当我的个头刚刚高过桌面，看到母亲坐在桌旁，做些文字案头的事，就深深地迷上了这张书桌。

I've loved it since I was just tall enough to see above the leaf as Mother sat doing letters.

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现在，母亲把这张书桌作为礼物送给我，是在告诉我：她对我选择写作生涯极为满意，而这正是她一直未能如愿的。

Now the gift of her desk told me, as she'd never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work.

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现在，母亲把这张书桌作为礼物送给我，是在告诉我：她对我选择写作生涯极为满意，而这正是她一直未能如愿的。

Now the gift of her desk told me, as she'd never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work.

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