some worthy organization—one which fights poverty? What am I to learn from all this? Surely it is good to be grateful for what we have. Like my friend Barbara, I am grateful in this minute for so much: the beautiful Vermont landscape outside my window, the fruits of my abundant garden, the house in which I live, my beloved husband, my job, my health, my friends. And yet — it seems to me that as long as others do not have what I have, my gratitude is not enough. If others lack for beauty to see, good and wholesome food to eat, a home (or even a roof over their heads), love and friendship, work that rewards them, health and the care to maintain it, then my gratitude is just a beginning. A door to the next step. I can open that door of gratitude, and walk forward, doing what I can to help others achieve what I have. Or I can close the door. Then gratitude becomes complacency, and I am trapped. Let me stop philosophizing for a moment, and tell you one more story: Once, I saved up my money all year long so that I could go to a workshop. The workshop took place at an institution that specialized in “self actualization,” “spiritual exploration,” “natural healing” and so forth. At this institution there were perhaps a few hundred people who had come to take workshops in pursuit of these vague but laudable goals. Among them I saw perhaps ten who were not white. Although it was more difficult to tell, I would guess that there were equally few who were not economically quite well-off. Although I come from “the whitest state in the union” I felt uncomfortable with this lack of ethnic and class diversity. Still, I quite enjoyed the workshop I was attending. One night I was standing in the dinner line next to the person who was presenting the workshop, a woman of extraordinary power and charisma. She stretched her arms akimbo and proclaimed in a loud voice, “Ah! It’s good to be alive!” Something must have registered on my face. Perhaps I drew slightly away from her. I know that for the rest of the workshop, she looked faintly displeased with me. But you see, I was thinking, For you it is good to be alive. For me it is good to be alive. But what about the homeless person who is sleeping tonight in a public park? What about the person who has just discovered they have cancer, and have no health insurance to cover treatment? What about the residents of other, less wealthy countries—the man who lives in a tin shed in Mexico, the woman who begs in the streets of Bombay? What about the children who are starving, and the mothers who cannot feed them? Just what do you mean, “it’s good to be alive?!” I do not intend to be sanctimonious. I am a privileged, middle class person, who has had a very fortunate life. What I wish for is that everyone could have what I do. This is naive, I suppose. Idealistic, certainly. And what, after all, do I propose to do about it? Where is my plan, my solution to the poverty and hunger that plague the majority of the world’s population? I am not arrogant enough to propose a solution. Others smarter, wiser, more politically shrewd, more religiously dogmatic, have proposed solutions since the beginning of time, it seems. I only know I cannot wish idly for others to have a better life. I must try to work for it in whatever ways I can. Otherwise, my gratitude becomes meaningless. I will have closed the door, and left the better part of humanity beyond it, sitting alone, gloating over my wealth like a miser, cut off from the love, learning and pain that are as essential to living as the material comforts I rejoice in, trapped in complacency. Then, I am very poor indeed. Motivational Story Motivational Story #9 LIVE WITH AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE by Glen Hopkins Imagine for a moment one of those nights when you just can't fall asleep and you have to get up early the next morning for a very important meeting of which you are the keynote speaker. Your alarm clock goes off early in the morning waking you from what little sleep you had. You stumble out of bed, have a quick shower, grab a coffee and some toast, and off you go to fight the traffic on the way to work. Does that sound like the start of a terrible day? Most would answer 'yes'. Few people however, would answer, 'no'. These are the people, who are in my opinion blessed with a gift. A gift that determines how they view their life. These people live with 'an attitude of gratitude'. For them, the situation described could be worse. Much worse. For example, think of the man who doesn't have a bed, let alone a roof to over his head. When he is awoken from what little sleep he is able to get, it is by the rain falling on his cold body. He too stumbles to his feet and begins his journey to work in his bare feet. His work is in the field of survival. He searches though garbage cans for scraps of half-rotten food to eat and odd bits of clothes to keep him warm. The purpose of this example is to illustrate that we all have so much to be grateful for. Even in times when it seems that nothing could be worse, there is always a reason to be grateful. And when you feel a sense of gratitude, you feel a sense of happiness and content. My challenge to you today is to learn to look for the good in every situation and live with 'an attitude of gratitude'. I assure you, if you were the fellow searching for food in garbage cans you too could find things to be grateful for. You just have to look hard enough and 'open your eyes' to what is around you. You have to focus on what's good in your life, not what's bad. I once was distraught because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. - Unknown Life works in mysterious ways. Time and time again there have been stories of people who are in a dire strait yet they are found helping others who are experiencing greater turmoil. This is because once you have helped someone in greater need than yourself, you always feel better. You feel better because you have helped another human being, and this forces you to change your mindset from focusing on your problems to focusing on their solutions. Always focus on the solution, not the problem and live with an attitude of gratitude! Mother Teresa was a primary example of this phenomenon. Her entire life revolved around helping others in need. As a result she experienced a great deal of love and self-satisfaction in her life. I challenge you now to take a moment to think of five things in your life that you are grateful for today. For example, your friends, your family, your job, your sense of smell, touch, sight, and sound. The list can go on and on. Imagine what your life would be like without these things. Write them down on a piece of paper and really think about the things you are grateful for. You will be amazed at how great you will feel!
我眼中的马克思
英语演讲比赛、辩论赛、英文歌曲比赛、读书交流会、组织同学看英文电影。
还可以在一些西方节日来临时举办party，比如万圣节。
我们学校英语社去年就办了一次，还挺不错的。
在party上可以有一些能让大家参与，并且有西方国家特色的活动。
希望这些对你有帮助。
