记得先生抵美后,寄回家的第一封信如是说:“公寓离校园很近,唯一的缺点是没有家具。不过我捡了张床垫,放在地板上睡觉不成问题”。我一方面为他的“潦倒”生活而忧心,另一方面也好奇:他哪里那么好的运气可以就地捡到急需物品?后来才了解到,美国出租的公寓分为带家具与不带家具 I remember when I arrived in the United States, my first letter sent back to my hometown said: “The apartment is very close to the campus. The only downside is that there is no furniture, but I picked up a mattress and put it on the floor to sleep.” On the one hand, I was worried about his “down” life. On the other hand, I was also curious: where was he so lucky to pick up the urgently needed items? It was only later learned that apartments rented by the United States were divided into two categories: furnished and unfurnished