All we can say for sure is that this delicate sliver of burnished gold with its Phoenix-like dancing birds is lasting testimony to a very important fact.

我们可以肯定的是，这片精致、光洁的金箔和它那如同凤凰一样舞蹈的鸟的图案，就是对一个非常重要的事实的永恒见证。

He therefore went downstairs and smiled to see that the railing of the staircase became a bar of burnished gold as his hand passed over it on his way down.

于是他走下楼来，微笑着看到楼梯扶手在他下楼的时候变成了一根擦得锃亮的金条。