他们在设法把那张普通桌子当真正的古董推销出去。

They were trying to palm the table off as a genuine antique.

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但是，大部分使用者都只是把笔记本电脑放在书桌或是普通桌子上。

But most users simply set their laptops on a desk or table.

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你该注意到，我的工作环境里根本没有桌子之类的普通家具------一方面是因为窗台可兼做两用，既是工作台又是起居室；另一方面是因为只要有台笔记本，别的就用不着了。

You'll notice that I don't have the usual desk accoutrements in my workspace – partly because it doubles as my living room windowsill, and partly because I don't require much more than my laptop.

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We use it differently now. But the fact is that the common or profane state is the natural default state of most objects and things. This table is just profane. It's common.

现在它的用法不同了，事实上,“普通“或者“世俗“的状态都是,大部分事物的自然状态，这张桌子是世俗的，它很普通。

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