For although Taiwan bristles with high mountains and is surrounded by ocean, in fact most of its people, having grown up under policies of restricted access to the mountains and the sea, are strangers to both, and fearful of them.
只是，台灣雖高山聳拔、大洋環繞，但在長年的山禁與海禁政策下，一般人對山對海，其實是陌生而心懷畏懼的。