The sun felt like a hot piece of iron pressing down on his head.

太阳像一块灼热的铁块， 压在他的头上。

For a while she had practised hairdressing herself, wielding her hot comb and pressing irons to straighten out those unkempt curls, as white people saw them.

有一段时间，她练习自己摆弄发型，想用电热梳和夹板把那些白人眼中的蓬乱卷发拉直。