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家是一个凝结了所有家庭成员深情厚谊的地方。
爱将他们紧紧地联结在一起，因而发现家是世界上最令人感到快乐的地方。
家是一个可以让你感到放松，是一个只要做你自己的地方。
What makes a home？Love，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.
A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.Every civilized1 person is a social being.No one could live alone.A man may lead a successful and prosperous2 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 humble，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 dwelling3.It is a school in which people are trained for citizenship.A man will not render4 good service to his country if he can do nothing good for his home；for in proportion5 as he loves his home，he will 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.
组成家庭的要素是什么？答案是爱、同情和信任。家是一个凝结了所有家庭成员深情厚谊的地方。爸爸妈妈悉心照料自己的孩子，而孩子们也对他们父母的活动感兴趣。爱将他们紧紧地联结在一起，因而发现家是世界上最令人感到快乐的地方。
一个家，若没有了爱就不能再称其为家，就如同没有灵魂的躯体不再是人一样。每一个有修养的人都是社会中的人。没有人能够脱离社会而独自生存。一个人也许过着成功而富裕的生活，但仅有荣华富贵并不能保证幸福快乐。在世界历史上，许多名人都对其家庭有着深厚的感情。
你的家也许贫穷且简陋，但那正是你的职责所在。你应该努力使它变得愉快，变得舒适。你面对的困难越大，所得到的报偿也会越多。
家不仅仅是一个供家人居住的地方。它还是一所培养人们成为公民的学校。假如一个人无法为自己的家庭做出有意义的事情，那么他也就无法为国家提供优良的服务，因为爱家与爱国是成正比的。家庭是真正爱国主义精神的发源地，是社会福利和国家兴盛的秘诀，是文明的基础和起源。
生词与短语 New Words and Expressions
1.civilized adj.文明的
2.prosperous adj.繁荣的，兴旺的
3.dwelling n.住处
4.render v.给予，提供
5.in proportion 成比例
妙语连珠：Beautiful Sentences
1）A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.
一个家，若没有了爱就不能再称其为家，就如同没有灵魂的躯体不再是人一样。
2）A man may lead a successful and prosperous life，but prosperity alone can by no means insure happiness.
一个人也许过着成功而富裕的生活，但仅有荣华富贵并不能保证幸福快乐。
心灵感悟：
家是一片安详的土地，是供我们停靠的温暖的港湾，不管走了多久多远，也走不出它的牵挂。