Just as I was becoming intoxicated with the pride I felt for the glory of Formosa, loud noises jarred me from my state of enrapture. The noises came from behind the wind breaks on the opposite bank. Yen told me that the bulldozers were hurrying to finish work on a major construction project.
正當我沉醉在福爾摩沙光榮的驕傲裡，一連串的巨響驚醒我的沉緬，那聲響來自對岸防風林後面，顏聖紘告訴我這是新建工程的推土機正在趕工。