关于感恩的英语演讲稿简单(合集20篇)

As everyone knows,English is very important today.It has been used everywhere in the world.It has become the most common language on Internet and for international trade. If we can speak English well,we will have more chance to succeed.Because more and more people have taken notice of it,the number of the people who go to learn English has increased at a high speed.

But for myself,I learn English not only because of its importance and its usefulness,but also because of my love for it.When I learn English, I can feel a different way of thinking which gives me more room to touch the world.When I read English novels,I can feel the pleasure from the book which is different from reading the translation.When I speak English, I can feel the confident from my words.When I write English,I can see the beauty which is not the same as our Chinese…

I love English,it gives me a colorful dream.I hope I can travel around the world one day. With my good English, I can make friends with many people from different contries.I can see many places of great intrests.I dream that I can go to London,because it is the birth place of English.

I also want to use my good English to introduce our great places to the English spoken people,I hope that they can love our country like us.

I know, Rome was not built in a day. I believe that after continuous hard study, one day I can speak English very well.

If you want to be loved, you should learn to love and be lovable. So I believe as I love English everyday , it will love me too.

I am sure that I will realize my dream one day!

Thank you!

亲爱的老师，同学们：

我很高兴可以在这个课堂上做一次演讲。这一次，我想谈谈英语。我的话题是我爱英语。

正如每个人所知，英语在今天十分重要。它已经被应用到世界的各个角落。它已经成为商业上最为通用的一门语言并广泛的用于国际贸易。如果我们能说好英语，我们就有更多的机会成功。因为越来越多的人注意到这一点，学英语的人数正在已很高的速度增长。

但是对我而言，我学英语不仅仅因为它的重要性以及它的实用性，更是因为我喜爱英语。当我学英语时，我可以体会到一种不同的思维方式，它可以给我更多接触世界的空间。当我读英语小说时，我能感受到不同于阅读翻译文的快乐。当我说英语时，我可以感到自信。当我写英语时，我能够感到不同于汉语的那种美……

我爱英语，它给了我一个色彩斑斓的梦。我希望有朝一日我可以畅游世界，用我流利的英语，我可以和世界各地的人交友。我能看到许多的名胜。我希望我能够到伦敦去，因为那里是英语的故乡。

我也希望用我流利的英语来将我们的名胜介绍给说英语的朋友，我希望他们可以像我们一样的爱我们的国家。

我知道，罗马不是一天筑成的。(成功需要日积月累。)我相信在持续不断的努力学习下，总有一天我可以拥有一口流利的英语。

如果你想被爱，你就应该学着去爱他人。所以我相信我对英语的爱定将换来它对我的爱。

我相信总有一天我会实现我的梦!

谢谢!

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every vally shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

Wow, what a dream it has been for Martin Luther King. But the changing world seems telling me that people gradually get their dreams lost somehow in the process of growing up, and sometimes I personally find myself saying goodbye unconsciously to those distant childhood dreams.

However, we meed dreams. They nourish our spirit; they represent possibility even when we are dragged down by reality. They keep us going. Most successful people are dreamers as well as ordinary people who are not afraid to think big and dare to be great. When we were little kids, we all dreamed of doing something big and splashy, something significant. Now what we need to do is to maintain them, refresh them and turn them into reality. However, the toughest part is that we often have no ideas how to translate these dreams into actions. Well, just start with concrete objectives and stick to it. Don’t let the nameless fear confuse the eye and confound our strong belief of future. Through our talents, through our wits, through our endurance and through our creativity, we will make it.

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams, for when dreams go, life is a barren field frozen with snow. So my dear friends, think of your old and maybe dead dreams. Whatever it is, pick it up and make it alive from today.

Today is Thanksgiving, the teacher told us to go home and do something, I thought, "what do you do? Wash the dishes? No way! Autumn, the water is also cold, my mother is afraid to freeze me, wash clothes, also cant, the dirty clothes in the home are all washed by mothers clothes, then what do? By the way, wash your mothers feet!"

At night, I imitated my mothers appearance, brought a basin with a small amount of cold water, poured some hot water, tried the water with my hand and began to wash it.

The mother is happy sitting on the sofa, narrowing her eyes, I carefully wash, the mother said: "the son grows up, will give the mother to wash the feet." After hearing this, I was very happy.

