I rose from my granite bed and went out to enjoy the magnificent spectacle that lay unrolled before me.

我从花岗岩床上站起来， 出去欣赏展现在我面前的壮丽奇观。

By the flickering light of the torch I could distinguish contortions in the granite beds; a phenomenon was unfolding in which electricity would play the principal part; then this unbearable heat, this boiling water!

借着手电筒闪烁的光芒， 我可以辨别出花岗岩床上的扭曲。一种以电力为主的现象正在出现；然后就是这难以忍受的炎热， 这沸水！