Home Is Where We Are有家人的地方就是家

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故事簡介：

艾薇和霍莉是一對姐妹， 二人剛隨家人從亞利桑那州搬到新家。剛搬來的艾薇十分想念以前的家，她對自己的小仙人掌說出自己的思念。姐姐霍莉拿出搬家前的照片與艾薇分享。姐姐說，自己也不喜歡搬家，因為舍不得老房子和老朋友。但是，來到新家后，同樣可以交到新朋友，慢慢地喜歡上這里。艾薇擔心地問道：“要是我們再搬家呢？”霍莉安慰艾薇說：“無論身在何地，只要家人在一起就是家。”聽了姐姐的話，艾薇豁然開朗，對新生活充滿了期待……

Ivy set her baby cactus in the window of her new bedroom. “Were a long way from Arizona， Sam，” she said.

“Who are you talking to？”asked Ivys older sister， Holly.

“My cactus，” said Ivy. “We miss our old house.”

“Me too，” said Holly. “Im glad I took pictures before we left. Come and have a look.”

“Theres Moms cactus garden！ And those funny little quails！”

“Why did we have to move？” Ivy said， sighing.

“You know that Dad is in the air force，” said Holly.

“We move wherever his job is. We moved once， before you were born.”

Words：

cactus仙人掌；baby cactus小仙人掌

Arizona美國亞利桑那州

miss想念

quail鵪鶉

move搬家

air force空軍

wherever無論在何地

porch門廊

yard院子

“Did you like moving？” asked Ivy.

“Not really， said Holly.

“I missed my friends and our old house. But I made new friends. And I learned to love our house in Arizona.”

“Will I learn to love this house？” asked Ivy.

“I think so，” said Holly. “I like our new porch and yard already.”

“But what if we move again？”

“Wherever we are， it will always be home， because were a family—you， me， Mom， Dad， and Sam，” said Holly.

Ivy smiled and said， “Lets go and take some pictures of this house， too！”

親子閱讀小提示

很多人都有過搬家的經歷。對于成人來說，搬家可能意味著更大的居住空間、更好的工作環境。然而，孩子在成長過程中需要熟悉的環境和良好的人際關系來建立安全感和自我意識。頻繁搬家有時會影響到孩子的學習以及社交能力和行為發展。離開老地方，融入新環境，需要家長細心引導，充分給予安全感和鼓勵，幫助孩子逐漸適應新環境。