午后

Some 15 year old kid sits on his porch, just half-past noon

大概是午后，一个十五岁的孩子坐在他的门廊外

One rainy afternoon an elderly lady walked into a philadelphia department store.most of the clerks ignored her,bet on solicitous young man asked if he could help her.when she replied that she was just waiting for the rain to end,he didn't try to sell her something she didn't try to sell her something she didn't want,and he didn't turn his back.instead he brought her a chair.

在一个多雨的午后，一位老妇人走进费城一家百货公司，大多数的柜台人员都不理她，但有一位年轻人却问她是否能为她做些什么。当她回答说只是在等雨停时，这位年轻人并有推销给她不需要的东西，虽然如此，这位销售人员并没有转身离去，反而拿给她一张椅子。

One rainy afternoon an elderly lady walked into a Philadelphia department store.Most of the clerks ignored her,bet on solicitous young man asked if he could help her.

在一个多雨的午后，一位老妇人走进费城一家百货公司，大多数的柜台人员都不理她，但有一位年轻人却问她是否能为她做些什么。

The origins of Afternoon Tea can be found in the castles and English high society of the mid 1800's. Anna, The 7th Duchess of Bedford is credited with starting the tradition of Afternoon Tea, in 1840. The two main meals were breakfast and dinner (also known in England as "tea"), with a light meal at noon. The Duchess was feeling peckish between meals. She asked her maid to bring her a tray of bread, butter, cakes and tea to tide her over, until "high tea", the main evening meal.

后来安娜女士邀请几位知心好友伴随着茶与精致的点心，同享轻松惬意的午后时光，没想到一时之间，在当时贵族社交圈内蔚为风尚，名媛仕女趋之若鹜；一直到今天，已俨然形成一种优雅自在的下午茶文化，也成为正统的&英国红茶文化&，这也是所谓的《维多利亚下午茶》的由来。

One day during that winter, the sun had shown itself a little in the afternoon, but it was the 2d of February, that ancient Candlemas day whose treacherous sun, the precursor of a six weeks' cold spell, inspired Mathieu Laensberg with these two lines, which have with justice remained classic:-- Qu'il luise ou qu'il luiserne, L'ours rentre dans en sa caverne.

那个冬季里的一天，太阳在午后稍稍露了一下面，那天正是二月二日，古老的圣烛节①的日子，这种骗人的太阳往往带来六个星期的寒冷，并曾触发过马蒂厄·朗斯贝尔的灵感，使他留下了两句够得上称为古典的诗句：大晴或小晴，群熊返山洞。

On a late summers afternoon, when he was seven, Henry ran away from home and hid in a hollow chestnut tree.

一个仲夏的午后，七岁的亨利离家出走，藏到了一棵栗树的树洞中。

On a late summer's afternoon, when he was seven, Henry ran away from home and hid in a 13 hollow 14 chestnut tree .

一个夏末的午后，七岁的亨利离家出走，藏到了一棵栗树的树洞中。

Try to cover up the sunny afternoon, a gray cloud in the post.

将午后的晴朗藏掖在一片灰蒙蒙的云雾后。

In the waves of the crystal clear water at the beach.

那天天气很好，他们在海边清澈的波浪里游泳，午后的阳光照耀在他们身上。

She thought of the long salons fatted up with ancient silk, of the delicate furniture carrying priceless curiosities, and of the coquettish perfumed boudoirs made for talks at five o'clock with intimate friends, with men famous and sought after, whom all women envy and whose attention they all desire.

她会想到四壁蒙着古老丝绸的大客厅，上面陈设着珍贵古玩的精致家具和那些精致小巧、香气扑鼻的内客厅，那是专为午后五点钟跟最亲密的男友娓娓清谈的地方，那些朋友当然都是所有的妇人垂涎不已、渴盼青睐、多方拉拢的知名之士。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。