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海底两万里优美句子英文版

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1、十年来,直到现在,凡我为科学而去的地方,康塞尔都跟我去。他自己从不想到旅行的长久或疲劳。不管有多远,不管去什么地方,去中国或是去刚果,他总是提起他的行李箱立即出发他到哪里去都一样,连问也不问。他身体健康,肌肉结实,不在乎疾病,一点也不神经质,就是好像不会用脑子似的,至于思考能力,那就更谈不到了。

2、一片汪洋大海里:既然有我们所知道的最巨大的哺乳类动物,说不定也有硕大无比的软体动物和看起来叫人害怕的甲壳动物,如一百米长的大虾,或二百吨重的螃蟹!为什么不能有呢? 儒勒·凡尔纳经典

3、自然造物,决不自相矛盾,它决不使天性迟缓的动物,有快速走动的能力,因为这种能力对它并无必要。

4、只有一国政府可以拥有这种破坏性的机器,在人们绞尽脑汁要增强武器威力的不幸时代,一个国家瞒着其他国家制造这种武器是可能的。机枪之后有水雷,水雷之后有潜水冲击机,然后一又是各种互相克制的武器,至少我自己心中是这样想的。

5、我认为法拉古舰长把这人请到船上来,是完全正确的。这个人,单单他一人,从手和眼两点来看,就相当于全体的:船员。我不能有再好的比方,只能说他是一架强度的望远镜,而且是一门随时可以发射的大炮。

6、它很可能跟许多其他的事件一样很快被人忘掉了。

7、可是天气很好。船在良好的情况中航行,这正是南半球天气恶劣的季节,而这一带的七月却和我们欧洲的一月差不多。不过海是平静的,人们一眼可以看得很远。

8、自以为懂科学的新闻记者和一向自以为多才的文人开起火来,他们在这次值得纪念的笔战中花费了不少的墨水!

9、尼德。兰总是抱着不肯轻信的态度;除了轮到他在甲板上看守以外,他甚至故意不看洋面--至少在没有发现鲸鱼的时候是这样。他的神奇的眼力有很大的用处,可是在十二小时中有八小时,这位固执的加拿大人只是在舱房中看书或睡觉,我多少次责备他的冷淡和不关心。

10、马车从百老汇路直到团结广场,再经过第四号路到包法利街的十字路口,走人加上林街,停在三十四号码头,这一趟车费是二十法郎。码头边,加上林轮渡把我们(人、马和车)送到布洛克林。布洛克林是纽约的一个区,位于东河左岸,走了几分钟,我们便抵达停泊林肯号的码头,林肯号的两座烟囱正喷出浓密的黑烟。

11、已经尽了最大的`努力,实在丝毫没有可以责备的地方了。

12、这时候,我倚在船头右舷围板上。康塞尔站在我的旁边,眼睛向前看着。全体船员,爬在缆素梯绳上面,细心考察渐渐缩小和沉黑了的天边。军官们拿着夜间用的望远镜,向渐次黑暗的各方搜索。月亮有时从朵朵的云间吐出一线光芒,使沉黑的海面闪耀着光辉;一会儿又消逝在黑暗中了。

13、首先是人心失望,给怀疑的心理打开一个缺口。船上产生了另一种情绪,造成这情绪的因素是三分羞愧,七分恼怒。死盯住一个空想,自然是“愚蠢",但更多的是恼怒!一年来累积起的像磐石一般的理由,一下子完全垮下来了

14、我自然也熟悉当时议论纷纷的这个问题,而且我怎能不知道呢?我把美国和欧洲的各种报刊读了又读,但没有获得进一步的了解。因为这个怪物,我作了种种猜测。由于自己拿不定主意,我始终摇摆于极端不同的见解之间。这是一件真实的事,那是无可置疑的;怀疑这事的人,请他们去摸一摸斯各脱亚号的裂口好了。

15、他们眼睛所看见的情形连自己也不能相信。

16、这次旅行有点不同,是一次期限可以无限延长的远征,是凶多吉少的冒险,是追赶能像敲碎核桃壳一样撞沉一艘二级战舰的动物。

17、两天过去了,林肯号以低速度慢慢前进。在可能碰到这个动物的海面上,人们想尽方法引起它的注意或刺激它迟钝的神经。人们把一大块一大块的腊肉拉在船后,--但我应该说,这内使鲨鱼们感到十分满意。林肯号一停下来,许多小船放下去,马上就向战舰周围各方出发,不让一处海面不被搜索到。11月4日晚上到了,这个潜在海底的秘密还是没有揭露出来。

