this is perhaps the most interesting thing because it forces us to show the complexity, to see the complexity, of semiotic relationships: a red light, just to return to the Christian holiday, a red light on a Christmas tree.

现在我们讲到了一个耐人寻味论点,这个问题迫使我们要思考，符号系统之间复杂的联系：,当我们再圣诞节时看到红灯，圣诞树上的红灯。

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And they have like a giant Christmas tree and a menorah and a bunch of other things, so.

到时候会有巨大的圣诞树、蜡烛，等等之类的都有。

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Once you get that, once you get the value, "Christmas tree," as opposed to "red lights," "red lights" being perhaps a part of some Christmas trees, then you see that you're back in a semiotic system and a very obvious one, because a Christmas tree is a not-menorah, not-Kwanzaa candles.

一旦认识到这点，红灯，指的其实是圣诞树“,红灯是圣诞树的一部分，那么你会发现你回到了符号学的解释中，圣诞树不用于犹太教或者非洲人的节日。

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And we scheduled it and we get it and my dad and my sister would help trim it.

先做安排然后实践，爸爸和姐姐会帮忙修剪圣诞树。

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because they have one of the biggest Christmas trees there, and it's just beautiful and

因为那儿有一棵最大的圣诞树，它很漂亮，

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and going to get the Christmas tree was always really a big deal in my house.

装饰圣诞树一直是我们家的一件非常重要的事情。

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And it just, you know, immediately evokes memories of decorating the tree with my mom

它只是，立刻让我想起了跟妈妈一起装饰圣诞树的时候，

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And make sure that it was a little stand all right.

一定要确保圣诞树保持直立。

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