When it was about time to take the joint entrance examination, he often studied overnight in the school. When dawn arrived, the fishing boats slipped across the front of his vision. The silhouettes of the fishermen cut out by the light and shadow of dawn waned as the boats went along, finally vanishing where the waters met the sky.
接近聯考時，經常他就在學校通宵苦讀，天亮了，破曉出海的漁船滑過眼界；黎明的光影剪出漁夫的身影，隨著船行漸遠而漸小，終至消失在海天的交接處。