雙語+MP3|美國學(xué)生世界地理67 旅行結(jié)束
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AND so back home once more after a trip Around the World in more than 400 pages! Home, Sweet Home! "'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, be it ever so humble, there is no place like home." Every one feels the same way, whether he is an Eskimo or a Tibetan. Home is where we were born and brought up-whether it is on a block of ice or under a cocoanut-tree.
I once knew an old sea captain. He had been sailing the seas for fifty years. He had been round the World a score of times. He had been in every port from Punta Arenas to Archangel. He could speak a dozen languages. He had been in every land and on every sea; he had been everywhere and had seen everything. For a dozen years he had looked forward to the day when he could at last "ettle down" and go home. At last that day came. I never saw any one happier as he headed toward home-the place where he was born-a little village in southern Maryland, near the sea.
A year later I met him again in New York. I never saw any one happier. He was all dressed up, with a flower in his buttonhole as if he were going to be married. "Where are you going?" said I. "I'm sailing, sailing at 12 o'clock," said he, "for a trip round the World!" and I thought he was going to dance a sailor's hornpipe right there on the street.
"Au revoir," said I. "I thought you were going to settle down at home." "Home," said he, "is a place to come back to," and he waved a jubilant farewell.
經(jīng)過四百多頁的環(huán)球旅行之后，我們終于再次回到了家。家啊，溫馨的家！"也許我們會貪圖享受，羨慕奢華，但是無論家是多么簡陋，沒有任何地方比得上它！"所有的人對家的感覺都是一樣的，無論他是愛斯基摩人還是中國西藏人。家就是我們出生和成長的地方--無論它是在一塊冰上還是在椰子樹下。
我曾經(jīng)認(rèn)識一位老船長。他的航海生涯有五十年了，曾環(huán)球航行二十次。他到過世界上所有的港口，從彭塔阿雷納斯到阿爾漢格爾斯格。他會說十幾種語言。他到過每一片陸地和每一個海洋。無論哪里他都去過，無論什么東西他都見過。十幾年來，他盼望著最終可以"安定下來"，可以回家的那一天。終于，那一天到來了。當(dāng)他朝家--他出生的地方--馬里蘭州南部一個臨海的小村莊--走去的時候，我沒見過比他更開心的人了。
一年后，我在紐約再次遇見他。我沒見過什么人比他更開心了。他打扮得很時髦，鈕扣孔里還別著一朵花，好像他要結(jié)婚的樣子。"你要去哪里呀？"我問道。"去航海呀，12點出發(fā)，"他說，"去環(huán)球旅行。"看他高興的樣子，我覺得他好像就要在街上跳起水手的角迪舞。
"再見，"我說，"我還以為你要在家安定下來呢。"
"家，是你可以回來休息的地方。"他一邊說一邊喜氣洋洋地向我揮手告別。
