Commentators talked of natural genius, as though he was still a seven-year-old whacking a pebble with a home-made club on a beach in Cantabria.(解說員評論他時總是說“天賦”，好像他還是那個在坎塔布·里亞沙灘上用自制球棒玩卵石的七歲小孩。)

In the past, Cubans made the crossing-just over 100 miles (160km) between Havana and Key west-in home-made rafts.(以前，古巴人乘自制木筏橫渡大?！獜墓吣堑交f斯特僅有100多英里(160km)。)

The reason? At their last meeting, the candidate had brought a box of home-made biscuits into the office.(我認識的一位招聘經理告訴我，他曾經發現自己把一個特別的應聘者的簡歷放在他送給老板的所有候選人簡歷的最上面。)

A simple home-made favour presented in a lovely favour box can be a great gift to receive.(包裝在可愛的謝禮盒里的一份簡單的自制謝禮，就是很好的禮物。)

What we need to cook a pea soup – pea that has soaked in water for a night, smoked ribs, home-made smoked sausage.(我們煮豌豆湯需要準備的是—用水浸泡一夜的豌豆，熏制的排骨和家庭自制的熏腸。)

It has no sneezing pandas, tedious home-made tirades or any of the other detritus with which YouTube is filled.(Hulu網站沒有“噴嚏熊貓”、乏味的自制長篇批評演說和其他雜七雜八的東西，而這些在YouTube上到處都是。)

At 9am every morning, home-made meals are picked up in special boxes, which are loaded onto trolleys and pushed to a railway station.(每天早上9點，家庭制作餐盒將被從專門的盒飯里選出，放到手推車上，運抵火車站。)

Some 14% said they would be pleased with a home-made card, and only 3% said they wanted a purchased gift like roses, chocolate or Sunday brunch.(約有14%的受訪母親表示，收到孩子自制的卡片就會很開心；而只有3%的母親表示，自己想要孩子買來的禮物，如玫瑰花、巧克力或是周日早午餐。)

His brother Fred remembered him building telescopes and launching home-made rockets.(他的兄弟弗萊德記得他制作過望遠鏡、發射過自制的火箭。)

It began as a joke, putting home-made salad dressing in an old wine bottle, tying it with a ribbon and giving it to friends.(這始于一個玩笑，他將自家制作的沙拉醬裝在一個舊酒瓶里再系上一個蝴蝶結送給自己的朋友們。)