To be thankful is a powerful way to turn around your thinking. Being thankful will always allow a person to see what is good or even great about their situation instead of feeling upset and sad. Therefore, it is important to teach children about the power of being thankful. First, help your children to notice and be thankful for all the fun things that life has offered. Point out the beauty of the nature from the birdsong and the trees to the high mountains and rivers of their country. Second, thank your children when they do the something kind or other good. Parents should be a model by showing their thanks for small kindness. Thank your friends, husband, wife or other people in front of your children. That will make them keep doing good things. Third, tell your children that they have the power to turn bad things into happiness simply by paying attention to the bright side. When they complain about the windy or rainy days, help them to be thankful for what they have. They are in a safe and comfortable environment away from the rain. They are able to do many fun things such as reading books, watching a movie, drawing pictures, playing with friends. Last but not least, tell them often that money doesn’t buy happiness, but their thankful attitude (态度) does. They will be happy if they choose to be thankful.

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你身边一定充满着爱，如父母的爱、老师的爱以及同学的爱等，假设某英文报刊正在举办主题为“因为爱，所以感恩”的征文活动，请你根据下面提供的信息，以“Love around me”为题写一篇英语短文。

In recent days, people are focusing on 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. Freestyle skier（自由式滑雪运动员）Gu Ailing, 18, won the gold medal with a 1620 performance she had never done before on Feb. 8th, 2022. At the same time, this is also China’s third gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Born to an American father and a Chinese mother, Gu decided to compete for China at the 2022 Winter Olympics in June 2019. Just two months later, she won her first gold medal for China at the New Zealand Winter Games and Australia Cup. Her strength continued to grow as she won one bronze（铜牌）and two gold medals at the Freestyle Skiing World Championships in March.

People say she is talented（有天赋的）. But Gu says that talent takes up “only 1 percent” of her success. Her hard work is what really matters. While going to school in San Francisco, Gu could only practice on weekends. She spent eight hours going to the ski hill and back, doing homework on the way and making full use of her time at the hill to practice skiing.

Gu said she wants to encourage more girls in China to try skiing. She said skiing brings her freedom and satisfaction, especially when she perfectly controls her body and does skills that others cannot do. She really takes pride in this sport.

“世上无难事，只怕有心人。” 在生活中我们总会遇到困难也总会靠自己的努力解决困难。请用英语写一篇短文，谈谈自己迎难而上，不肯放弃的经历。

Nothing is difficult if we put our hearts into it. We always meet different kinds of difficulties. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Mid-Autumn Festival has a history of more than 2,000 years. During these 2,000 years, lots of Mid-Autumn traditions have been thought up by Chinese people. All the celebrations show the happiness and excitement of people. The main celebrations during the Mid-Autumn Festival are enjoying the full moon, eating moon cakes together and making lanterns. These three celebrations have been passed from generation(一代) to generation. Chinese people may think the Mid-Autumn Festival is not coming if they don’t do these three things.

In some places in China, people celebrate the festival in different ways. In Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, people eat taros(芋头) to celebrate the festival, because the taro harvest occurs at the same time as the festival. They eat taros and hope the harvest is good next year. In Nanjing, people cook duck with sweet-scented osmanthus(桂花), because they think sweet-scented osmanthus is a symbol of peace. In some places, people make fires inside towers to celebrate the festival, because they think the fire is a symbol of good business(生意).

In the literary history of China, many poets(诗人) wrote poems to praise(赞美) the pure moon of Mid-Autumn night and express their feelings. The following is one of the best poems.

Thoughts in the Silent Night

—Li Bai

The moonlight is shinning through the window.

And it makes me wonder if it is the frost on the ground.

Looking up to see the moon.

Looking down I miss so much about my hometown.

Li Bai used his poem to express his homesickness at the Mid-Autumn Festival.

My favourite Chinese traditional festival