For years I dreamed of having the sort of massive oak slab that would dominate a room—no more child's desk in a trailer laundry-closet, no more cramped kneehole in a rented house.
多年以来,我一直梦想那种巨大厚橡木
书桌,占据书房最显要
位置——再也不必窝在拖车屋
洗衣
上,再也不必在租来
房子里憋屈着膝盖。