午后

On hot afternoons, Mr. Newman runs a hose to the roof and douses the shingles for 20 minutes, which he swears lowers the temperature inside.

在一个炎热的夏日午后，纽曼拉着水管来到天台，用凉水给屋顶冲了20分钟，并言之凿凿地说，这样可以降低室内温度。

We are two clouds forenoons and afternoons driving overhead

我们是两片云霞，午前午后在高空中奔驰

So, under the pellucid September sky you fell back on recollections of those long summer forenoons and longer afternoons spent at your great-aunt Clara's country place.

所以在晴朗的九月天空下，你沉浸于对那些在乡间Clara大姑妈家夏日午前午后渡过的漫长时光的回忆中。

Afternoon this delicious Ninth-month in my forty-first year

在我四十一岁第九个月的甜美的午后

In the afternoon sun, with the wooden shutters half-closed like sleepy eyelids, it was irresistible.

在午后阳光的掩映下，半开半闭的木制百叶窗像是昏昏欲睡的眼睑，却不经意间透射出这座房子不可抗拒的魅力。

One lazy afternoon, Mark and Kathleen were sitting in hammocks in Mark's yard.

一个慵懒的午后，马克和凯萨琳坐在马克家后院的吊床上。

More importantly, women born after 80 Namedianer a little selfish, they will not to the beloved men, spend an afternoon time to burn what nutrition Liang Tang, not to the beloved men, sitting The warm afternoon sunshine, a caring hand-knit sweater, this thing, in their view it is a very boring, they think it is time for the murder, because in the store to buy sweaters and hand-knit sweaters Is the same, the final purpose is the same, or even buy the store, hand-knit than some of the more attractive, so they will not blindly basic waste of time.

更重要的，是80后出生的女子有那么点儿小小的自私，她们不会为了心爱的男人，花上一个下午的时间去煲什么营养靓汤，更不会为了心爱的男人，坐在午后暖暖的阳光里，手工编织一件爱心毛衣，这样的事儿，在她们看来那是无聊之极，她们认为那是在谋杀时间，因为在商店里买到的毛衣和手工编织的毛衣是一样的，最后的用途都是相等的，甚至商店里买到的，会比手工编织的更精美一些，所以她们基本不会盲目地浪费时间。

This behind their hands; rustling of craned silk and satin behind jalousies closed upon the sun of Sunday afternoon as the thin, swift clop-clop-clop of the matched team passed:"Poor Emily."

而这句话他们是用手捂住嘴轻轻地说的；轻快的马蹄得得驶去的时候，关上了遮挡星期日午后骄阳的百叶窗，还可听出绸缎的窸窣声：&可怜的爱米丽。&

Lie-down time after noon doesn't need to be long,the key is the quality.

午后小睡时间无需太长，关键是质量。

Generalizations bring back somehow Sunday in London, Sunday afternoon walks, Sunday luncheons, and also ways of speaking of the dead, clothes, and habits—like the habit of sitting all together in one room until a certain hour, although nobody liked it.

提起概括，不知怎么使人想起伦敦的星期日，星期日午后的散步，星期日的午餐，也使人想起已经去世的人的说话方式，衣着打扮、习惯——例如大家一起坐在一间屋子里直到某一个钟点的习惯，尽管谁都不喜欢这么做。

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。