"First you said the stadiums will never be finished. That was your perception.

VOA: standard.2010.02.10

So on the one hand--temporal sequence-- first you know Ruth, you meet Ruth, you get to know Ruth.

所以一方面,按时间顺序来说,你需要先知道露丝,见到露丝 了解露丝

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

In the first example, you could be at a social gathering and you really feel the need for some nicotine.

在第一个例子中，你可能在一个社交聚会上，你特别想找个地方抽根烟。

Do you mind 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Have I found you Flightless bird Grounded Bleeding or lost you American mouth (SINGING) How come I end up where I started How come I end up where I went wrong Won't take my eyes off the ball again You reel me out then you cut the string How come I end up where I started How come I end up where I went wrong Won't take my eyes off the ball again First you reel me outand then you cut the string You used to be all right What happened?

VOA: standard.other

First you've got the mono and saturated oil that we discussed before.

首先它主张以不饱和脂肪摄入为主,我们前面已经讨论过不饱和脂肪的问题

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

You might have to stay away from low-lying areas for as long as twenty hours after the first warning.

VOA: special.2011.06.07

In other words, we said that in intellectual history, first you get this movement of concern about the distance between the perceiver and the perceived, a concern that gives rise to skepticism about whether we can know things as they really are.

换言之，我们曾说过在思想史上，首先你要知道,关注感知者和被感知者之间距离的运动，这种关注会让我们怀疑,自己是否弄清楚了事物的本来面目。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

He said, "Have a seat", and I sat down, "Is this the first time you've been to our little town?"

VOA: special.2010.07.02

and the first you are going to be reading will be a chapter in a book I wrote 5 or 6 years ago I guess it's almost 6 years now since 1998 to came up.

首先你们要读的,是我5年或6年前写的一章,我想应该是至今6年了,从1998年算的话。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

Their music set records. Their first four songs were "I Want You Back","ABC", "The Love You Save" and "I'll Be There."

VOA: special.2009.07.05

And the first thing you do is ask is it an instance of some problem that other people have already solved?

而且你以前从没碰过这个问题,你首先要做的一件事就是问问自己,这是不是一个别人已经解决了的问题？

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

"First off,there is the infectious disease risk because if you use human blood there's a lot of transmissible diseases.

VOA: special.2009.08.03

I had the pleasure, I think, of first corresponding with you in the context of writing a sermon for the chapel.

我记得我曾经有幸与您进行交流,当时我正在为教堂的布道写稿子。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

"You know, the judge sentenced me here, so my first thoughts were kinda, you know,uh,this is kinda, Shakespeare's not my thing.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

So make sure first that you read the question carefully, and realize the difference that is between the two.

你们首先确保把题目看对，要注意到这两个问法之间的差别。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

Now, your temptation is to keep the first answer because you know energy is not going to be negative.

你肯定想保留正根,因为你知道能量不会是负值

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

Plant expert Doug Welsh says when you prune a rosebush, crape myrtle or shade tree, first remove dead, broken or diseased parts.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

What I thought I would do is first give you a little bit of sense of some of the opportunities that we as a group have been exploring.

我想我先要做的是给你们,一点感觉，知道我们这个团队,是研究什么的。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

The first Seven Mile Bridge was replaced in nineteen-eighty-two, but you can still see the old bridge, close to the new one.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

Because for the first time, you're being taught by people who are smart as you are.

因为这是第一次，教你们的人和你们一样聪明。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

I paid the wine man the full price he wanted without asking you to taste the wine first.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

When you first bought the house they told you what the mortgage payment was and they're fixing that forever, well for thirty years.

最初你买这套房子的时候,他们已经告诉你每月偿还额是多少,在未来30年里这是固定的

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"So you guys are going to be the first example this summer of really encouraging kids to move.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

The first, you can see on the board up there, is by another Russian composer, Modest Musorgsky.

首先,你可以看到那边的黑板上,是另一位俄罗斯作曲家,莫戴斯特·穆索尔斯基的作品

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

It was the sequel, funnier than the first one,matter of fact." "So are you more a comedy fan."

VOA: special.2011.06.20

The typing coming from here is going at that rate, being Stanford alumni, of course the first thing you could type here would be Shakespeare.

打字的速度就是这样，作为斯坦福的校友，我想大家能够想打出的第一个便是，莎士比亚。

斯坦福公开课 - 7个颠覆你思想的演讲课程节选

If you know first aid methods, you can be calmer and more helpful in case of emergency.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

Sort of the original argument that I made in the very first question you asked.

正如我对第一个问题的回答。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

So, as I say, at first glance you might think to get clear on the answer, "Do I or might I or could I survive my death?"

正如我所说,起初,你只是想弄清楚这个答案,我究竟能否幸免一死

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选