英語美文閱讀：家

摘要：家不僅僅是一個供家人居住的地方。它還是一個培養人們成爲公民的場所。一個人假如無法對家庭做出有意義的事情，也就無法爲國家提供優良的服務，因爲愛家和愛國是成正比的。家庭是愛國主義精神的真正發源地，是社會福利和國家昌盛的祕訣，是文明的基礎和起源。

　　home 家

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

組成家庭的因素是什麼?答案即愛、同情和信賴。家是一個所有家庭成員凝結情感的地方。父母親悉心照料孩子，而孩子們也對他們雙親的活動感興趣。他們爲愛所聯結，因而發現家是世界上最令人感到歡樂的地方。

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

一個沒有愛的家便不再稱其爲家，如同沒有靈魂的軀體不再是人一樣。每一個有修養的人都是社會性的人。沒有人能夠脫離社會獨自生存。一個人也許過着成功而寬裕的生活，但是榮華富貴決不能保證幸福快樂。在世界歷史上，許多名人都對其家庭懷有深情厚意。

Your home may be poor and humble, but duty lies there. You should try to make it cheerful and comfortable. The greater the difficulties, the richer will be your reward.

你的家也許貧窮而簡陋，但那正是你的職責所在。你應該努力使其愉快和舒適。你遭遇的困難越大，所得到的報償也就越多。

A home is more than a family dwelling. It is a school in which people are trained for citizenship. A man will not render good services to his country if he can do nothing good for his home; for in proportion as he loves his home, will he love his country. The home is the birthplace of true patriotism. It is the secret of social welfare and national greatness. It is the basis and origin of civilization.

家不僅僅是一個供家人居住的地方。它還是一個培養人們成爲公民的場所。一個人假如無法對家庭做出有意義的事情，也就無法爲國家提供優良的服務，因爲愛家和愛國是成正比的。家庭是愛國主義精神的真正發源地，是社會福利和國家昌盛的祕訣，是文明的基礎和起源。

　　有關家庭的經典英語句子

1. There is a skeleton1 in every house.

家家都有一本難唸的經。

2. The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

家庭是大自然創造的傑作之一。

3. Be it ever so humble2, there is no place like home.

金窩、銀窩，都不如自家的草窩。

4. Home is the place where, when you have to go there, it has to take you in.

無論何時何地家永遠是向遊子敞開大門的地方。

5. We never know the love of the parents until we become parents ourselves.

不養兒不知父母恩。

6. All happy families are like one another; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

所有幸福的家庭都十分相似;而每個不幸的家庭各有各的不幸。

7. If you want your children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

你若希望你的孩子總是腳踏實地，就要讓他們負些責任。