求助 95.02 阅读理解

clever_dream

95年2月阅读第二篇第二段“The　first neologisms adopted by this movement were signifier and signified, employed to distinguish words from their referents, and to illustrate the arbitrariness of the terms we choose. The use of these particular terms (rather than, respectively, word and thing) underlined the seriousness of the naming process and its claim on our attention. Since in English "to signify" can also mean "to portend." these terms also suggest that words predict coming events."

读了几遍仍然很晕，请教解释。另，整个文章的结构，特别是第二段和其余两段的关系还是搞不大懂，请教高手指点，先谢了。