The cloven halves were not broken from each other , for the firm base and strong roots kept them unsundered below ; though community of vitality was destroyed - the sap could flow no more : their great boughs on each side were dead , and next winter s tempests would be sure to fell one or both to earth : as yet , however , they might be said to form one tree - a ruin , but an entire ruin 但裂开的两半并没有完全脱开，因为坚实的树基和强壮的树根使底部仍然连接着。尽管生命的整体遭到了破坏一树汁已不再流动，每一片大树枝都已枯死，明年冬天的暴风雨一定会把裂开的一片或者两片都刮到地上，但是它们可以说合起来是一棵树一虽已倒地，却完整无缺。