18、他们都把眼睛睁得大大的。真的,眼睛和望远镜好象被二千美元奖金的远景所眩惑,一刻也不愿休息。白天黑夜,人人都留心洋面,患昼盲症的人因在黑暗中能看得清。

19、从前,跟地质学纪年同时代的陆上动物,四足兽,四手兽,爬虫类,鸟类,都是按照巨大的模型创造的。造物者用高大的模型把它们造出来,经过漫长的岁月,这模型渐渐缩小了。在深不可测的海洋底下(因为海洋是永不更改;而地壳几乎是不断变化着的),为什么不能保存从前另一时代的巨大生物的品种呢?海洋内部,为什么不能藏有那些巨大生物的最后变种,以一世纪为一年,以一千年为一世纪的那些巨大品种呢?

20、空欢喜了一场!林肯号转了方向,向发现的动物冲去,原来是一条平常的长须鲸,或一条普通的大头鲸,不多时就在大家的咒骂声中不见了!

1、十年来,直到现在,凡我为科学而去的地方,康塞尔都跟我去。他自己从不想到旅行的长久或疲劳。不管有多远,不管去什么地方,去中国或是去刚果,他总是提起他的行李箱立即出发他到哪里去都一样,连问也不问。他身体健康,肌肉结实,不在乎疾病,一点也不神经质,就是好像不会用脑子似的,至于思考能力,那就更谈不到了。

2、一片汪洋大海里:既然有我们所知道的最巨大的哺乳类动物,说不定也有硕大无比的软体动物和看起来叫人害怕的甲壳动物,如一百米长的大虾,或二百吨重的螃蟹!为什么不能有呢? 儒勒·凡尔纳经典语录

3、自然造物,决不自相矛盾,它决不使天性迟缓的动物,有快速走动的能力,因为这种能力对它并无必要。

4、只有一国政府可以拥有这种破坏性的机器,在人们绞尽脑汁要增强武器威力的不幸时代,一个国家瞒着其他国家制造这种武器是可能的。机枪之后有水雷,水雷之后有潜水冲击机,然后一又是各种互相克制的武器,至少我自己心中是这样想的。

5、我认为法拉古舰长把这人请到船上来,是完全正确的。这个人,单单他一人,从手和眼两点来看,就相当于全体的:船员。我不能有再好的比方,只能说他是一架强度的望远镜,而且是一门随时可以发射的大炮。

6、它很可能跟许多其他的事件一样很快被人忘掉了。

7、可是天气很好。船在良好的情况中航行,这正是南半球天气恶劣的季节,而这一带的七月却和我们欧洲的一月差不多。不过海是平静的,人们一眼可以看得很远。

8、自以为懂科学的新闻记者和一向自以为多才的文人开起火来,他们在这次值得纪念的笔战中花费了不少的墨水!

9、尼德。兰总是抱着不肯轻信的态度;除了轮到他在甲板上看守以外,他甚至故意不看洋面--至少在没有发现鲸鱼的时候是这样。他的神奇的眼力有很大的用处,可是在十二小时中有八小时,这位固执的加拿大人只是在舱房中看书或睡觉,我多少次责备他的冷淡和不关心。

10、马车从百老汇路直到团结广场,再经过第四号路到包法利街的十字路口,走人加上林街,停在三十四号码头,这一趟车费是二十法郎。码头边,加上林轮渡把我们(人、马和车)送到布洛克林。布洛克林是纽约的一个区,位于东河左岸,走了几分钟,我们便抵达停泊林肯号的码头,林肯号的两座烟囱正喷出浓密的黑烟。

11、已经尽了最大的努力,实在丝毫没有可以责备的地方了。

12、这时候,我倚在船头右舷围板上。康塞尔站在我的旁边,眼睛向前看着。全体船员,爬在缆素梯绳上面,细心考察渐渐缩小和沉黑了的天边。军官们拿着夜间用的望远镜,向渐次黑暗的各方搜索。月亮有时从朵朵的云间吐出一线光芒,使沉黑的海面闪耀着光辉;一会儿又消逝在黑暗中了。

