英语名篇诵读 家

Home

家

What makes a home? Love and sympathy and confidence. It is a place where kindly¹

affections exist among all the members of the family. The parents take good care of their

children, and the children are interested in the activities of their parents. Thus all of them are

bound together by affection, and they find their home to be the cheeriest place in the world.

A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man. Every civilized²

person is a social being. No one should live alone. A man may lead a successful and prosperous

life, but prosperity alone can by no means insure happiness. Many great personages in the

world history had deep affections for their homes.

Your home may be poor and humble³, but your duty lies there. You should try to make it

cheerful and comfortable. The greater the difficulties, the richer will be your reward.

A home is more than a family dwelling⁴. It is a school in which people are trained for

citizenship⁵. A man will not render good service to his country if he can do nothing good for his

home; for in proportion as he loves his home, he will love his country. The home is the

birthplace of true patriotism⁶. It is the secret of social welfare and national greatness. It is the basis

and origin of civilization.

家是由什么组成的？是爱、共鸣和信心。在这里，家庭成员间存在着温馨的情感。父

母很好地照顾孩子，孩子们对父母的活动感兴趣。因此，所有的人都由爱结合在一起，发

现自己家是全世界最快乐的地方。

没有爱的家庭谈不上是个家庭，就像一个人虽有肉体凡胎却没有灵魂算不上人一样。

每个文明人都是社会人。没有人该离群索居。一个人可能过着成功富裕的生活，但是单凭

富裕很难保证幸福。历史上许多伟人都深爱自己的家庭。

你的家可能贫穷简陋，但这里正是你的责任所在。你应当尽力使它快乐舒适。愈是困

难，酬劳愈丰。

家远远不只是家庭的住所。这是一所培训合格公民的学校。一个不为家庭做好事的人

不会很好地为国家服务；因为只有爱家的人才会爱国。家是真正爱国主义的诞生地，是社

会福利和民族伟大的奥秘所在，是文明的基础和来源。

1 kindly   

adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地

参考例句：

• Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
• A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。

2 civilized   

a.有教养的，文雅的

参考例句：

• Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society. 文明社会憎恶种族主义。
• rising crime in our so-called civilized societies 在我们所谓文明社会中日益增多的犯罪行为

3 humble   

adj.谦卑的，恭顺的；地位低下的；v.降低，贬低

参考例句：

• In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见，他将在选举中获胜。
• Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。

4 dwelling   

n.住宅，住所，寓所

参考例句：

• Those two men are dwelling with us.那两个人跟我们住在一起。
• He occupies a three-story dwelling place on the Park Street.他在派克街上有一幢3层楼的寓所。

5 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

6 patriotism   

n.爱国精神，爱国心，爱国主义

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• They obtained money under the false pretenses of patriotism.他们以虚伪的爱国主义为借口获得金钱。