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I'm not so certain they'll find it, Captain Nemo replied icily. But be that as it may, you're already familiar with the first use I've found for this valuable force.
我不知道他們是不是總有一無能夠找到，尼摩船長冷淡地回答，不管怎樣，您已經看到了我用這種寶貴的原動力所做的第一次實際應用。
It lights us, and with a uniformity and continuity not even possessed by sunlight.
就是它，有太陽光所沒有的平均性、連續性，給我們照亮。
Now, look at that clock: it's electric, it runs with an accuracy rivaling the finest chronometers.
現在，您請看這座鐘，它是用電轉動的，走得十分準確，可跟最完善、最準確的鐘表比賽。
I've had it divided into twenty-four hours like Italian clocks, since neither day nor night, sun nor moon, exist for me.
我把它分為二十四小時，像意大利制的鐘一樣；因為在我來說，既沒有白天和黑夜，也沒有太陽和月亮。
But only this artificial light that I import into the depths of the seas! See, right now it's ten o'clock in the morning.
只有我能一直把它帶到海底去的這種人造光！您看，現在是早晨十點。
That's perfect.
對的。
Another use for electricity:that dial hanging before our eyes indicates how fast the Nautilus is going.
下面是電的另一種用途。掛在我們面前的這個表盤，是用來指示諾第留斯號的速度的。
An electric wire puts it in contact with the patent log; this needle shows me the actual speed of my submersible.
一根電線把它跟測程器的螺旋槳連接起來，它上面的長針給我指出船行的實際快慢。
And...hold on...just now we're proceeding at the moderate pace of fifteen miles per hour.
請看，此刻我們是以每小時十五海里的中等速度行駛著。
