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.
多年来,我一直梦想
大的厚橡木板做的书桌,占据书房最显要的位置——再也不必窝
拖车屋的洗衣台
,再也不必
租来的房子里憋屈着膝盖。