A clerk with a wart on his left eyelid nodded and a Mexican bellhop in a frayed uniform coat came forward from behind the dustiest rubber plant in California to take my bags.

一位上有疣的店员点点头，一位身穿磨损制服的墨西哥侍者从加州尘土扬的橡胶厂后面走上前来拿我的包。

Ivies, ferns, rubber plants, and cast-iron plants were popular because they could survive in cold, dark European homes.

常春藤、蕨类、橡胶树和铁线蕨很，因为它们能在寒冷、阴暗的欧洲家庭中生存。