The floor was grassy though strewn with rocks, and here and there Eustace saw black burnt patches like those you see on the sides of a railway embankment in a dry summer.

• 谷底的草丛里布满了岩石。尤斯达斯看到四处都是黑乎乎的烧焦的斑块。就象是在非常干燥的夏天里，你在铁路两旁的路堤上看到的情景一样。