You recall afternoons talking on the phone while crouching in the bedroom closet, and being convinced your child would be the first Ivy League college student to graduate wearing pullovers at the ceremony.

你记得那些蜷缩在卧室壁橱里与朋友通电下午，深信你孩子将是第一个身着套头衫出席毕业典常春藤名牌大学毕业生。

I think of long, sweet afternoons, when I may lie and listen to the distant sea, Or hear the breezes in the reeds that sigh, Or insect voices chirping shrill and dry, In fields that wait for me.

我期待，漫长舒适夏季午后，躺卧在地，聆听远处海浪呼吸，微风拂过，传来芦苇深深叹息，虫鸣四起，声声锐利饥渴难耐，绿色田野，等待着我。

The mornings are always very busy and the afternoons are even busier!

上午总是很忙，下午更忙！

On others she presided over family dinners cooked on Sunday afternoons for children who were now gray with age.

有时候她又会沉浸于在星期天下午为孩子们做晚餐情景中，而些孩子们现在已到了两鬓斑白年纪。

And lazy afternoons by a pool, eating ice cream to feel cool.

是关于池塘边慵懒午后，是关于吃了冰淇淋后凉爽。

(though it does allow kiddies in a few afternoons a week).

（尽管他们在一周中某几天下午也是允许孩子进入）。

Ceiling fans cut out on stifling summer afternoons.

夏日闷热午后，天花板上吊扇就会停止。

I liked my coworkers and loved the kids—even the Beavis and Butt-Head types in Living with English could be interesting—but by most Friday afternoons I felt as if I'd spent the week with jumper cables clamped to my brain.

我喜欢我同事，也爱那些孩子——即便是瘪四和大头蛋（Beavis&Butthead，美国著名卡通形象，是两个无所事事青春期萌动少年，自作聪明而频闹笑）问题少年出现在真实英语课堂上我也会觉得挺有趣——但是到了拜五下午，我多半都会感到整个星期我脑子都像是被电线捆住了一样。

And I do want to talk about that as well because tea and coffee can be useful in the afternoons, but you need to understand how your body reacts to caffeine later in the day.

我也想说说个，因为茶和咖啡对下午也很有帮助，不过你需要了解自己身体再一天剩下时间对咖啡因耐受反应。

I 'm going to be out of the office most afternoons next week.

下周大部分下午我都得外出。

Training sessions will be held in King's Park on Wednesday afternoons for the juniors and they will be wearing red shirts again this year.

初级人员训练课将在周三下午国王公园举行，今年他们还是穿红体恤。

That was the first of many beautiful afternoons in the secret garden.

是秘密花园中第一个美丽下午，样下午以后还有很多。

In the afternoons she sat in the dining room with Edward's love letters.

每天下午，她就坐在餐厅里，读爱德华写情书。

She worked afternoons and evenings, leaving mornings free for writing.

她下午和晚上去学校工作，而上午自由时间用来写作。

It's tempting to liven your afternoons with the same boost of energy.

同样提神方式活跃午后时光是很诱人。

I like sitting by the Wayle on fine afternoons.

我喜欢在天气晴朗下午到河边坐坐。

The Plaza Leon, which is more than 100 years' old, is the gathering place for young people on Friday and Saturday nights, and for parents and children on Sunday afternoons.

里昂，超过100岁了，一个在周五和周六晚上年轻人聚集地方，一个在星期天下午父母和孩子聚集地方。

On one of these afternoons Tess and Angel were milking near each other.

就在样一个下午，苔丝和安吉尔在相距不远地方挤着奶。

Joe often tells me how he cherishes the afternoons and evenings he has spent in the attic, where he keeps his treasured books and toys.

乔常常跟我讲他特别怀恋从前在顶楼上度过那些个下午和黄昏，那时候他把自己最心爱书和玩具都放在那儿。

Here she sat quietly during the long afternoons, thinking and listening and watching Wilbur.

漫长下午，她静静地坐在那里，想着心事，听着、看着威尔伯。