( 英语范文背诵精华1.1 Ideas of Home Have Changed
A great many people, when they speak of home, tend to associate it with a certain atmosphere, certain physical surroundings, and certain emotional attitudes within themselves. This sentimentality toward home is something that has come down to us from the past. Many modern people do not have it, and I think it is a good thing that they do not.许多人在谈到家的时候往往将它和某种气氛,某种环境及内心的某些情感态度联系在一起.这种对家的依恋情感古已有之,代代相传.许多现代人不再有了,我认为这是件好事.
In the old days life was difficult. Enemies could attack you and kill or rob you, and you had little protection against them. People did not live in well-built houses where doors could be locked. They did not have the protection of an organized police force or telephones which could summon the police instantly. How did this influence the way people felt about home? Small family groups clung tightly together for protection against beasts and against other men. Only the bravest went beyond the small family area. Even in the Middle Ages only the most daring went to lands beyond sea. The human pursuit of security conditioned men to love their homes. I am sure that this feeling must have been very strong among the early settlers of the United States who were obliged, by famine and oppression, to take the plunge and go to the new land where they knew no one and where they were subject to Indian attack. We can see this even today in the attitudes of minority groups who, because of a feeling of insecurity, still preserve cohesive family ties.在遥远的过去,人们 生活十分艰难.敌人可能会攻击你,杀害你或抢动你的财富,而你却毫无还手之力.人们并不住在可以锁门闭户的构造坚固的房子里.他们没有一支有组织的警察队伍的保护,也不能随时打电话报警.这些怎样影响人们对于家的感情呢?小小家庭的成员紧密团结,聚在一起,共同抵御野兽和敌人.只有最勇敢的人才离开小小的家族管辖区.甚至在中世纪也只有最勇敢的人才敢涉足海外.人类对安全的追求决定了人们对家的热爱.我相信,美国的早期定居者对此一定深有感触.他们被饥茺压迫得走投无路,只好毅然决定冒险来到这个举目元亲.易爱印第安人攻击的陌生的地方.甚至今天,我们从少数民族团体的态度也可以看出这一点.由于缺乏安全感,他们仍然保持着富有凝聚力的家庭纽带.
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