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1、Agreatmanypeople,whentheyspeakofhome,tendtoassociateitwithacertainatmosphere,certainphysicalsurroundings,andcertainemotionalattitudeswithinthemselves.Thissentimentalitytowardhomeissomethingthathascomedowntousfromthepast.Manymodernpeopledonothaveit,and
2、Ithinkitisagoodthingthattheydonot.許多人在談到家的時候往往將它和某種氣範，某種環(huán)境及內心的某些情感態(tài)度聯(lián)系在一起?這種對家的依戀情感古己有之，代代相傳?許多現代人不再有了，我認為這是件好事.Intheolddayslifewasdifficult.Enemiescouldattackyouandkillorrobyou,andyouhadlittleprotectionagainstthem.Peopledidnotliveinwell-builthouseswh
3、eredoorscouldbelocked.Theydidnothavetheprotectionofanorganizedpoliceforceortelephoneswhichcouldsummonthepoliceinstantly.Howdidthisinfluencethewaypeoplefeltabouthome?Smallfamilygroupsclungtightlytogetherforprotectionagainstbeastsandagainstothermen.Only
4、thebravestwentbeyondthesmallfamilyarea?EvenintheMiddleAgesonlythemostdaringwenttolandsbeyondsea?Thehumanpursuitofsecurityconditionedmentolovetheirhomes?IamsurethatthisfeelingmusthavebeenverystrongamongtheearlysettlersoftheUnitedStateswhowereobliged,by
5、famineandoppression,totaketheplungeandgotothenewlandwheretheyknewnooneandwheretheyweresubjecttoIndianattack.Wecanseethiseventodayintheattitudesofminoritygroupswho,beeauseofafeelingofinsecurity,stillpreservecohesivefamilyties?在遙遠白勺過去，人彳門生活十分艱難.敵人可能會攻擊你
6、，殺害你或搶動你的財富，而你卻毫無還手之力.人們并不住在可以鎖門閉戶的構造堅固的房子里.他們沒有一支有組織的警察隊伍的保護，也不能隨時打電話報警.這些怎樣影響人們對于家的感悄呢？小小家庭的成員緊密團結，聚在一起,共同抵御野獸和敵人.只有最勇敢的人才離開小小的家族管轄區(qū).甚至在中壯紀也只有最勇敢的人才敢涉足海外.人類對安全的追求決定了人們對家的熱愛.我相信，美國的早期定居者對此一定深有感觸?他們被饑莞壓迫得走投無路，只好毅然決定冒險來到這個舉目元親.易愛卬第安人攻擊的陌生的地方?甚至今天，我們從少數
7、民族團體的態(tài)度也可以看出這一點.由于缺乏安全感，他們仍然保持著富有凝聚力的家庭紐帶.Today,thankstomoderntransportationandwell-organizedsocieties,thousandsofpeoplewillinglyandeagerlyleavethesurroundingswheretheywereborn,andtheoftenertheydoso,thelesssentimenttheyarelikelytohaveforthosesurroundi
8、ngs.IlivedinEnglandforthreeyears,andInoticedthatboysandgirlslefttheirparents5homesandlivedindwellingsoftheirown.Theretheycouldjusttelephoneandaskanagencytoprovidethemwithahouseoranapartment,whichwastheirhome.Howhasthemeaningofthiswordhomebeena