13、首先是人心失望,给怀疑的心理打开一个缺口。船上产生了另一种情绪,造成这情绪的因素是三分羞愧,七分恼怒。死盯住一个空想,自然是“愚蠢",但更多的是恼怒!一年来累积起的像磐石一般的理由,一下子完全垮下来了

14、我自然也熟悉当时议论纷纷的这个问题,而且我怎能不知道呢?我把美国和欧洲的各种报刊读了又读,但没有获得进一步的了解。因为这个怪物,我作了种种猜测。由于自己拿不定主意,我始终摇摆于极端不同的见解之间。这是一件真实的事,那是无可置疑的;怀疑这事的人,请他们去摸一摸斯各脱亚号的裂口好了。

15、他们眼睛所看见的情形连自己也不能相信。

16、这次旅行有点不同,是一次期限可以无限延长的远征,是凶多吉少的冒险,是追赶能像敲碎核桃壳一样撞沉一艘二级战舰的动物。

17、两天过去了,林肯号以低速度慢慢前进。在可能碰到这个动物的海面上,人们想尽方法引起它的注意或刺激它迟钝的神经。人们把一大块一大块的腊肉拉在船后,--但我应该说,这内使鲨鱼们感到十分满意。林肯号一停下来,许多小船放下去,马上就向战舰周围各方出发,不让一处海面不被搜索到。11月4日晚上到了,这个潜在海底的秘密还是没有揭露出来。

18、他们都把眼睛睁得大大的。真的,眼睛和望远镜好象被二千美元奖金的远景所眩惑,一刻也不愿休息。白天黑夜,人人都留心洋面,患昼盲症的人因在黑暗中能看得清。

19、从前,跟地质学纪年同时代的陆上动物,四足兽,四手兽,爬虫类,鸟类,都是按照巨大的模型创造的。造物者用高大的模型把它们造出来,经过漫长的`岁月,这模型渐渐缩小了。在深不可测的海洋底下(因为海洋是永不更改;而地壳几乎是不断变化着的),为什么不能保存从前另一时代的巨大生物的品种呢?海洋内部,为什么不能藏有那些巨大生物的最后变种,以一世纪为一年,以一千年为一世纪的那些巨大品种呢?

20、空欢喜了一场!林肯号转了方向,向发现的动物冲去,原来是一条平常的长须鲸,或一条普通的大头鲸,不多时就在大家的咒骂声中不见了!

21、战舰跟那鲸鱼冲撞的时间是在夜间十一点钟左右。所以到太阳升起,我们还得游泳八个小时。我们替换着游,游八小时必然可以做到。海面相当平静,我们还不至于过度疲劳。有时,我的眼光想看透深沉的黑暗,但什么也看不见,只有那由于我们游泳动作激起的浪花透出一点闪光来。在我手下破碎的明亮的水波,点缀在镜子般闪闪的水而上,就好像一块块青灰色的金属片。真可以说,我们是在水银中游泳了。

22、大家不要相信臆造出来的怪物的存在,不要因此而否定了大自然。

23、可是我刚刚长途跋涉回来,很疲倦,非常需要休息。我只想回去,回祖国去,看看朋友,看看我在植物园内的小房子和我收藏的珍贵标本。但现在什么也不能阻止我。我忘记了一切,忘记了疲倦、朋友、珍藏,我毫不犹豫就接受了美国政府的邀请。

24、生就的动摇性,容易从一个极端跑到另一个极端。当初最热诚拥护这次远征的人,现在却变成最激烈的反对者了。

25、空欢喜了一场!林肯号转了方向,向发现的动物冲去,原来是一条平常的长须鲸,或一条普通的大头鲸,不多时就在大家的咒骂声中不见了!

