双语短篇小说,小岛上的围墙(2)
Now their island looks very different from the rest; darker, taller, silent. Giant loops of barbed wire lie rusting in the surf. The cliffs are sheer, blasted smooth and bristling with broken glass. Above them a great fortress extends the precipice way beyond its natural height. Slabs of granite, quarried relentlessly from the once volcanic heart of the island, make up the base of the wall. Smoothed flat by generations of wind and rain, they glitter in the sun. Above them the rocks give way to brick, darker in colour than the stone foundations and topped with ramparts, unbroken and lower＼ing.
现在他们的岛屿看起来与其它的非常不一样；更暗，更高，寂静无声。巨大的一圈圈的带刺铁丝网在海浪中生锈。悬崖陡峭，被炸得光滑，竖立着碎玻璃。在它们上面一个大堡垒超出悬崖的天然高度沿着峭壁的方向延伸出去
