“I will think of it.” It is easy to say this, but great things come from thinking.

A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fire, watching the lid (盖子) of the kettle (壶) move up and down. He wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the lid. From that time on, he went on thinking and thinking. And when he became a man. He improved the steam engine (蒸汽机). It could easily do the work.

James Ferguson was a poor boy. Once, seeing the inside of a watch, he wondered, “Why should not I make a watch?” But what materials could he use to make the mainspring (钟表的主发条)? He soon found that he could make it with whalebone (鲸骨). He then made a wooden clock. His motto was “I will think of it.” And he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world.

Boys and girls, when you have a difficult lesson to learn, never give up. And don’t ask anyone for help before you try. By thinking, you will learn how to think to some purposes.

A world-wide famous foreign company in China wanted a clerk for its public relation department (公关部) .

A beautiful girl with a master’s degree (硕士学位) went through a lot of challenges and her name was on the list. In the final stage she faced an interview together with another girl. Both of them were outstanding, not only in looks but also in education.

The girl was successful in the interview. It seemed that she would get the chance. At last the

The next day, the girl came to tell the examiner that her parents had agreed to let her begin work next Monday. But the examiner said regretfully (遗憾地) , “Sorry, another suitable candidate (选手) has got the job. You had better try another place. ” The beautiful girl was surprised. She asked for an explanation (解释) and was told, “What is needed here is a person who knows her own mind. ”

That was how a good opportunity right under the nose of a beautiful girl ran away.

The students are having an art lesson. The teacher asks her students to draw a picture to show (表达) their thanks. Students draw their pictures carefully (仔细地), and most of them are about food. But one short boy only draws a hand (手) in his picture. The teacher is surprised (惊讶) at the boy`s picture. Why is there only a hand in it?

But whose hand is it? Nobody knows the answer. So the students talk about the question. “I think it must be the hand of an angel (天使) because she brings us food,” says one of the students. “It`s a farmer`s hand,” says another student. “Because farmers keep the chickens.” Finally (最后), the teacher asks the short boy whose hand it is.

“It`s your hand, Miss Wang,” the short boy answers.

She now remembers that she often takes the short boy`s hand to play games. She often takes the other students’ hands, too. But it is very important (重要的) to the short boy. That is his thanksgiving (感恩). Thanksgiving is not a thing or a word. It is a kind of feeling.