12 一切都用电(6)
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.
我不知道他们是不是总有一无能够找到，尼摩船长冷淡地回答，不管怎样，您已经看到了我用这种宝贵的原动力所做的第一次实际应用。
It lights us, and with a uniformity and continuity not even possessed by sunlight.
就是它，有太一陽一光所没有的平均一性一、连续一性一，给我们照亮。
Now, look at that clock: it's electric, it runs with an accuracy rivaling the finestchronometers.
现在，您请看这座钟，它是用电转动的，走得十分准确，可跟最完善、最准确的钟表比赛。
I've had it divided into twenty-four hours like Italian clocks, since neither day nor night, sun nor moon, exist for me.
我把它分为二十四小时，像意大利制的钟一样;因为在我来说，既没有白天和黑夜，也没有太一陽一和月亮。
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.
只有我能一直把它带到海底去的这种人造光!您看，现在是早晨十点。
That's perfect.
对的。
Another use for electricity:that dial hanging before our eyes indicates how fast the Nautilus is going.
下一面是电的另一种用途。挂在我们面前的这个表盘，是用来指示诺第留斯号的速度的。
An electric wire puts it in contact with the patent log; this needle shows me the actual speed of my submersible.
一根电线把它跟测程器的螺旋桨连接起来，它上面的长针给我指出船行的实际快慢。
And...hold on...just now we're proceeding at the moderate pace of fifteen miles per hour.
请看，此刻我们是以每小时十五海里的中等速度行驶着。