Dear mom:

A: hello!

Mom this is my first time to write to you, so some shame.

How are you recently? Have a smooth work! How your mood these days, I have no dont care you one day.

How much I miss you, do you give me the rice, how delicious, I often dream of in the evening I went to the kitchen to steal to eat the food you do.

Mom you sit down and rest for a while! Dont be so hard to cook for us after work every day, every day we wash clothes... Every time after the meal, I want to help you wash the dishes, you say you dont have to tube chores, you just mind your own learning. Himself out of one eye, I am full of tears.

Ah! Mother I love you.

I wish you the best

Healthy body, the work is smooth.

亲爱的妈妈：

您好！

妈妈这是我第一次给您写信，所以有些羞愧。

您最近身体好吗？工作还顺利吧！这几天您的心情如何，我没有一天不牵挂您。

我是多么想念您，您做给我的饭，是多么好吃，我经常梦到晚上我去厨房偷吃您做的饭菜。

妈妈您坐下来休息一会吧！不要那么辛苦了，每天下班做饭给我们吃，天天给我们洗衣服……每次吃完饭，我要帮你洗碗时，你却说家务事你不用管，你只要管好自己的学习就行。自己却不合一次眼，我热泪盈眶。

啊！妈妈我爱你。

祝你

身体健康，工作顺利。

Hello,every one!（大家好）My name is **** . （我叫****）

Im a 15 years old girl. （我是一个15岁的女孩）（具体情况自己改）

I live in the beautiful city of Rizhao.（我住在美丽的Rizhao城）（你可以把Rizhao改成自己家乡的城市的名称的拼音）

Im an active ,lovely and clever girl.(我是一个活跃的可爱的聪明的女孩）

In the school , my favourite subject is maths . （在学校，我最喜欢数学）

Perhaps someone thinks its difficult to study well .（也许有些人认为这很难学）

But I like it.（但我喜欢他）

I belive that if you try your best, everything can be done well.（我相信每件事付出努力就会有害结果）

I also like sports very much.（我也很喜欢运动）

Such as,running,volleyball and so on. （像跑步、排球等等）

If you need help ,please come to me .（如果你需要帮助，就来找我）

I hope we can be good friends!（我希望我们能成为好朋友）

My wife， Shirley， and I have gone on vacations to a quiet beach in southwestern Florida for most of our married life. If that beach could talk， it would tell of teenage newlyweds who sunned and wrote I love you on its sands. It would tell of a little girl with eyes the color of the sea gathering seashells and of three wild boys leaping and diving into the surf. It would tell of joyous visits over the years from friends， parents， grandparents， new brides and grooms -- and now grandchildren. The beach would tell glorious tales of warmth and gratitude. collected by www？

But I realized one day that I had rarely expressed my gratitude to the one who’d lived those years with me. On our 40th wedding anniversary， Shirley and I walked again the familiar margin of the sea. I told her then how thankful I was that she shared my life.

We don’t have to wait for anniversaries to thank the ones closest to us -- the ones so easily overlooked. If I have learned anything about giving thanks， it is this： Give it now！ While your feeling of appreciation is alive and sincere， act on it. Saying thanks is such an easy way to add to the world’s happiness.Collected By www？

A few years ago， a young woman from a neighboring town won a scholarship to a prestigious college. Although the inner-city high school she attended was plagued with problems， she overcame them and excelled. When she graduated， she commended the often-maligned school for its challenging courses and her teachers for their special interest and encouragement. I can’t say enough good things about the school and the teachers who gave me so much of themselves， she said. I shall be eternally grateful to them.Collected By

Saying thanks not only brightens someone else’s world， it brightens yours. If you’re feeling left out， unloved or unappreciated， try reaching out to others. It may be just the medicine you need.

Before A. J. Cronin became a bestselling author， he was a doctor. Once he told about a colleague who gave an unusual prescription to patients afflicted with worry， fear， discouragement or self-doubt. The doctor called it his thank-you cure. For six weeks I want you to say thank you whenever anyone does you a favor. And to show you mean it， emphasize the words with a smile. Within six weeks most of the doctor’s patients showed great improvement.Collected By

Of course， there are times when you can’t express gratitude immediately. In that case don’t let embarrassment sink you into silence -- speak up the first time you have the chance.

