短短書信表感謝

高考英語作文時有涉及“感謝”的命題，比如，2007年的廣東卷要求先閱讀父親在你出生時寫的信，然后在父親生日之際給他回信，表達對他的感恩之情；2008年的海南寧夏卷要求給美國圣迭哥動物園的工作人員寫一封信，其中第三個要點為感謝工作人員對大熊貓的照顧；2008年的安徽卷要求給美國筆友寫信，信中首先要感謝筆友對環保購物袋的關注；2009年的山東卷要求給美國的同學Tom寫信，信中要感謝在美學習期間他給予自己的幫助，等等。

一般來說，貼近同學們生活的感謝信主要是寫給父母、老師和朋友的（見下表）。

感謝信的行文從結構看，要符合書信格式，開頭有問候，結尾有致詞、署名；從內容看，大致可以分為三部分：

（1） 表達感激之情并說明感謝的原因；

（2） 細述對方給予的幫助和自己得到的益處；

（3） 再次表達謝意及真誠祝福，也可表達希望保持聯絡或報答對方的愿望等。

由于題目中往往會給出文章開頭的問候部分和結尾的致詞、署名部分，所以同學們在寫作時只需按照行文的內容，根據感謝的對象、感謝的事宜，運用恰當的句型體現合適的語氣即可。

一、給父母的感謝信

（1） 感謝的原因

■祝母（父）親節快樂并表感恩：I am writing to you on the Mother’s/ Father’s Day to show my thanks and I would like to say “Happy Mother’s/ Father’s Day”.

■祝生日快樂并表感恩：It’s your birthday， and I want to say “I love you” and thank you so much for everything you have done for me.

（2） 細述父母的養育之恩

■父母的期望：I know that you have great expectations of me.

You hope I grow up to be a strong， brave and successful “lion” and that I can do well for myself and others.

I have always been feeling the beats of your heart since I came into the world.

■父母的操勞：I know how hard you’ve worked during the past years.

I can imagine all the problems you have faced and all the sweat and tears you have shed to make my life better.

I can fully understand what a huge responsibility it is to raise a child.

■父母的培養：You’ve encouraged me and helped me patiently.

You’ve tried your hardest to give me the best things in life.

You’ve made a lot of sacrifices and many difficult choices.

■自己的幸福感受：It is so lucky of me to be the center of the whole family.

在細述父母的養育之恩時，若能恰當地回顧一件具體的事，則更有感染力。比如：

I still remember a game held when I was 12．I lost the game and cried as many kids did. You took me by the hand， looking into my eyes and said， “you are a brave lion， and a lion never cries. You can lose the game but can’t be beaten down.” Since then， I have been doing my best to get over every challenge.

（3） 表達對養育之恩的銘記以及報答父母的愿望

Dear Mom and Dad， thank you very much for your patience， love and understanding. I will value them for ever.

Your hope and your love make me what I am today. Now， I’m grown up! I will be responsible for my life and for my future. You’ll be proud of me!

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