If one advances confidently the direction of his dreams and endeavors [in'devə] v. 努力,尽力 to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.
They called it the "mud dive". You went down to fifty feet in the black,icy water in front of the Vayonne, New Jersey, U.S. Naval School and sank deep into the mud and if you didn't panic , you could complete the rest of the rigorous ['rigərəs] adj. 严厉的,严酷的,严格的 course.
"You really don't have to make this dive", said Dan Crawford, the Chief Petty Officer in charge, as I sat on the diving stool[stu:l] n. 凳子, 搁脚凳 in my deep sea suit. "You're just writing it up. We'll fill you in on how it is"