大陆是崎岖不平的高地，高出辽阔的海洋海底近三英里。

The continents form rugged tablelands which stand nearly three miles above the floor of the open ocean.

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在那儿，处处都闪着一种奇异的、蓝色的光彩。你很容易以为你是高高地在空中而不是在海底，你的头上和脚下全是一片蓝天。

Over everything lay a blue, as if it were surrounded by the air from above, through which the blue sky shone, instead of the dark depths of the sea.

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