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1、Agreatmanypeople,whentheyspeakofhome,tendtoassociateitwithacertainatmosphere,certainphysicalsurroundings,andcertainemotionalattitudeswithinthemselves.Thissentimentalitytowardhomeissomethingthathascomedowntousfromthepast.Manymodernpeopledonothaveit,and
2、Ithinkitisagoodthingthattheydonot.許多人在談到家的時(shí)候往往將它和某種氣範(fàn),某種環(huán)境及內(nèi)心的某些情感態(tài)度聯(lián)系在一起?這種對(duì)家的依戀情感古己有之,代代相傳?許多現(xiàn)代人不再有了,我認(rèn)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(yuǎn)白勺過去,人彳門生活十分艱難.敵人可能會(huì)攻擊你
6、,殺害你或搶動(dòng)你的財(cái)富,而你卻毫無還手之力.人們并不住在可以鎖門閉戶的構(gòu)造堅(jiān)固的房子里.他們沒有一支有組織的警察隊(duì)伍的保護(hù),也不能隨時(shí)打電話報(bào)警.這些怎樣影響人們對(duì)于家的感悄呢?小小家庭的成員緊密團(tuán)結(jié),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(jì)也只有最勇敢的人才敢涉足海外.人類對(duì)安全的追求決定了人們對(duì)家的熱愛.我相信,美國(guó)的早期定居者對(duì)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(xiǎn)來到這個(gè)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(shù)
7、民族團(tuán)體的態(tài)度也可以看出這一點(diǎn).由于缺乏安全感,他們?nèi)匀槐3种挥心哿Φ募彝ゼ~帶.Today,thankstomoderntransportationandwell-organizedsocieties,thousandsofpeoplewillinglyandeagerlyleavethesurroundingswheretheywereborn,andtheoftenertheydoso,thelesssentimenttheyarelikelytohaveforthosesurroundi
8、ngs.IlivedinEnglandforthreeyears,andInoticedthatboysandgirlslefttheirparents5homesandlivedindwellingsoftheirown.Theretheycouldjusttelephoneandaskanagencytoprovidethemwithahouseoranapartment,whichwastheirhome.Howhasthemeaningofthiswordhomebeena