I recently returned home to Montpelier， Ohio， for a short visit. Memories of my boyhood flooded back as I walked the familiar streets. Then I saw Mrs. Bible， and my mind flashed back to high school.collected by

I was a freshman， more interested in sports than school work， and I was falling behind in my Latin class. Then Violet Bible， a neighbor who was a schoolteacher， found out about my problem. Oh， Latin’s great fun， she told me. Come over tonight after dinner and I’ll show you. For the next several weeks， she tutored me until I could conjugate with the best of them -- well， almost. Anyway， I passed. At the callow age of 14 it seemed perfectly natural to me that a working wife and mother had nothing better to do after a hard day’s work than tutor me in Latin.Collected By

Now as I saw her， I realized what an uncommon sacrifice it had been. And， after all those years， I told her so！ What you did was way beyond the call of duty， I said. Thank you. I was rewarded with a surprised smile and a sparkle in her eyes.

Each human being is yearning for kind words of appreciation. In December 1991， 17-year-old Candi Brown’s car overturned； the roof collapsed and crushed her skull. The crews of Engine Company 8 and Med 15 in Grayson， Ga.， rushed her to Gwinnett Medical Center. Doctors told her parents to prepare for the worst. But Candi survived. A year later the family served a holiday dinner to the Gwinnett County firefighters and emergency medical technicians. During dinner Candi， whose goal is to walk naturally again， rose painfully and said， Thank you for helping God save my life and giving me a second chance. I love you.collected by.

[感恩英语优秀作文

i want to be a teacher when i listen to my teacher carefully. i think i can be a teacher when i grow up. i can help many students learn things well. i can play with my students, too. so we are good friends. i want to be a doctor when i see many doctors save their patients. to be a doctor is really great. i think i can be a doctor when i grow up. then i can help many people out of danger. i will be the happiest girl in the world.

i want to be a reporter when i watch tv every evening. we can get lots of important information from them. they make the world smaller and also make us happy. i would like to be a reporter when i grow up. and i can learn a lot about china and the other countries around the world. i can meet many superstars as well. i have lots of dreams. i think my dreams can come true one day, because there’s an old saying “where there is a will, there is a way.”

what should we thank?

the thankful great universe provides the environment of existence for us and give us sunlight, air, water and everything in keeping with we existence of space, bring storm to let us accept to toughen for us, bring to us mysterious let us look for.

the thankful parents give us the life, make us feel the merriment of the human life, feel the genuine feeling of the human life, feel the comity of the human life, feel happiness of the human life, also feel hardships and pain and sufferings of the human life!

the thankful teacher works with diligence and without fatigue everyday of teach, give us knowledge ability, put on the wing which flies toward the ideal for us.

the thankful classmate and friend grows up road of, let i no longer standing alone in the itinerary of life; the with gratitude is frustrated and let us become in a time the failure stronger.

[感恩节英语作文写作

The poet said: spring flowers to the door pushed open 。 I said: Thanksgiving to the door pushed open the living. If you carefully listen to the voices of flowers, are everywhere harmonious life movement.Then, as a middle school student, how Thanksgiving? First Thanksgiving their parents, because everyone%26#39;s life is a continuation of the parents of one blood, all of the parents gave us love, let us enjoy the human world of affection and happiness, therefore, we would like to thank the parents.Teachers are our growth, are our friends, teachers care for us , their words and deeds, let us benefit for life, we pay for teachers efforts and sweat, we should Thanksgiving teachers. Students study the lives of our fellow students to encourage each other, help each other, to jointly overcome difficulties and setbacks, the common taste of success and happiness learning, we should be grateful for every day and we accompanied the students.Thanksgiving-Fighting, Thanksgiving unlimited! Students, and Society Thanksgiving! Let us always to the life caring and full of love and love!

We can live in this beautiful， wonderful world， because our parents raised

us. They taught us the life every one of the first， is the first step they

taught us to walk， is they taught us that the first sentence， is they taught us

to recognize the first word... If without our dear parents， there is no us.

One time， I got acute disease， just the heavy rain that day， mom and dad

are very worried， they take me to the hospital together， dad behind my back that

day， mother behind his umbrella to us， because it was late， we only have to walk

to the hospital， the mother to the hospital to register， with my dad， waiting

for the doctor to see a doctor for me， that we always stay up till midnight， see

I don‘t have anything， mom and dad with a smile， but my tears blurred my eyes.

