During my childhood, I sometimes arrived home from school to find my mother in a similar stance, staring through binoculars up into the arching American elm trees that shaded our home.

• 在孩提时代，有时我从学校回家后发现母亲正保持着同样的姿势，通过望远镜观察着那棵弯弯曲曲为我们家带来阴凉的美国榆树。