26、这一切在当时的确曾经哄动一时。在民族性比较浮躁的国家里,大家都拿这件事作为谈笑资料。

27、我摸索着慢慢地走。走了五步,我碰到一堵铁墙,墙是用螺丝钉铆住的铁板。然后,我转回来,撞上一张木头桌子,桌子边放有几张方板凳。这间监狱的地板上铺着很厚的麻垫子,走起来没有一点脚步声。光光的墙壁摸不出有问窗的痕迹。康塞尔从相反的方向走过来,碰着我;我们回到这舱房的中间,这舱房大约长二十英尺,宽十英尺。至于高度,尼德·兰身材虽高,也没有能衡量出来。

28、我们一进去,上面狭小的盖板立即关上了,四周是漆黑的一团。从光亮的地方,突然进入黑暗中,我的眼睛什么也看不见。我感到我的光脚是紧紧地踩在一架铁梯上。尼德·兰和康塞尔,被人们抓得紧紧的,跟在我后面。铁梯下面一扇门打开了,我们走进去以后,门就立即关上,发出很响亮的声音。

29、林肯号是为着它的新目标而特选和装备好的。它是一般速度很快的二级战舰,装有高压蒸汽机,可以使气压增加到七个大气压力。在这个压力下,林肯号的速度平均可以达到每小时十八点三海里,这是很快的速度,但跟那只巨大的鲸鱼类动物搏斗还是不够的。

30、由于热气球的出现,人类在空中遨游就不再是梦想,而成了现实。但凡人能想象到的事物,必定有人能将它实现。由于人类好奇的心理,我们就不难理解这个怪物的出现会在全世界引起怎样的骚动。

31、人们总是对那些神奇怪诞的幻想感倒兴趣。而海洋正是这些幻想的最好泉源,因为只有海才是巨大动物可以繁殖和成长的环境。

32、如果我们想解决这个问题,必须解剖这个神秘的怪物。要解剖它,就得捉住它;要捉住它,就得叉住它(这是尼德·兰的事)。要叉住它,就得看见它(这是全体船员的事);要看见它,就得碰见它(这是碰运气的事)。

33、船上的海员们都赞同他们长官的意见。他们总是在谈论着,争辩着和估计着碰见怪物的各种机会,他们总是在侦察着辽阔的海面。 儒勒·凡尔纳名言

34、在各大城市里,这怪物变成了家喻户晓的事件。咖啡馆里歌唱它,报刊上嘲笑它,舞台上扮演它,谣言正好有了机会。

35、我又让自己浸沉在种种空想中了。现在要停止这些空想,因为,在我看来,时间已经把这些空想变成为可怕的现实。我再说一次,当时对于这件怪事的性质有这一种意见,就是大家都一致承认有一种神奇东西的存在,而这种东西和怪诞的大海蛇并没有丝毫共同之点。

36、像闪电一般炔,他们粗暴地把我们架进这只潜水船中。我的伙伴和我,简直连辨明方向的时间都没有。他们走进这浮动的监牢中,心中会有什么感觉,我可不知道:但我自己却不禁打了个寒战,感觉皮肤都冰凉了。我们跟谁打交道呢?无疑地是跟一些新型的横行海上的海盗打交道。

37、全体船员一致赞成他的主张。的确,我们哪能在这狭窄的海峡里碰到那条独角鲸呢?大多数水手都肯定怪物不能通过海峡,因为它身体很大,海峡容不下它!的海面上,绕过这座孤岛。这是伸在美洲大陆南端的岩石。从前荷兰水手把自己故乡的名字送给它,称它为合恩角。现在船向西北开,明天,战舰的机轮就要在太平洋水波中搅动了。

38、首先是人心失望,给怀疑的心理打开一个缺口。船上产生了另一种情绪,造成这情绪的因素是三分羞愧,七分恼怒。死盯住一个空想,自然是“愚蠢",但更多的是恼怒!一年来累积起的像磐石一般的理由,一下子完全垮下来了,

39、我前面说过,法拉古舰长这人很细心,他把打巨大鲸鱼类用的各种装备都带在船上。就是一只捕鲸船也不会装备得更完备了。我们船上的武器,应有尽有,从手投的鱼叉。一直到鸟枪的开花弹和用炮发射的铁箭。在前甲板上装有一门十分完善的后膛炮,炮身很厚,炮口很窄,这种炮的模型曾在1867年的万国博览会中展览过。这门宝贵的大炮:是美国造的,可以发出重四公斤的锥形炮弹,射程是十六公里。

40、这时正是下午三点。领港人从大船下来,上了他的小。艇,驶到在下风等着他的一艘小快船那边。煤火添起来了,机轮更急地搅动水波,大船沿长岛低低的黄色海岸行驶,在晚间八点的时候,西北方不见了火岛的灯光,船便开足马力,在大西洋黑沉沉的波涛上奔驰了。