So I told mom and dad said： “I will study hard repay you later.” They said： “as

long as you are healthy and happy， good performance， is the best for us in

return.” I nodded solemnly. From then on， I told myself I must good good study，

don’t let parents worry about， because I want to use results to repay their

parents.

I am very grateful to my parents， I want to learn to be grateful. Have

words to say well “who made the heart-inch grass， at a three chunhui”.

Therefore， in order to repay hard raising my parents， I must study hard now，

when I grow up， find a good job， let parents abetted. Parents paid for me， I

will thank you ten times， one hundred times， return them， let them give

valuable.

First, I’ll say something about World Expo History. As we know, the very first World Expo, the Great Exhibition of 1851, took place in the Crystal Palace in London. UK. Ever since then, the goals of World Expos have been both high-minded as well as commercial. Visitors are able to explore the world outside of their everyday experience—outside cultures, new scientific advancements, and new inventions. World Expos have excited and inspired more and more people in the world

On December3, 2002, the Bureau of International Expositions (or call it BIE) announced that Shanghai will host Expo2010. the BIE had received bids from five cities to host Expo2010. Among the 5 nice cities, the BIE chose Shanghai at last! It’s really an exciting news for not only Shanghainese, but also all of Chinese people. Here are some details about it.

Loot at this profile carefully. The title is “The 2010 World Exposition ,Shanghai, China ”。 this is the logo.

And the theme is “better city., better life”。OK, let’s guess who is the image representative? Yeah, you’re right, Yao Ming!

Shanghai Expo is the first comprehensive World Expo held in a developing country. And it is also the first one that takes “the city” as its theme, hoping that it can push forward the city development and help bring about a better urban living environment, just like the theme: better city, better life.

I think, as a student in Shanghai, we should learn to be a gentle person and keep good manners from now on. And try to practice English more in order to communicate with foreigners fluently in the near future. Because, we’re a part of Shanghai!

Thanksgiving which falls on the fourth Thursday of November, is one of the

biggest American holidays. This holiday started in the early 1600s after

settlers arrived in America. These people who came from Europe didnt know how

to survive in the wild new country. Luckily, they met some friendly American

Indians, who showed them how to hunt turkeys and grow corn. In the fall, after

the harvest, the settlers had a great feast. They invited the Indians to thank

them for their help. Today the tradition continues. On Thanksgiving Day,

Americans invite their friends over for a turkey dinner and give thanks for what

they have.

before teachers‘ day, we were thinking what gift we would give our english teacher on that day. wang ming said, "our english teacher is tired and shirsty after class. let‘s give her a bottle of water. " "that‘s a good idea,"we agreed."

on teachers‘ day, as soon as the teacher came into the classroom, we all stood up and shouted "happy teachers‘ day!" our monitor went to the from and gave her a card and a bottle of water with our best wishes. our teacher dran.

[英语节的2017老师感恩作文教师

导语：父母的爱就像大海取之不尽，用之不竭。父母养育的恩情，我们无论如何也难以回报，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

Dear dad and mum,youre so selfless that you always keep all good things for me.Youre so diligent that you keep on working all day long in order to make a living.Thank you for giving my life.Thank you for your love.Please believe me.I will try my best,I want to see the smile in your eyes.I love you forever .

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亲爱的爸爸妈妈，你是如此的无私，你总是把所有好的东西给我。你很勤奋，你要继续工作，整天为了生计。谢谢你给我的生命。谢谢你的爱，请相信我。我会努力的，我想看到你眼中的微笑。我永远爱你。

i would like to thank the manpeople, but the most grateful to mfather, from small to large, mfather gave me encouragement and love so many.

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Dear teachers, students are good:

My name is Xiao Ming, is a confident, cheerful, friendly and active girl, I have widespread interest hobby, piano, reading, playing chess, listening to the story, to host performances and also has a strong interest in, hosted by my kindergarten graduation performance, first prize in a good result.

Mom and Dad, the kindergarten teachers careful cultivation, I have become a qualified primary school students, in the next six years to learn life, can and dear teachers, the students become the best friends! We all together happy to learn, happy to grow!

