时间的脚步或疾或徐，2018已渐行渐远，2019正翩然而至，这一年，不论你是心存遗憾，还是收获满满，都别忘了对过往说声“谢谢”。由心而发，与美国诺科学校上海分校师生们一同：感谢自然，赐予我们赖以生存的一切，感谢祖国，赋予我们自由生活的空间，感恩父母，给予我们不求回报的关爱，感谢老师，擦亮我们放眼世界的双眸。感恩今天获得的一切，你终将拥有更多。

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近日，美国诺科学校上海分校明星外教Kody老师也再次与同学们分享了关于“感恩”的故事，倡导“感恩”的暖心善举不应只在感恩节，也应体现在日常生活中的点点滴滴。

下面，就让我们一起聆听Kody老师的谆谆教诲吧。

Hello, everybody. Today, I want to talk to you about something that we all ought to do more of in our everyday life.

Every day, we focus at our studies, at school and at work, worrying about that next test, deadline, or important project that is giving us stress. What we need at times like this is perspective: to recognize that our life is wonderful, that we are blessed, that we are truly lucky to be where we are living our life.

What we need to do more often is give thanks.

Giving Thanks: By giving thanks I do not mean just the holiday of Thanksgiving that we Americans celebrate. Although that day is all about giving thanks, not just turkey and football, we are not the only ones who celebrate such a day. The Germans celebrate Erntedankfest to celebrate their friends, family, and the fall harvest while the Japanese celebrate 勤労感謝の日Kinrō Kansha no Hi to celebrate public workers and thanks for the hardwork of their community. Instead of celebrating only on these special days, however, we need to do more to give thanks EVERY DAY for those things we have and enjoy.

You might ask, what do I have? I see rich people on ，微博，that have more money and nicer things than I will ever have. I WANT THOSE THINGS. We live in a world where we are expected to want more and more and more. Instead of falling in this trap, we should be thankful for the things we have and not worry about those that we do not. Oprah Winfrey noted in her biography that we should “Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough." We need to give thanks for what we have and stop comparing ourselves to others.

What does it mean to give thanks? To give thanks is not always just saying “thank you” or “谢谢”when someone does something nice for you. Giving thanks can take many other forms: For example, if someone does something nice for you, the best way to give thanks is to pay that gift forward by doing the same for someone else. “Paying it forward” is a powerful act. If we take every kind thing someone does to us and then take the opportunity to do it for someone else, our world would be a better place. Additionally, giving thanks can be just that, saying thank you to someone. Take a second out of your day and say thank you to your teacher who helps you study after class, your friend who helps you with a difficult problem, or your parents who are always there for you. This one moment of thanks can mean a lot.

In conclusion, each of us should take a moment to pause and reflect on all the things we do have and give thanks for those things. Don’t worry about what it is you don’t have; instead, focus on how we can give thanks and do other kindnesses for other people. By taking this small step, every day, we can make our world a better place. We all feel gratitude so get out there and share it for Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. Thank you!

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各位同学、老师早上好!今天我想和大家聊一聊关于“感恩”的那些故事。

每天我们都在忙于**和学习，为了下一次考试、截止日期或重要项目而焦虑不已，我们真的需要细细体会生活中美好的小确幸了，而“感恩”正是这样一剂一劳永逸的良药。

许多国家都有欢庆感恩节的传统：在美国，我们有Thanksgiving Day;在德国，人们庆祝Erntedankfest，分享家人团聚和庄稼丰收的喜悦;在日本，人们则有欢度“勤労感謝の日”的传统，来感谢全社会劳动者的辛勤劳作。但我们希望这样的感恩不仅仅限于特定的某一天或几天，也能体现在日常生活中的方方面面、点点滴滴。

你可能常常会问自己：我拥有些什么呢?我们每天都在、微博上被炫富的人们刷屏，看他们不停炫耀自己的奢侈品。你也许会对自己说：我也好想拥有这些东西。于是，我们希望占有的越来越多，我们的欲望也变得越来越难以满足。所以，为了不再深陷物质的泥沼，我们应当**感恩自己所拥有的一切，不去为没有的东西而烦恼，尽量避免与他人攀比。

那么，究竟什么才是“感恩”呢?我觉得它有丰富的表现形式，不用拘泥于说“thank you”或是“谢谢”。当别人对你表现出了友善，比较好的感恩方式可能是将这样的友善传递、接力下去，让另一个人继续被善行温暖——“感恩付出，传递友善”才是最有力量的感恩方式;点滴相传，才能让我们的世界变得更加美好。当然，**表达我们的感恩之情也是相当重要的——抽出零星时间，对老师说一声“thank you”感激他们的教导之恩，对朋友说声“谢谢”感谢他们的不离不弃，对父母说声“辛苦了”感恩他们默默付出。心怀感恩却不大声说出口，就像*装了精美的礼物却不相送一般令人遗憾。

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