he games my parents taught me when I was a child turned out to be very useful later in my life

当我还是个孩子的时候，我父母教我的游戏后来在我的生活中被证明是非常有用的。

what kind of weather will there be late in the afternoon

下午晚些时候会有什么样的天气？

(1)late放在（morning,afternoon,evenining,night）前面表示在时间上接近（以上时间）终了，临近末了。

It was late in the afternoon.

那是下午近黄昏的时候。

She had to work late at night. 

她不得不深夜工作。

(2)later为late比较级，表示“后来；以后；过后”；“后来的；以后的”“晚年的；后期的；末期的，后来的”“更晚，更迟”的意思

He resigned ten years later. 

10年后他辞了职。

I'll join you later.

我呆会儿和你会合。

At a later news conference, he said differences should not be dramatized. 

在后来的新闻发布会上，他说不应夸大分歧。

The competition should have been rescheduled for a later date.

比赛本应另择日期。

He found happiness in later life. 

他在晚年找到了幸福。

In his later years he wrote very little. 

晚年他甚少动笔。

He arrived later than Tom.

他达到的比汤姆更晚