Thank you!

亲爱的老师，同学们好：

我叫小明，是一个自信，开朗，友好，积极向上的小女孩，我有着广泛的兴趣爱好，弹琴、看书、下棋、听故事，也对主持和表演也有着浓厚的兴趣，由我主持的幼儿园毕业演出，获得了一等奖第一名的好成绩。

在爸爸妈妈，幼儿园老师的精心培育下，我已成为一名合格的小学生，希望在今后六年的学习生活中，能和亲爱的老师，同学们成为最好的朋友！我们大家一起快乐地学习，快乐地成长!

谢谢大家！

"Who made the heart-inch grass, at a three chunhui". "Behold dishes, each all pain," we when I was a child to recite the poem, is gratitude.

"Dripping of grace, yongquan", "bit loop knot grass, with the" good, the Chinese ancient idiom for many years, also tell us give thanks.

"Grateful heart", that is, all of the world all things to help their grateful, engrave on mind; "Grateful heart", that is, every one of us in the life indispensable sunshine, cant less. No matter how noble you are, or how seemingly humble; No matter where you live in where, or how do you have a special life experience, as long as your bosom with a grateful heart, often followed, will constantly for such as warm, confident, strong, kind, and so on these beautiful character.

“谁言寸草心，报得三春晖”。“谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦”，我们小时候背诵的这些诗句，讲的就是感恩。

“滴水之恩，涌泉相报”，“衔环结草，以恩报德”，中国绵延多年的古老成语，告诉我们的也是感恩。

“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，或是怎样的看似卑微;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。

Americans are the most important meal of the year, Thanksgiving dinner is. The pace of life in the United States soon, the competition is fierce, very simple daily diet. But on the night of Thanksgiving Day, every family banquet bulk sample, abundance of goods, is breathtaking. On festal table, to the President, right down to the subaltern, Turkey and pumpkin pie is essential. Therefore, Thanksgiving Day is also called "Turkey day".

Thanksgiving foods rich in traditional characteristics. The main course is a traditional Thanksgiving Turkey, it was a wild bird perched on North America, after a large number of breeding, people become delicious poultry, each can only forty or fifty pounds. Fortress condiments are usually put the bird and with good food, then the whole baking, goose baked brown, from the host with a knife slices to everybody. Then by yourself on every marinades, sprinkle with salt, the taste is very delicious. In addition, the tradition of Thanksgiving food and sweet potato, maize, pumpkin pie, red berry moss jam, baking bread and various vegetable and fruit, etc.

美国人一年中最重视的一餐，就是感恩节的晚宴。在美国这个生活节奏很快，竞争激烈的国度里，平日的饮食极为简单。但在感恩节的夜晚，家家户户都大办筵席，物品之丰盛，令人咋舌。在节日的餐桌上，上至总统，下至庶民，火鸡和南瓜饼都是必备的。因此，感恩节也被称为“火鸡节”。

感恩节的食品富有传统特色。火鸡是感恩节的传统主菜，它原是栖息于北美洲的野禽，后经人们大批饲养，成为美味家禽，每只可重达四五十磅。通常是把火鸡肚子里塞上各种调料和拌好的食品，然后整只烤出，鸡皮烤成深棕色，由男主人用刀切成薄片分给大家。然后由各人自己浇上卤汁，洒上盐，味道十分鲜美。此外，感恩节的传统食品还有甜山芋、玉蜀黍、南瓜饼、红莓苔子果酱、自己烘烤的面包及各种蔬菜和水果等。

On a Sunday, I went to the Thanksgiving Day activities, making Thanksgiving cookies, to give my mother to eat.

The teacher gave us a person a face, lets do cookies, do you want to do, had better not too thick, or roast are not ripe. As soon as I get I like, like: do you want to do look simple, but not too thick to trouble! I sat and thought would have been doing, I made a round of biscuits, the result is not round, looks very strange; And he made a pentagram, pinch out a look, is more than just a pentagram, into a hexagon, seven horns; And literally made a shape, a see too much too thick, are not ripe, knead again -- -- -- -- -- - in short, came up with many kinds of appearance, knead for a variety of appearance, have no a good variety of appearance. I want to see others, get some inspiration. A look at do the five-pointed star, smiling, have, as a windmill have do SIMS, have to do... Like various various, but I didnt also inspired by a little. All of a sudden, I bursts with a thought in your mind: put the biscuits as a volcano? Do, somewhat nice and have a blessing. Good, because at the end of a pull out a round head, round surface above the round head poked a hole in it; Blessing: I wish a happy mothers like a volcanic eruption. Well, since want to good, began to do, I do, in the way I want to do a, not level off, but it doesnt matter, because the mountain was uneven; I did a few, to the teacher in the oven...

