尊敬的老师、亲爱的同学们，上午好！今天，我们国旗下讲话的主题是“感恩”。
什么是感恩？对他人给予的恩惠表示感谢，并真诚回报，不为自己没有的东西斤斤计较，也不一味索取使得自己的私欲膨胀。也就是古人所说的“滴水之恩，涌泉相报”。感恩既是一种为人的态度，也是一门处世的哲学。
相信大家都或多或少地听到过这些关于感恩的动人事迹。在我国，春秋时期，孔子的弟子子路从小家境贫寒，常常只能吃路边的野菜，但他非常孝敬父母，十分感激父母对他的养育。他总是尽可能让父母吃到米，为此，他每个月都要翻山越岭几百里买米，再背着米回来。一年四季，从未间断，子路让我们看到：孝道的背后亦少不了感恩。在西方，感恩同样存在于日常生活中。美国前总统罗斯福家中失窃，朋友写信安慰他，他却在回信中写道：“亲爱的朋友，感谢你的安慰，我现在一切平安。第一，贼偷去的是我的东西，没有伤害我；第二，他偷去的只是部分东西，不是全部；第三，最值得庆幸的是，做贼的是他，而不是我。”对于失窃这样不幸的事，罗斯福却找出了感恩的三个理由。古今中外，先贤伟人都用行动诠释着感恩的力量。
或许很多人会说，值得我们感恩的对象太少了，其实不然。在琐碎的日常生活中，有很多可爱的人们总是被我们忽略。感恩朋友，是他们的真诚以待，让我们的小世界焕发出新的色彩；感恩父母，是他们辛苦工作，换来了我们现在优渥的生活；感恩老师，是他们辛劳栽培，为中国新一代青年的成长注入养分。同时，感恩劳动人民，是他们的不舍昼夜，保障了国家安定和持续稳定的社会生产。我们也不应该忘记感恩自然，是她海纳百川的包容力滋养了我们一代又一代。
同学们，感恩在心更在于行，让我们常怀感恩之心，一起用实际行动去感恩生命中的点滴！
Good morning teachers and students. Today the topic of our speech is ‘Be thankful ‘
What is gratitude? Expressing your appreciation to those who helped you, and reciprocate them sincerely. Don’t be quibble about what you haven’t got, and be clear about your ability and desire. These are what the ancients said: The grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated by a gushing spring. Gratitude is an attitude of humanness, and it is also a philosophy of life.
I believe that, more or less you have heard of these touching stories about gratitude. During the spring and autumn period of China, Zi Lu, a pupil of Confucius, who grew up in a poor family and often had to eat potherb by the roadside. But he was dutiful to his parents and is very grateful to them for raising him. He always try to let his parents have rice to eat. He walked for a hundred miles for buying rice and carried them back to his parents every month without suspension. Zi Lu let us know: filial piety is also behind the Thanksgiving. In the West, gratitude is also a part of daily life. The Former President of the USA, Franklin Roosevelt, had been stolen for once. His friend wrote to comfort him, but he wrote back: ‘Dear friend, thank you for your comfort, I am all right now. Firstly, the thief stole my things but did not hurt me. Secondly, he only stole part of it, not all. Thirdly, the most fortunate of all, he was the thief, not me.’ Even in such an unfortunate circumstance, he still found three reasons to be grateful. At all times and at home and abroad, the great men of the past have interpreted the power of gratitude with their actions.
A lot of people might say, there isn’t much people that need our appreciations. That’s not true. In the trivia of daily life, those lovely people are always ignored. Be grateful to your friends, their sincereness make our lives delightful. Be grateful to your parents, their toil bring us comfortable lives. Be grateful to your teachers, their hard work provide nutrients to the growth of new generations. At the same time, we should be grateful to all labourer, they ensure the national security and the sustain the development of our society by their tireless efforts. In addition, we should be grateful to the nature, as human being, we are nourished by its great inclusiveness.
You have to remember that, gratitude should be kept in your mind and in action. With gratitude and take practical actions to be grateful for everything in your life.
演讲者：国际高一1班 施承汉 魏雨涵