41、因此,反响发生了。首先是人心失望,给怀疑的心理打开一个缺口。船上产生了另一种情绪,造成这情绪的因素是三分羞愧,七分恼怒。死盯住一个空想,自然是“愚蠢",但更多的是恼怒!一年来累积起的像磐石一般的理由,一下子完全垮下来了,这时每个人都想好好吃一吃,睡一睡,来弥补因为自己愚蠢而牺牲了的时间。

42、时间已经把这些空想变成为可怕的现实。

1, if you want to trace of Beethoven's rich creative inspiration would wash, it must to gradually emerging resistance to explore the root of love and pride, until the time is gone, his innate passion fades away, only helpless to forget about it.

2Life is a wise old man, life is a learned teacher, it is often the spring breeze of rain, moistening things silently for us, give us the enlightenment of life.

3He regarded the forest as his, and he owned the forest to himself, as the world opened up, and the first group of people took possession of it. In fact, who could argue with him about the ownership of the underwater property? Where is the bolder pioneer, with an axe in his hand, who dares to cut down the thorns and reclaim the land?

4The situation looks terrible. But everyone faces it, and everyone is determined to do their part.

5. The building stands tall because of its strong support. Ideals and beliefs are the pillars of the life building. The ship is sailing through the waves because of a compass that indicates direction, and ideals and beliefs are the compass of life's ships. The train runs a thousand miles because of the rails that guide it. Ideals and beliefs are the rails on the train of life.

6, the light is projected on the quiet sea floor, as if through the spectrum of the tortuous analysis of the light, the colors are very beautiful.

7It's eight o 'clock in the morning. The sun can be used only for four hours. I walked slowly toward a large bay, the crescent moon, in the midst of the granite cliffs.

8The huge ship began to sink. The nautilus submerged at the same speed. I saw a big hole in the hull of the warship, and the sea was pouring in, making a terrible noise. The deck was full of terrified people.

9It was a petrified forest, with huge pine trees standing tall in the water, and a lot of fallen trees on the road. There were deep cracks on both sides of the path, and the huge rocks were stacked seven to eight, which seemed to violate the principle of gravity balance.

10There are so many amazing things! The professor and conseil soon discovered that, although it was now below the surface of the sea, the sun was still shining. The light is projected on the quiet sea floor, as if through a spectrum of tortuous analysis of the light, the colors are beautiful. Even the living creatures, vegetation, shells and corals of the sea floor are all caught in the sunshine.

11May god let my companions and I not be buried in other graves.

12It is better to know half the truth through one's own efforts than to know the whole truth in a cloud.

13. Iyatz? Seal? Saifu and reed and greer said, he is funny, energetic, positive and optimistic, treat people polite, well dressed, for no discretion is also very patient, even can let a person think he is not deaf ears.

14There is no doubt that if the monster we are chasing really is with Ned? I wouldn't bet on this monster, I wouldn't bet on it.

15Various kinds of shell mollusks walk on the soft sand, dressing the ocean floor as a garden. Above our heads are all kinds of jellyfish floating around like flowers from a fairy.

16But my judgment was wrong. The nautilus sank rapidly as the distance between the two ships approached. I suddenly understood what was going to happen. The nautilus does not directly attack the firm's steel armor, but instead attacks the area below the waterline with the attack Angle.

17The nautilus began to accelerate, and the whole hull trembled, and the sword of vengeance was about to Pierce the other's body. My mind stopped and my blood froze.

18The beauty of life lies in her progress forever. Just like the beauty of a tree, it is shown in the vigorous vitality of its negative potential soaring into the clouds; Like the beauty of the eagle, it is to show in its beating the wind and rain like the spirit of the sky soaring; Like the beauty of a river, it is shown in its turbulent flow.

19But, before everyone could mention the sound of their heart, they heard a deafening noise, breaking the silence of the night sky, like the roaring of a high water column.

20, maturity is a kind of bright but not dazzling light, a round and not be bored with ear sound, a don't need to examine yan guan color of calm, for others a finally stopped into the surrounding complaint call to atmosphere, a kind of ignored cavalcades smile, a kind of washed the extreme indifference, one does not need to speak out thick, the height of a is not steep.

