1. I like sitting by the Wayle on fine afternoons.
我喜欢在天气明朗的下午到河边坐坐。
like “喜欢，爱好”，常见的用法如下：
1） like sth./to do/doing 喜欢（做）
I like lobster but it does not like me.
我喜欢吃龙虾，但它不宜于我的健康。
He likes swimming.
他喜欢游泳。
I don’t like to bother you.
我不想打扰你。
2） should / would like 想，希望
1 should like to stay in bed.
我想躺在床上。
知识点2：by和beside作“在……旁边”讲时有细微的区别：beside多用于靠近某人，而by多用于靠近某物。
Please sit beside your brother.
请坐在你弟弟旁边。
I am standing by the desk.
我站在桌子旁。
知识点3：fine afternoons 晴朗的下午
表达“晴朗的”的词汇：fine, fair, serene, sunny, sunshiny
2. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual.
上星期日很暖和，我和往常一样又去河边坐着：
知识点1：这是一个由so连接的并列句。
知识点2：as usual = as per usual 和往常一样
3. Some children were playing games on the bank and there were some people rowing on the river.
河岸上有些孩子正在玩耍，河面上有些人正在划船。
知识点1：本句为and连接的并列句，两个分句前后呼应。例：
A couple of students are reading books in the classroom and there are several workers digging road on the street.
三两个学生正在教室里读书，外面有几个工人在街上枕路。
知识点2：some常用于肯定句中，any常用于否定句和疑问句中。有两种特例情况some可用在疑问句中代替any：
1） 表达希望知道时：
Could you give me some water ?
你能给我点水喝吗？
2） 表达热情邀请时：
Would you like some apples ?
你想不想吃点苹果？
4. Some people on the bank called out to the man in the boat, but he did not hear them.
河岸上的一些人对着小船上的人高喊，但他没有听到。
知识点1：on the bank修饰people, in the boat修饰man，类似的介词短语作后置定语均起限定修饰作用。
知识点2：call out to 朝……大声叫喊
