Today we talk about a word that is a feeling as well as a place. This word is “home.” Long ago in the 1700s, “home” was used as a verb, (mean) “to be guided to a destination.” So, when you home in on something, you get (close) to your target. For example, you could say, “Police are homing in on the suspects.” That is also where we get homing pigeons－pigeons that can find (they) way home after being released.
But today, “home” is more often used as a noun. And it has a very emotional (connect) for American English speakers. You can remember the meaning of the word by the expression “home is the heart is.” That expression means home is anywhere you feel love and comfort. It is a place where you belong, and often a place you consider your origin. In other (word), “home” is not (simple) a building where you live—that's a house. There is a big difference a home and a house.
The writer, Thomas Wolfe, had different idea about home. In 1940, his book “You Can't Go Home Again” (publish). Today we use this title to mean that the ideas and feelings that you had as a child often change when you are an adult. So, even if you return to the place where you grew up, time and distance have changed your perspective (观点).
