Home on the Way
People need homes: children1their parents' place as home2call school "home" on weekdays; named couples work together to build new homes; and travelers... have no place to call “home",3for a few nights. So how about people who have to travel for4periods of time? Don't they have the right to a home? Of course they do.
Some regular travelers take their own 5: like bed sheets, pillowcases and family photos to make them feel like home 6they are; some stay for long periods in the same hotel and7become very familiar with service and attendants; others may 8put some flowers by the hotel window to make things more homely.9 ,driving a camping car during one's travels and sleeping in the vehicle at night is just like home only10!
And how about maintaining relationships while in 11?Some keep 12 with their friends via internet; some send letters and postcards, or even photos; others may just call and say hi, just to let their friends know that they' re still13and well. People find ways to keep in touch. Making friends on the way helps travelers feel 14 at home. Backpackers in youth hostels may become very good friends, 15closer than siblings（兄弟姐妹）.
Nowadays,16people are working in their local towns, so how do they develop a 17of belonging? Whenever we18our local boundaries, there is always another “home” waiting 19.Wherever we are, with just a little bit of effort and20, we can make the place we stay “home”.
Why do we go to zoos? Millions of people around the world visit zoos each year, but the reason is hard to explain . But the animals they see in zoos are little like the toys, cartoons, and decorations that fill their homes. For such children, meeting with real animals can be confusing, even upsetting.
The great interest that children have in animals today might lead one to suppose that this has always been the case. That was also when zoos became an important part of middle-class life.
They lived together with our ancestors in a shared natural environment. In the Industrial Era, the human domination (支配)of animals could be seen in the popularity of real-looking animal toys. Children rode rocking-horses that had realistic features, and they slept with bears, tigers, and rabbits that looked and felt almost real. The Twentieth Century marked a further development--the change of animals into people.
This was the age of Babar the Elephant, Hello Kitty, and the Lion King. Parents and children had previously wanted animals that looked like animals..
In a zoo they hope to see the living breathing versions of their character friends. They find instead unfamiliar creatures who cannot speak, smile, or interact with them. For this reason, a visit to the zoo can be disappointing for children today. Meeting real animals reminds us forcefully of the boundary between imagination and reality.
When we visit animals in a zoo, perhaps we will recall our true relationship not only to animals but to the entire world.
A. Animals are the best friends of the human beings.
B. Most of children are looking forward to visiting zoos.
C. Perhaps that disappointment is the best gift a zoo can offer.
D. But now they want animals that look and act like humans
E. Yet, it was not until the Industrial Era that animals became part of childhood.
F. In prehistoric times, there had been no zoos, as animals were a real part of the human world.
G. Many of those visitors are children, whose lives are already surrounded by animals' images.
