1.Tim Ferris was one of a small group of people who worked to persuade the American space agency to attach the record to Voyager's side.
attach to结,系,贴;装;连接;依附;参加(党派、团体等),使成为一分子,使在一起:
A tag was attached to each article.
每件物品上都系上了标签 。
He attached himeself to our group.
他参加我们组 。
2.You can't say that an Indian raga or a piece by Bach or a Japanese Shakuhachi piece 'means' something that you can put into words.
put into words 用语言表达
She put into words what he had felt rather vaguely.
她用语言把他模模糊糊地意识表达出来了 。
It is not always easy to put one's ideas into words.
思想用言语表达出来並不总是一件容易的事 。