I enjoyed the movie very much. I wish I had read the book from which it was made.
电影不错,我希望我读过原著。[wish + 主语 = 过去完成时 = 愿望之事在wish以前发生。]
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,