Me too. I was hoping we could eat here tonight, but it looks like that's out of the question.
我也这么想。我原本希望我们能在这儿吃晚饭,但现在看来是不成了。
and assuming such an automatic messenger picked up our first broadcasts of the 1920's,
假定外星人的这种自动化信息装置接收到了我们二十世纪二十年代的第一次广播信号,