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If the universe is full of intelligent, spacefaring aliens,
如果宇宙中充滿了智慧的地外文明外星人
I think at least some of them might be interested in us.
那我覺得它們中至少有一些會對我們感興趣
If only as a curiosity.
但愿只是好奇
Of course, many people believe they are already here.
當然，很多人相信它們已經來過地球
Tales of alien abduction have been common
外星人綁架的故事
ever since I was an undergraduate in the 1950s.
在五十年代我讀大學時就已經非常常見了
And I watched all those "B" movies, too.
我也看了所有的這些"B"級電影
The story always goes the same
故事情節總是千篇一律
a lone individual on a quiet road at night
深夜，一個人獨自行駛在安靜的小路上
happens to take an unscheduled detour and finds himself lost.
恰巧不小心繞錯了彎，迷了路
I'm always a bit suspicious when I hear these tales.
聽到這種故事的時候我總是很懷疑
Look at it from the aliens' point of view.
我會從外星人的視角來審視這個故事
What's the point of crossing vast tracts of the universe in a high-tech ship
它們乘坐高科技飛船，跨越廣袤的宇宙
just to abduct some lone earthling?
就只為了劫持幾個地球人嗎
In my opinion, if aliens are here,
我認為，若外星人到來
I suspect the newspapers would be full of the story.
理應伴有鋪天蓋地的新聞報道
And if governments are involved in their cover-up,
如果政府也參與了掩蓋事實真相
they're doing a much better job at it than they seem to do at anything else.
這絕對是他們有史以來最成功的掩蓋計劃
So, the lack of alien contact raises a serious scientific problem.
缺少與外星人接觸引發了一個嚴肅的科學問題
Where is everybody?
外星人究竟在哪里
We've been listening to space for over 40 years.
我們探測宇宙中的聲音已長達四十年之久
And in all that time, we've picked up nothing.
但在這期間，我們一無所獲
Well, except for one mysterious occasion.
除了僅有的一次神秘事件
On August 16, 1977,
1977年8月16日
a radio telescope in Ohio
美國俄亥俄州一臺無線電望遠鏡
picked up a signal that became famous.
捕捉到一組日后聞名世界的信號
The telescope listened to space by
該望遠鏡隨著地球的轉動
scanning the skies as the earth rotated.
搜索外太空以探測來自宇宙的聲音
