Siesta

    午睡

    西班牙瓦伦西亚阿多尔市的市长发福利了！他规定该市居民每天下午两点到五点可以有三小时的午休时间。请看本报昨日的报道：

    A Spanish mayor has issued an official edict insisting that all those living and working in his town be allowed to take a three-hour nap every afternoon.

    Joan Faus Vitoria, the mayor of Ador in the province of Valencia, has formally designated the hours between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. as a time for locals to take their afternoon siestas.

    During the official nap time — the first of its kind to be introduced in Spain — parents have been told that children must be kept indoors and residents and tourists are instructed not to make unnecessary noise.

    报道中的siesta源自西班牙语，是午饭后小睡的意思，很多气候炎热的国家都有午睡的传统。例如：

    All the shops are shut because it's siesta time.

    午休时间，所有商店都关门了。