故乡

Australia is the hometown of kangaroos.

澳大利亚是袋鼠的故乡.

At the end of the year some people will go back to their native homes.

年终时,有些人要回故乡去.

It's a great thrill for a cricket-lover like me to play at the home of cricket.

对我这样的板球爱好者来说，能够在板球的故乡比赛是一件令人无比兴奋的事。

I often return in dreams to my hometown.

我常常在梦中回到我的故乡.

He returned to his hometown in the spring of 1969.

他在1969年春天回到了故乡.

I first went there to trace my roots, visiting my mum's home island of Jamaica.

我最初到那里是为了寻根，探访我妈妈的故乡牙买加岛。

" I've been to Italy, twice, " he said. " Where you from, originally "

“ 我到过两次意大利, ” 他说, “ 你故乡在哪里?

He is living now in his mother's home county of Oxfordshire.

他现在居住在他母亲的故乡牛津郡。

He went on the stump in his home state.

他到故乡所在的州去发表演说.

a longing for home

对故乡的思念

And yet is It'simply for the sake of loving one's native place?

但是仅仅为了爱故乡 么 ?

They had a deep yearning for their homeland.

当时他们渴念着故乡.

My hometown had changed so much that I could hardly recognize it.

故乡变化太大了,我几乎认不出来了.

I felt homesick for Scotland.

我思念故乡苏格兰。

My home state of Illinois is flat as a pancake.

我的故乡伊利诺伊州一马平川。