Suddenly the waters around them slowly swelled in broad circles; then quickly upheaved, as if sideways sliding from a submerged berg of ice, swiftly rising to the surface.

突然，周围的水涌起许多大圆圈来，随后，快速地隆起，仿佛一座水下的冰山从一旁冒出来，迅速升上水。

" Because this liquid mass would be subject, like the ocean, to the lunar attraction, and therefore twice every day there would be internal tides, which, upheaving the terrestrial crust, would cause periodical earthquakes! "

“因为这种液态物质会像海洋一样​​受到力的影响，因此每天都会出现两次内潮汐，内潮汐会导致地壳隆起，从而发周期性地震！”