A green light on a traffic signal means your car can continue on.

通信号灯亮绿灯的车可以继续行驶。

By 1922 many traffic signals were being automated on timers.

到1922年，许多通信号灯有倒计时。

But often they just pass by, taking the human traffic signal for granted.

司机通常驶过，把人体通标志当做理所当然。

These three buttons look like traffic signals, don't they?

这三个按钮看起来像通信号，不是吗？

So officials have created what they say is the first traffic signal for, you get it, camels.

所以官员们创造所谓的第一个为骆驼建造的通信号灯。

On December 9th, 1868, the world's first traffic signal was installed near Westminster Bridge at the corners of Great George and Brige streets.

1868年12月9日，首个通信号灯安装威斯敏斯特大桥附近，位于乔治街和布里奇街的拐角处。

Toronto Ontario was the first city to completely computerize its entire traffic signal systems by 1963. So the next time you see that red glow telling you to stop.

1963 年，安大略省多伦多市成为第一个完成全市通信号系统电脑化的城市。所以下次当看到红灯亮起，让停下时。

So new traffic signals emerged in various forms.

因此新的通信号灯以各种形式出现。

Lester Wire, a policeman in Salt Lake City, Utah created the electric form of the traffic signal.

犹他州盐湖城，一位名叫莱斯特的警察发明使用电力的红绿灯。

But usually a traffic signal would be at an intersection, where two streets cross.

但通常通信号灯叉路口，也就是两条街道汇的地方。

Only one traffic signal separates you from Malibu.

只需一个通信号灯，便与马里布相隔。

A traffic signal is not efficient at all.

通信号灯根本就一点也不高效。

When you run red lights, you drive through a traffic signal when it is red, which is an illegal action and you can get fined or even worse, get into an accident, so please, don't run red lights.

当闯红灯时， 意味着通信号灯为红色时驾车通过，这是一种违法行为， 可能导致罚款， 甚至更糟的是发生事故。因此，请不要闯红灯。

Meanwhile, for those of you traveling in the Garden State, New Jersey's funny traffic signals are back this holiday season with messages like, Santa's watching, put down the phone, and only Rudolph should be lit.

与此同时，对于那些花园州旅行的人来说，新泽西州的搞笑通信号灯今年的假期季又回来，上面写着诸如“圣诞老人正看， 放下手机”和“只有鲁道夫应该亮着” 之类的标语。

Meanings can be transferred into different contexts – food products are sometimes labelled with red, yellow or green according to their nutritional content, borrowing the colours from traffic signals.

含义可以转移到不同的语境中——有时食品根据其营养成分被标上红色、黄色或绿色，这些颜色借用通信号灯的颜色。

A few linguists now think that far from being detritus, they may be crucial traffic signals to regulate the flow of conversation, as well as tools to negotiate mutual understanding.

一些语言学家现认为， 这些语气词远非垃圾语言，它们可能是至关重要的通信号， 用于调节对话流程，同时也是达成共同理解的工具。

Why " green-light? " Well, of course, in a traffic signal, the green light indicates that you can go, that you can move forward.

为什么是“批准” ？ 当然，通信号灯中，绿灯可以前进， 可以继续前行。

This, of course, was usually on corners or intersections where there was no traffic signal, no electronic signal to stop cars.

当然， 这通常是没有通信号的拐角处或十字路口，没有电子信号可以停车。

You look at a traffic signal and you say, OK, let me wait when it's safe for me to cross.

看着通信号灯，说：“好的，等安全的时候我再过马路。”

So another way you'll know when to stop is when you see a stoplight or a traffic signal.

因此，您知道何时停止的另一种方式是当您看到红绿灯或通信号灯时。