There was no us and them. There was no others.

那时候没有我们和他们，也没有其他人。

The difference between us and them is that we pay more.

我们和他们之间的差别就在于我们的医疗费用更贵，

That day, there was no us and them, there was no others. The mental wall started to crumble.

那天，不存在着我们和他们，更没有其他人。那堵心理上的墙开始瓦解。

The second reason why civic religion matters now is that it offers the healthiest possible story of us and them.

现在公民宗教很重要的第二个理由：它提供的关于我们和他们的故事，是最健康的。

A cosmic us and them, and a God who is guilty of the worst kind of favoritism?

这个宇宙中有我们，他们，和一个犯有严重偏袒罪的上帝？

And thus we entered the dangerous zone in their hearts and created a barrier between us and them.

于是踏入了对方心灵的雷区，让双方产生了隔阂。

That's why scientists are interested in studying inter-species communication and closing the gap between us and them.

也是科学家们为什么对研究物种与物种间的交流，弥合我们与它们之间的差异感兴趣的原因。

The currents of our thoughts as well as the currents of our trade run quick at all seasons back and forth between us and them.

我们与他们之间不仅在贸易上，而且在思想方面一年四季都有着迅速的往来和交流。

But imagining alien organisms, especially ones with relatable features, is what feeds a popular theme in science fiction: the relationship between us and them.

然而，想象外星人的模样，尤其是把它们想象成跟我们有一定相似特征的模样，也就是外星人和人类的关系恰好是科幻小说中的一个热门主题。