Fortunately, there is a 'uniquely rational way' for us to communicate with other intelligent beings, as Walter Sullivan has put it in his excellent book, We Are not Alone.
Walter Sullivan (January 18, 1918 – March 19, 1996) was considered the "dean" of science writers. Sullivan spent most of his career as a science reporter for the New York Times. Over a 50-year career he covered all aspects of science — Antarctic expeditions, rocket launchings in the late 1950s, physics, chemistry, and geology. He wrote several well-received books, including We Are not Alone, a bestseller about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
put v. to say or write sth. using words in a particular way 措辞说
- They caught lobster and fish every day, and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
- I don’t know how to put it.
- How shall I put it?
- let me put it this way
| to put it another way 换句话说 | It's fairly risky. Or to put it another way, don't try this at home. |
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This depends on the precise radio frequency of the 21-cm wavelength, or 1420 megacycles per second.
depend on 取决于/依赖于
- The success of the mission depends on flawless execution of the launch sequence.任务的成功取决于发射序列的完美执行。
- Your ability to access the data depends on having the correct security clearance.您访问数据的能力取决于拥有正确的安全许可。
It is the natural frequency of emission of the hydrogen atoms in space and was discovered by us in 1951; it must be known to any kind of radio astronomer in the universe.
hydrogen atoms 氢原子(由一个质子和一个电子组成的最简单的原子)
- Well, we've got to hydrogen atoms here. 现在我们这有一个氢原子。
- Now here are these two isolated hydrogen atoms. 现在这是两个分别独立的氢原子。
- Essentially it would only allow for us to bond to two hydrogen atoms. 本质上，它只能允许我们,和两个氢原子成键。