午后的

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。

On this sunny afternoon, the shade in the garden we suddenly see the only host in the garage of the Persian cat abandoned kittens led it out to take a walk, because it is in the summer chan shuai, so live under a only kittens, only two months now.

就在这个阳光灿烂的午后，在花园乘凉的我们，突然看见寄居在车库的那只被遗弃的波斯猫领着它的幼猫出来散步，因为是在夏天产崽，所以只活下了一只幼猫，现在才有两个月大。

As I climbed the steps to receive my diploma from the Dean of Liberal Arts in the University of Texas on that bright sunny afternoon in June of 1986,excitement and pride filled my heart as I heard the dean announce that I had graduated with "highest honors", been elected to Phi Beta Kappa and been chosen as one of 12 Dean's Distinguished Graduates out of 1600 in the College of Liberal Arts.

1986年6月那个阳光明媚的午后，当我步履蹒跚地走上德克萨斯大学迪安文学院的台阶接受文凭的时候；当我听到院长宣布我以最高荣誉毕业的时候，我的心中充满了骄傲和自信。接着他还宣布我被选入美国大学优等生荣誉学会，并在1600名毕业生中当选为12名迪安文学院的杰出毕业生之一。

It is almost fall in an instant. The little tortoise we called "Xiao Feng" just like the name of the son of the HNA group's boss who is exploiting us day by day is growing up. He is very healthy and edacious. Fortunately, He is also the only company stay with me in this empty room.

这只是在这个慵懒午后在脑中盘旋的无数念头中的一个，这念头仿佛和我头顶上那台不断掉渣子的空调无关，也和办公室里身材健硕却哼着儿歌的姐姐无关，当然，或者和北京今天令人足够诧异得一塌糊涂的湛蓝的天气有关也不得而知。

The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.

生活中真正存在的问题，更可能是那些从来都没有萦绕过你的忧心、引起你注意的事情，那种在某个闲散的周二午后四点钟你会毫无知觉的事情。

And yet here was Matthew Cuthbert, at half-past three on the afternoon of a busy day, placidly driving over the hollow and up the hill; moreover, he wore a white collar and his best suit of clothes, which was plain proof that he was going out of Avonlea; and he had the buggy and the sorrel mare, which betokened that he was going a considerable distance.

可是奇怪的事情发生了——在午后三点半左右，这个通常大家都正忙着的时刻，马修·卡斯伯特却不慌不忙地驾着马车穿过山谷，他身上还穿着最好的一套衣服——带着白色硬领的礼服，肯定是要离开安维利村去办事，他赶着栗色母马拉的轻便马车，看来是要走一段很远的路。

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。

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。&

I am a newspaperman, not a preacher.One afternoon I was walking across the yard and stopped to pick up an acorn---one acorn, nut brown, glossy, cool to the touch; the crested top was milled and knurled like the knob on a safe.

一日午后我步行穿过庭院时，停下脚步拾起一枚橡子－一枚果实棕色的，光滑的，触摸冰凉的橡子；冠毛茸茸的顶部已经磨平，像保险箱那凸起的球形旋扭。

Let's go to Agia Marina ,in a quiet afternoon, find a small coffee shop, Under the shadow of grapevine and flowers, order a cup of cool Ouzo, read my favorite novel, or write a card to a friend, enjoy the sunlight onto the body, sweet taste of flowers slip my face, then disappear in the air.

到阿吉亚港来吧，在一个静静的午后，寻一家小小的店，在满是鲜花和葡萄架搭成的花影下，点一杯冰凉的wine，看喜爱的书，或给远方的朋友寄去一封阳光的卡片，淡淡花香随着阵阵海风掠过脸颊消散在空中，留下浅浅的惆怅。。。

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。