Writer-director Cameron also acknowledges that what the humans try to do on the fictional Pandora is a clear metaphor for what he believes are the dangers of exploitation on our own planet;

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This is a metaphor that Derrida frequently uses, as a kind of writing on the ear.

这是德里达经常用的一个比喻，就像在耳朵上书写。

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Now, maybe the one-room metaphor is not the best metaphor, because it immediately prompts the question, "Well, what's on the other side of the wall?"

也许一间房的比喻并不是最好的,因为它立刻会引出这个问题,墙的另一边是什么呢

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It's a bit more-- to continue with the metaphor of the on-of switch-- as though not only is the switch turned to off, there's a lock on the switch.

要继续用开关的比喻-,就有点奇怪了-,似乎开关的上面，还有一个锁定装置。

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