Give Thanks

Take time to say "Thank you" to the special people in your life

Today, in honor of Thanksgiving, many Americans will express their thanks to God. Any day, though, is a great time to show your appreciation to others.

Where to begin 
Parents
Chances are your parents have been putting your needs ahead of their own for years. Let them know how much you appreciate everything they’ve done for you. Tell them face to face or write them a letter.

Brothers and sisters
They were your first friends, and your relationship is one that lasts a lifetime. Why not tell them how glad you are to be in the same family?

Fiends
Unlike sisters and brothers, your friends can be chosen by you. The best ones will be there for you in good times and bad times. They will encourage you when you’re down and celebrate with you when you’re happy. Be an equally good friend and tell them how thankful you are for their friendship.

Teachers
Express gratitude to those teachers who have inspired you. Showing appreciation is a great habit, and today is a good time to start.

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Teaching Topic: Feeling Down vs. Feeling Depressed 感到消沈不一定是感到憂鬱
If someone is feeling down, they’re feeling downcast or depressed?

Now be careful when you use this word depressed. Use in a general sense, depressed just means to be sad or upset about something, but depressed is also the adjective of depression,which is a psychological disorder.

Right, in critical terms to be depressed means to feel chronic, sadness to the point of not being able to function in life. Depression can affect our eating, sleeping and how we act. Adepressed person does not feel like doing anything and that feeling can last for weeks or months, it’s a serious illness that if you have it, you should definitely see help.

But when people say they feel down, they generally don’t mean they’re suffering from depression, they’re just feeling unhappy,other ways to describe this feeling is feel blue or feel blah.

Mm. Now one might also feel down in the dumps, Jonathan is feeling down in the dumps because his girlfriend just left him.

But I’m sure he’ll be okay in a few days. Another related but slightly different expression is down and out, this is originally a boxing metaphor referring to a fighter who was physically falling down and is out or unconscious.

As an idiom, down and out describes someone who is penniless and may be even homeless, someone who is down and out has fallen on hard times.

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