21The crew unanimously approved of his claim. Indeed, where can we meet the narwhale in this narrow strait? Most of the sailors were sure that the monster couldn't pass through the channel because it was so big that the channel couldn't hold it!

22, because the eyes sparkled with a wild gleam, with a bronzed and slightly mournful face, it looked black, but blue and gray.

23He was short and stocky, with athletic, athletic bones. When he was young, he had a big red face. In his later years, his skin slowly became sallow, showing a pathology, especially in winter, when he kept himself indoors and away from the fields.

24Life is like a mountain. What matters is not its height, but its inspiration. Life is like a rain, the important is not its size, but the timely.

25. After the storm, it will be the sky and water of the gulls. Out of the brambles, in front is the road covered with flowers. Climbing to the top of the mountain, the sky is like a cloud of mountains. In this world, one star falls, the sky is not bright; A flower wither away, not a whole spring.

26Shortly afterwards, captain nemo announced that the propeller had suddenly been seized by the big octopus and could not be turned, and if it were to go on like this, everyone's life would be in danger. So, you must go out and fight the monsters!

27He must not refuse your help.

28Life is a blooming flower that blooms in beauty, spread and flowery. Life is a fine poem, fresh and fluent, with long meaning. Life is melodious music, harmony of melody, like melodious; Life is a river flowing, rushing forward.

29Did it attack some ships that night in the Indian Ocean? Was not the man buried in the coral cemetery the victim of the nautilus's conflict? And on all the seas, people are chasing this terrible destruction machine!

30The most terrible enemy is that there is no strong belief.

31To spread sunshine into the heart of others, first have the sunshine in your heart.

32I turned and looked at captain nemo, the real avenger's horrible executioner, looking at the scene with the pleasure of revenge. When it was all over, he entered his room. I saw him kneel down before a portrait of a young woman and two young children, his arms stretched out, and suddenly he swallowed.

33Life is good and short. Some life is lonely, some life is colorful, different people have different life pursuit; Life is a one-way street with no return, and everyone goes on with all his time.

34But the clouds did not spread, and at eleven o 'clock the sun did not come out. The sun does not come out, which makes me anxious. Without the sun, it is impossible to make all kinds of observations. So, how do we decide we're going to the South Pole?

35I was caught up in a lot of nightmares. In this mysterious sanctuary, I saw a large group of animals that no one knew, and this submarine seemed to be their kind, and it was as alive as they were, moving, and terrible!

36May god let my companions and I not be buried in other graves.

37It was dark, and we waited nervously for the chance. Ned couldn't wait to jump into the sea. I told him to stop acting on impulse. In my opinion, the nautilus will attack each other on the surface of the sea, and we can run away easily.

38Various shells and mollusks walk on the soft sand, dressing the ocean floor as a garden. Above our heads are all kinds of jellyfish floating around like flowers from a fairy.

39I can harm the future of my companions for the sake of my whole self.

40No great man, no great man, no great artist, no great actor. All are empty idols that match the crowd: time will destroy them together.

41No one can be better than the kind and loving people.

42To live is to face the reality of a smile, to see the future through obstacles. Life is the cutting of the heart, cutting out the green branches on the road of life; Life is when facing confusion or darkness, deep in the soul, the bright and smiling light show.

43I don't know how they felt when they entered the floating prison, but I had a cold war and my skin was cold.

44As for the zoophytes, in a few moments, I enjoyed a beautiful, orange-colored, labia-shaped polyp hanging on the starboard glass.

45Suddenly, with a tremendous bang, the ship was crushed by compressed air, causing an explosion and splashes. The nautilus was tilted forward by a powerful shockwave. The wrecked ship began to sink rapidly, and the bodies of the victims were on deck and on the lookout. It was a horrible sight.

46It was a strange and unusual undersea forest, full of tall woody plants, and all the branches of the small trees stretched straight to the surface of the ocean. No tache, no veins, like iron. In the midst of these various shrubs, which are as tall as temperate forests, there are all kinds of coral with vivid flowers. Beautiful!

47There are obstacles to genius, because obstacles create genius.

48You only know the answer when you explore.

49We were ready to set out when the last rays of dawn were dark.

50, people often feel ready to stage is a waste of time, only when the real opportunity comes along, and their ability to grasp the time, to realize oneself peacetime is wasted time without preparation.