The stars being searched are hundreds of light years away, so it takes hundreds of years for their signal to reach us, and a further few hundred years for our reply to reach them.

被搜寻的星星离我们有几百光年远，所以它们的信号传到我们这里需要几百年，而我们的答复传到它们那里又需要几百年。

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More than half the world's population lives in cities, the most light-polluted of which prevent even the Big Dipper from being seen.

超过半数的地球人口生活在城市，那些光污染最为严重的城市甚至连北斗七星也看不到。

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An opinion has it that it saw light in the period 200-300 A. D., the place of production being Kasmir.

它在200-300 A. D.时期看到了光，诞生地点是克什米尔。

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"He ended up being the American Johann Strauss,Jr., the ultimate American composer of light, perfectly crafted orchestral music."

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But the SRA makes clear that the scope and timing of the upgrade is currently being reviewed in the light of emerging information on costs and market requirements.

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Psychic consultant Diane Lloyd Hughes, spent a morning at the warehouse where the 1, 700 timbers of the vessel, are being kept to try and shed light on some of the many questions that still remain to be answered.

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Meanwhile police say they have arrested three people following the release of a second batch of 18 images of fans suspected of being involved in violence outside the Stadium of Light in April.

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