BBC Learning English - Space Message 宇宙信息

　　Helen: There’s an old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. Maybe pictures of people would be a good idea.

　　Sun Chen: 没错，一幅图片胜过万语千言。A picture is worth a thousand words. 再加 上数字技术，我们现在都能把数字图片发送到宇宙中去。

　　Helen: And one lady would like to send poetry.

　　Sun Chen: Poetry 诗歌，用诗歌的方式告诉外星人地球人除了说话以外，还有其它的沟通方式。

　　Helen: And someone wants to send a piece of classical music.

　　Sun Chen: That’s good because music is a very important aspect of our life on earth. 没准音乐比语言更好懂。

　　Helen: But where are the messages heading to? Here is astronomer Professor Richard Nelson.

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　　We’re talking about a system of three planets around a star called Gliese 581. This is a small star about 30 percent the size of our sun, located about 20.5 light years away. This is a very interesting planetary system, discovered only last year.

　　Sun Chen: Richard 教授是一位天文学家，他告诉我们即将要发送信息的星球还是一个刚刚被发现的星体。

　　Helen: Yes, the star was only discovered last year and it’s called Gliese 581.

　　Sun Chen: 这个星球有太阳的三分之一那么大，距离我们有 20.5 个光年。

　　Helen: But it’s the planets orbiting Gliese 581 that make it so important.

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