In the first he heard the surf beating at Coney Island, New York, and in the other he heard, with equal distinctness, the breakers pounding the beach at the Golden Gate, San Francisco.

在第一个声音中， 他听到纽约科尼岛的海浪拍打声， 在另一个声音中， 他同样清晰地听到了浪花拍打旧金山金门海滩的声音。

Now small fowls flew screaming over the yet yawning gulf; a sullen white surf beat against its steep sides; then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.

这时，一群小鸟还在那张着大嘴的漩涡上尖叫着飞翔；一阵愠怒的白浪拍打在这漩涡陡峭的周边；然后，一切都崩溃了，海洋那巨大的裹尸布又像五千年前那样继续不息地翻腾。