It was wonderful to stand there stirring this amazing mixture and to watch it smoking blue and bubbling and frothing and foaming as though it were alive.

站在那里搅拌这种神奇的混合物，看着它冒着蓝色的烟，冒着泡，冒着泡沫，冒着泡沫，就好像它是活的一样，真是太棒了。