Finally, I take cookies to mom, I do to repay my mother for me nearly a decade, the mother said after tastes: "well, well done!"

在一个星期天，我去参加感恩节活动，做感恩节饼干，给妈妈吃。

老师给我们一人一块面，让我们做饼干，做自己想做的样子，最好不要太厚，要不然烤不熟的。我一拿到就傻了眼，就想：要做自己想做的样子简单，但不要太厚就麻烦了!我就坐着想，边想还做着，我做了一个圆形的饼干，结果一点都不圆，样子十分奇怪;又做了一个五角星，捏完一看，都不止是五角星，成六角、七角的了;又随便做了一个形状，一看太高太厚了，烤不熟，又捏了------总之，想出了无数种样子，捏了好多种样子，有否定了好多种样子。我想看看别人的，从中得到一些启发。一看有做五角星的，有做笑脸的，有做风车的，有做小人的，有做……样子千奇百怪各种各样，但我也没受一点启发。突然，我脑子里迸出个念头：把饼干做成火山状怎么样?又好做又有祝福的。好做，是因为在一块底是圆的面上拔出个圆头，在圆头上面捅个洞就好了;祝福是：祝妈妈的快乐像火山爆发一样多。好了，既然想好了，就开始做了，我按我想的方法做，做了一个，不算平整，但是没关系，因为山本来就不平整;我如法炮制了几个，交给老师放进烤箱……

最后，我拿我做的饼干交给妈妈，以报答妈妈对我近十年的养育之恩，妈妈尝了一口后说：“嗯，做得不错!”

This Thursday is Thanksgiving Day. The writer O’Henry called it the one day that is purely American. Thanksgiving is not a religious holiday. But it has ritual meaning. Some Americans attend religious services on the day before Thanksgiving or on Thanksgiving morning. Others travel long distances to be with their families. They have a large dinner which is the main part of the celebration. For many Americans, Thanksgiving is the only time when all members of the family gather. The holiday is a time of family reunion. Thanksgiving week is generally one of the busiest travel times of the year. However, experts say this year probably will be different. On September 11th, thousands of people died when terrorists hijacked airplanes that struck buildings in Washington D.C. and New York City. Many people now say they are worried about flying on a plane. Travel experts say almost 6 percent fewer people will make long trips this Thanksgiving compared with last year. Many Americans who usually visit family and friends by plane are driving shorter distances instead this week. Some mental health experts say the attacks have frightened people. They say people feel safer and happier close to home. More than any other holiday, Thanksgiving is a celebration of family and home. Many people say that this year they are especially thankful for their families and friends and the good things in their lives. On Thanksgiving, people enjoy a long day of cooking, eating and talking. The traditional meal almost always includes the turkey with a bread mixture cooked inside. Other traditional Thanksgiving food served with turkey are sweet potatoes, cranberries and pumpkin pie. Stores are said to sell more food at Thanksgiving than at any other time of the year, and many people eat more food at Thanksgiving than at any other time of the year. Over the years, Americans have added new traditions to their Thanksgiving celebration. For example, a number off professional and university football games are played on Thanksgiving Day. Some of the games are broadcast on national television.

October 5, 2002

Dear Mike,

Your letter and package reached me yesterday. You really give me a great surprise. I was wondering what was in such a nice package until I carefully opened it and found that you sent me an attractive present for my birthday. Thank you very much for your kindness, and I like the present, which will give me pleasure for a long time to come.

Again it is thoughtful of you to send me the present on my birthday. Yesterday evening my colleagues held a birthday party for me, including John Liu---I think you can remember---a nice tall boy, who invited you and I to his birthday last October. We enjoyed ourselves, and all of us mentioned your stay with us. We hope that you will come to China soon, if possible.

Please accept my sincere thanks and best wishes.

Yours,

Peter Wang