"Even an optimist like Frank Drake estimates that there would be no more than about in the galaxy, which means that the nearest one is likely to be about 1,000 light years away."

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In that case the red light would be a beacon which means "forward," "go," "follow me," "damn the torpedoes." Right?

他就很可能代表,出发，跟我来等等意思，对吧？

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And of course it exists in a semiotic relationship to a white light over a street door which means "this is my house; if you wish you can ring the bell but I'd just as soon you stayed out."

当然它是存在于一个语义篇中的,而临街门上的白灯则意味着,这是我的房子，你要进来必须按门铃,但是你最好别进来“

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All right, but still it's a red light, right, and our hypothesis is that the red light has positive value in the sense that it means a certain thing. It means, we say, "stop."

它是一个红灯，我们假设红灯主动自带含义,它代表着，停“

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It ought to mean "to go forward" with everything behind it, but needless to say her thoughts on the subject were never implemented because if one day red light means "stop" and the next day red light means "go," there might be a few problems.

它因该表示勇往直前，当然她的想法没有实现,因为如果红灯今天表示停,明天表示走，会天下大乱的。

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