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．
Today, thanks to modern transportation and well-organized societies, thousands of people willingly and eagerly leave the surroundings where they were born, and the oftener they do so, the less sentiment they are likely to have for those surroundings. I lived in England for three years, and I noticed that boys and girls left their parents’ homes and lived in dwellings of their own. There they could just telephone and ask an agency to provide them with a house or an apartment, which was their home. How has the meaning of this word home been altered by such activity? What does home mean to those people or to families who often move about, living in first one hotel and then another? I believe that for them home means a place where they can have privacy.今天，由于有了现代交通和组织良好的社会，成千上万的人们愿意并且渴望离开他们出生的环境．而且，他们离家外出越频繁，对出生的环境的情感就可能越少．我曾经在英国，他们只需拿起电话，要求一家房地产经销处提供一幢房子或一个套间，那就是他们的家了．家这个词的意义是如何被这种行为改变的呢？家对于那些经常流动，从一家旅馆到另一家旅馆居住的人们或家庭成员又意味着什么呢？我认为，家对他们来说是一个离群独外不受干扰的地方．
This idea of home as being a place of privacy is emerging in my country, Saudi Arabia, where the young are abandoning their parents’ homes to live their own life. As for me, the atmosphere and surroundings of the place where my parents live have no sentimental attachment. Home is where I can shut the door and be by myself. At the moment it is a room in Eaton Hall. When I left my parents several years ago, I was anxious to leave. You might call it unfeeling, but that was the way I felt. On the day of my departure for the United States, my grandmother sobbed and wept. My father, however, indicated that he understood how I felt. “Son,” he said, “I am not sorry that you are leaving us. I only hope that you make the most of your time.在我的国家沙特陈拉伯，年轻人放弃父母的家去过他们自己的生活．这种把家作为私人独处这地的看法正在我的国家形成．我对父母居住之地的气氛，环境没有眷恋的情感．家就是一个我能关起门来独处的地方．现在我的家就是伊登宿舍的一个房间．几年前当我离开父母时，我没有恋恋不舍，巴不得快快离开．你也许会觉得这是无情无义，然而那确实是我的感受．我离家去美国寻卫，祖母呜咽，泪流不止．但我的父亲却表时他能理解我的心情．＂孩子＂他说＂我对于你的离去并觉得悲伤．我只希望你能充分利用时间
1.2 Family Life
Jane Brown has been maried for 12 years.She has three children and lives in a suburb outside Columbus,Ohio.When her youngest child reached shool age,Jane decided to to back to work.She thought that she should contribute to the household finances.Her salary could make a difference between a financial struggle and a secure financial situation for her family.Jane also felt bored and frustrated in her role as a homemaker and wanted to be more involved in life outside her home.Jane was worried about her children's adjustment to this new situation,but she arranged for them to go to stay with a woman nearby after school each afternoon.They seemed to be happy with the arrangement.The problem seemed to be between Jane and her husband Bill.When Jane was at home all day,she was able to clean the house,go grocery shopping ,wash the clothes,take care of the children and cook two or three meals each day.She was very busy,of course,but she succeeded in getting everything done.Now the same things need to be done,but Jane has only evenings and early mornings to do them.Both Jane and Bill are tired when they arive home at 6p.m.Bill is accustomed to sitting down and reading a paper of watching TV until dinners is ready .This is exactly what Jane feels like doing,but someone has to fix dinner and Bill expects it to be Jane.Jane is becoming very angry at Bill;s feels that everything should be the same as it was before Jane went back to work.
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家庭生活
简 布朗已经结婚2年了。她有三个孩子，住在俄亥俄州州府哥伦布市郊。最小的孩子够上学年龄时，她决定返回工作岗位。她想她应该为家庭经济做出贡献。她的薪水可能改变家庭经济拮据、节衣缩食这种困境，使家庭经济状况趋于稳定。简对她的家庭主妇的角色也感到极度厌倦、非常失望了，因此渴望更多地参与到家庭以外的社会生活中去。简担心她的孩子们适应不了这种新的变化，于是做出安排，让孩子们每天下午放学后去跟邻近一位妇女在一
起。孩子们似乎对这样的安排很满意。问题好像在于简和她的丈夫比尔之间。以前简整天在家的时候，她清扫屋子，去百货店购物，清洗衣服，照料孩子，每天煮两三顿饭，样样事情都能干。不用说，她忙个不停，但她把家务活都干好了。现在，一样的家务需要人做，可是简只有在傍晚和早晨才能做家务。简和比尔下午六点回到家里，两人都觉得劳累了。比尔习惯于坐下来看报或看电视，直到晚餐做好为止。这恰恰也是简希望做的事。但总得有人准备晚餐。比尔盼望这个人是简。简对比尔的态度很生气。她觉得他们两人应该共同分担家务，但比尔认为一切应该照旧，就像简重返工作岗位以前那样
1.3 My Mother
My mother is a kind and gentle woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher she works diligently and efficiently. As Mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort. I have an elder brother. He and I both love her dearly, as she loves us.
My mother has been teaching maths at a middle school in my home town. She goes to the school early in the morning and does not return home until late in the afternoon. She loves her students ，cares for them. She treats them with patience and teaches them well. For her excellent qualities and very good teaching results, she is always praised and respected by both her students and colleagues alike. And she has been chosen or elected as a model teacher several times.
My mother is a thrifty and industrious woman. She never buys expensive or fancy dresses for herself; she goes occasionally to buy some inexpensive and high-quality clothes for us. She never goes to luxurious restaurants to have expensive meals. She merely eats a humble meal outside when she is too busy. She lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints. As soon as she comes back from school, she sets about doing housework: sweeping the living room and bedreooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. Besides, she prepares nice dishes for us to eat. She seems to be on the go all the time. As she has been very busy working hard every day, she looks older than she really is. Her face is wrinkled, and her hair has turned silver white. But she looks as cheerful and happy as ever.
Often she says to us, "Work while you work, and play while you play. That is the way to be happy and gay. If you do not work, you will become lazy and of no use to society." What a piece of good advice this is! I never forget it and always bear it in my mind. This advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my action. My mother is great indeed, and I always feel proud of her