At one point, near to my house, the sea has actually composed an arched bridge of rock under which it roars into a deep open steep-sided enclosure beyond.

从靠近我的房子的某一处看过来，这海上已经形成了一道“石桥”，在桥下海浪嚎叫着冲过了一个深的，有陡峭边缘的礁石包围圈。

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But the young Fisherman answered not his Soul, but in a cleft of the rock he built himself a house of wattles, and abode there for the space of a year.

但年轻的渔夫却并不作答，他用枝条在岩石的裂缝里盖了一所小房子，并在那里蜗居了一年。

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Actually thesituation reminds me of the song/story "the wise man built his houseupon the rock, the foolish man built his house upon the sand".

这倒让我想起一首歌（故事）：“聪明的人盖房用石头，傻子盖房子用沙子”。

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