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,梦想那种巨大的厚橡木板做的书桌,占据书
最显要的位置——
也不必窝在拖车屋的洗衣
,
也不必在租来的
子里憋屈着膝盖。