As one read them, one seemed to be floating down the green water-ways of the pink and pearl city, seated in a black gondola with silver prow and trailing curtains.

当你阅读它们时，一个人似乎正漂浮在粉红色和珍珠色城市的绿色水道上，坐在一辆黑色的吊船上，船头是银色的，窗帘是拖着的。