美国学生世界地理教材 第229期:旅行结束

 And so back home once more after a trip Around the World in more than 400 pages! 经过四百多页的环球旅行之后，我们终于再次回到了家。

Home, Sweet Home! 家啊，温馨的家！

Mid¹ pleasures and palaces though we may roam², be it ever so humble³, there is no place like home. 也许我们会贪图享受，羡慕奢华，但是无论家是多么简陋，没有任何地方比得上它！

Every one feels the same way, whether he is an Eskimo or a Tibetan. 所有的人对家的感觉都是一样的，无论他是爱斯基摩人还是中国西藏人。

Home is where we were born and brought up—whether it is on a block of ice or under a cocoanut-tree. 家就是我们出生和成长的地方——无论它是在一块冰上还是在椰子树下。

I once knew an old sea captain. 我曾经认识一位老船长。

He had been sailing the seas for fifty years. He had been round the World a score of times. 他的航海生涯有五十年了，曾环球航行二十次。

He had been in every port from Punta Arenas⁴ to Archangel. 他到过世界上所有的港口，从彭塔阿雷纳斯到阿尔汉格尔斯格。

He could speak a dozen languages. 他会说十几种语言。

He had been in every land and on every sea; he had been everywhere and had seen everything. 他到过每一片陆地和每一个海洋。无论哪里他都去过，无论什么东西他都见过。

For a dozen years he had looked forward to the day when he could at last "ettle down" and go home. 十几年来，他盼望着最终可以“安定下来”，可以回家的那一天。

At last that day came. 终于，那一天到来了。

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. 当他朝家——他出生的地方——马里兰州南部一个临海的小村庄——走去的时候，我没见过比他更开心的人了。

A year later I met him again in New York. 一年后，我在纽约再次遇见他。

I never saw any one happier. 我没见过什么人比他更开心了。

He was all dressed up, with a flower in his buttonhole as if he were going to be married. 他打扮得很时髦，钮扣孔里还别着一朵花，好像他要结婚的样子。

"Where are you going?" said I. "I'm sailing, sailing at 12 o'clock," said he, "for a trip round the World!" “你要去哪里呀？”我问道。“去航海呀，12点出发，”他说，“去环球旅行。”

and I thought he was going to dance a sailor's hornpipe right there on the street. 看他高兴的样子，我觉得他好像就要在街上跳起水手的角迪舞。

"Au revoir," said I. "I thought you were going to settle down at home." 看他高兴的样子，我觉得他好像就要在街上跳起水手的角迪舞。

"Home," said he, "is a place to come back to," and he waved a jubilant farewell. “家，是你可以回来休息的地方。”他一边说一边喜气洋洋地向我挥手告别。

1 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

2 roam   

vi.漫游，闲逛，徜徉

参考例句：

• He used to roam the streets for hours on end.他过去常逛大街，一逛就是几个小时。
• I like to roam about over the countryside.我喜欢在乡间走一走。

3 humble   

adj.谦卑的，恭顺的；地位低下的；v.降低，贬低

参考例句：

• In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见，他将在选举中获胜。
• Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。

4 arenas   

表演场地( arena的名词复数 )； 竞技场； 活动或斗争的场所或场面； 圆形运动场

参考例句：

• Demolition derbies are large-scale automobile rodeos that take place in big arenas. 撞车比赛指的是在很大的竞技场上举行的大型汽车驾驶技术表演。
• Are there areas of privacy in the most public of arenas? 在绝大部分公开的场合中存在需要保护隐私的领域吗？