Living far from home 背井离乡

Vocabulary: homesickness 词汇: 思乡

I feel a bit sad today because I'm homesick. I miss the delicious plates of pasta with a special sauce my mother used to make. She was a great cook! But I work abroad and I have to cope with the occasional feeling of nostalgia.The footballer Jesus Navas suffers badly. He is moving from Seville to Manchester City, but for years he could hardly leave his hometown.

Anxiety attacks forced the player out of training camps. They say he has overcome his homesickness through counselling.These days people often relocate to another country to study or to work. Many find it difficult to adapt, though. According to research by the University of Warwick Counselling Service, up to 70% of adults experience homesickness at some point in their lives. It can have similar symptoms to depression, says psychologist Dr Caroline Schuster. Almost anything can trigger homesickness - a smell, a taste, even a colour reminds

them of home. Mohammed Barakat sent us a message on Facebook about his longing

for "the smell of rain and green" during the Sudanese rainy season. Mari Damian misses "the smell of Christmas cakes".

Homesickness is not something new. The ancient Greek poem Homer's Odyssey

talked about it. But the modern term was created in the 17th Century to describe the

feelings of Swiss mercenaries, who longed for their homeland while fighting elsewhere in Europe.

According to Dr Susan Matt, who wrote a book about the subject, people used to see it as a dangerous disease.

Modern technology can limit the feeling of isolation, allowing people to keep in touch

with loved ones. Social psychologist Dr Gary Wood says Skype is a lifeline because it

can allow grandparents a world away to watch their grandchildren grow up.

But people should not allow homesickness to stop them living in the present. I follow

advice given by Dr Wood: I write down three new things that I've been grateful for every night, as well as three things I'm looking forward to every morning.

What about you: what do you miss when you are away from home and family?

homesick

思乡的，想家的

to cope

应对

nostalgia

乡愁，怀旧之情

hometown

家乡

an anxiety attack

焦虑发作

to overcome

克服

homesickness

思乡病

counselling （心理）咨询 to adapt

适应

a symptom

症状

a psychologist

心理学家

to trigger

引发

to long for

渴望

Homer's Odyssey 荷马史诗《奥德赛》 a mercenary

雇佣兵

the homeland

家园

isolation

孤立

to keep in touch

保持联系

a social psychologist 社会心理学家

a lifeline

生命线

a world away

遥远的地方

 

第二篇：far away from home 歌词

i am loving living every single day but sometimes i feel so. i hope to find a little peace of mind and i just want to know. and who can heal those tiny broken hearts, and i just want to know. and what are we to be. where is home on the milky way of stars, i dry my eyes again. in my dreams i am not so far away from home. what am i in a world so far away from home. all my life all the time so far away from home. without you i will be so far away from home. if we could make it through the darkest night we have a brighter day. the world i see beyond your pretty eyes, makes me want to stay.(makes me want to stay) and who can heal those tiny broken hearts, and what are we to be. where is home on the milky way of stars, i dry my eyes again. in my dreams i am not so far away from home. what am i in a world so far away from home. all my life all the time so far away from home. without you i will be so far away from home. i count on you, no matter what they say, cause love can find it time. i hope to be a part of you again, baby let us shine. and who can heal those tiny broken hearts, and what are we to be. where is home on the milky way of stars, i dry my eyes again. in my dreams i am not so far away from home. what am i in a world so far away from home. all my life all the time so far away from home.

without you i will be so far away from home. in my dreams i am not so far away from home. what am i in a world so far away from home. all my life all the time so far away from home. without you i will be so far away from home

i am loving living every single day but sometimes i feel so. i hope to find a little peace of mind and i just want to know. and who can heal those tiny broken hearts, and i just want to know. and what are we to be. where is home on the milky way of stars, i dry my eyes again. in my dreams i am not so far away from home. what am i in a world so far away from home. all my life all the time so far away from home. without you i will be so far away from home. if we could make it through the darkest night we have a brighter day. the world i see beyond your pretty eyes, makes me want to stay.(makes me want to stay) and who can heal those tiny broken hearts, and what are we to be. where is home on the milky way of stars, i dry my eyes again. in my dreams i am not so far away from home. what am i in a world so far away from home. all my life all the time so far away from home. without you i will be so far away from home. i count on you, no matter what they say, cause love can find it time. i hope to be a part of you again, baby let us shine. and who can heal those tiny broken hearts, and what are we to be. where is home on the milky way of stars, i dry my eyes again. in my dreams i am not so far away from home. what am i in a world so far away from home. all my life all the time so far away from home.

without you i will be so far away from home. in my dreams i am not so far away from home. what am i in a world so far away from home. all my life all the time so far away from home. without you i will be so far away from home

i am loving living every single day but sometimes i feel so. i hope to find a little peace of mind and i just want to know. and who can heal those tiny broken hearts, and i just want to know. and what are we to be. where is home on the milky way of stars, i dry my eyes again. in my dreams i am not so far away from home. what am i in a world so far away from home. all my life all the time so far away from home. without you i will be so far away from home. if we could make it through the darkest night we have a brighter day. the world i see beyond your pretty eyes, makes me want to stay.(makes me want to stay) and who can heal those tiny broken hearts, and what are we to be. where is home on the milky way of stars, i dry my eyes again. in my dreams i am not so far away from home. what am i in a world so far away from home. all my life all the time so far away from home. without you i will be so far away from home. i count on you, no matter what they say, cause love can find it time. i hope to be a part of you again, baby let us shine. and who can heal those tiny broken hearts, and what are we to be. where is home on the milky way of stars, i dry my eyes again. in my dreams i am not so far away from home. what am i in a world so far away from home. all my life all the time so far away from home.

without you i will be so far away from home. in my dreams i am not so far away from home. what am i in a world so far away from home. all my life all the time so far away from home. without you i will be so far away from home

i am loving living every single day but sometimes i feel so. i hope to find a little peace of mind and i just want to know. and who can heal those tiny broken hearts, and i just want to know. and what are we to be. where is home on the milky way of stars, i dry my eyes again. in my dreams i am not so far away from home. what am i in a world so far away from home. all my life all the time so far away from home. without you i will be so far away from home. if we could make it through the darkest night we have a brighter day. the world i see beyond your pretty eyes, makes me want to stay.(makes me want to stay) and who can heal those tiny broken hearts, and what are we to be. where is home on the milky way of stars, i dry my eyes again. in my dreams i am not so far away from home. what am i in a world so far away from home. all my life all the time so far away from home. without you i will be so far away from home. i count on you, no matter what they say, cause love can find it time. i hope to be a part of you again, baby let us shine. and who can heal those tiny broken hearts, and what are we to be. where is home on the milky way of stars, i dry my eyes again. in my dreams i am not so far away from home. what am i in a world so far away from home. all my life all the time so far away from home.

without you i will be so far away from home. in my dreams i am not so far away from home. what am i in a world so far away from home. all my life all the time so far away from home. without you i will be so far away from home