Second, the bank called and told me I would have to keep up with my car payments or I might lose the car.
其次银行通知我得继续支付小汽车的贷款,否则我将会失去小汽车。
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,