【现代大学英语精读】（第一册）第二课 回家(4/4)

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《Going Home》是美国名作家及记者Peter Hamill在1971年《纽约邮报》上发表的一篇故事。上世纪六七十年代由于国家参与越南战争，美国人正处于十分艰难的时代，人们传统的价值观如同情，理解，信任以及爱开始逐渐缺失。作者希望通过一个刚放出的囚犯在旅途上与一群年轻人的故事，来表达对于回家强烈的渴望，只有回家了才可以重新找回那些曾经拥有的传统美好的价值观。由于这个动人的故事，在美国，黄丝带也成为了欢迎长时间离家的人归来的标志，尤其是指那些历经磨难的人。
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BrunswickShe told the others, and soon all of them were caught up in the approach of Brunswick, looking at the pictures Vingo showed them of his wife and three children. Now they were 20 miles from Brunswick, and the young people took the window seats on the right side, waiting for the approach of the great oak tree. Vingo stopped looking, tightening his face into the ex-con's mask, as if fortifying himself against still another disappointment. Then it was 10 miles, and then five, and the bus became very quiet.
  Then suddenly all of the young people were up out of their seats, screaming and shouting and crying , doing small dances, shaking clenched fists in triumph and exaltation. All except Vingo.
  Vingo sat there stunned, looking at the oak tree through his misty eyes. The tree was covered with yellow ribbons, 30 of them, 50 of them, maybe hundreds, a tree that stood like a banner of welcome, blowing and billowing in the wind. As the young people shouted, the old con slowly rose from his seat, holding himself tightly, and made his way to the front of the bus to go home.