"The first thing is not numbers,". "It is to find and fine-tune the right approach to implement the strategy already laid down.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

So this, where we start at zero is not a node, is the first thing to point out.

零点不是节点，这是第一个要指出来的，当我们。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

The first thing is this class is not just about information, it is also explicitly about transformation.

首先，这门课不光是传授信息，而且关于如何变形，显而易见。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

"The first thing that affects migration is the fact employers do not want as many workers,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

So, this evidence is very possible to see in diametrically opposed ways, and you're certainly not the first two students that I've seen have those two different reactions to the same thing.

所以，我们非常可能要从完全不同的角度来看待这些了，你们两个不是最早对这个问题,有两种不同看法的学生了。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

You realize it's very subtle, because the very first thing in that equation, which is m, has not yet been defined.

你会觉得这很微妙,因为方程里最基本的量 也就是 m,还没有人给它下定义

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选