First we have the "Pilot of some small night-founder'd skiff," and the pilot stands ab extra, from outside, in the simile.
首先我们看这句“迷茫深夜中，轻舟的导航人”，在这个明喻中，导航人从诗句之外向内眺望。
At first we spoke in hushed voices and crept about in order not to alarm them.
起先我们说话时压低声音，走路蹑手蹑脚的，以免惊动他们。
To make chocolate, first we leave the beans in the dark for a few days, and then dry them in the sun.
要做巧克力，首先我们要将豆子置于黑暗中几天，然后再在太阳下晒干。
First we have the introductions and the agenda.
首先我们进行介绍和议程安排。
First we never overwrite a quantum bit except to initialize it to "0".
首先，除了要把量子位初始化为“0”，我们绝不重写它。
First we have to be parents and then it is perfectly ok to be friends too.
首先我们必须当好父母，然后才能很好的做他们的朋友。
First we walked down to Lane's house to browse his books and knick-knacks.
首先，我们走到巷的房子浏览他的书和小饰物。
First we argued that the top one should break but it didn't — the bottom one broke.
之前我们认为先断的会是上面那个，结果先断的是下面那根。
First, we tried to make the Archimedes'words stand out with a variety of technologies, using ultraviolet light．
首先，我们尝试用各种各样的技术，例如利用紫外线清晰地展示阿基米德的文字。
First, we went to the University of North Carolina to learn about the history of its basketball team.
首先，我们去了北卡罗来纳大学，了解了该校篮球队的历史。
First, we reviewed the extensive educational research that has compared academic outcomes in students attending single-sex versus coeducational schools.
首先，我们回顾了大量的教育研究，这些研究比较了单性别学校学生和男女同校学生的学业成绩。
First, we have to clear up Swat because that's very important for the military and the government—to bring this operation to a logical conclusion.
首先，我们必须清理斯瓦特，因为那对军队和政府来说非常重要，要使这次行动有一个合乎逻辑的结论。
First, we want to see the giraffes, but we don't know how to get there.
我们先想去看长颈鹿，但是我们不知道怎样去。
First, we decide whether we are superior or inferior to others on certain dimensions, such as attractiveness, intelligence, popularity, etc.
首先，我们判断自己在某些方面比别人强还是弱，比如吸引力、智力、受欢迎程度等。
First, we should seldom go out.
首先，我们应该少出门。
First, we decided to buy the resources.
首先，我们决定购买这些资源。
At first, we wrote down how we felt about each other.
一开始，我们写下了对彼此的感觉。
First, we have to wear the school uniform every day. This is very important.
首先，我们得每天穿校服。这非常重要。
At first, we were busy having fun, and charged everything to my credit cards instead, but then I began to realize how much in debt I was.
一开始，我们忙着玩，把所有的钱都记在我的信用卡上，但后来我开始意识到我欠了多少债。
First, we retrieve the message payload from the incoming message.
首先，我们从传入消息检索消息有效负载。
First, we have to construct an ISO8601 date and set the policy document to expire by it.
首先，我们需要创建一个ISO 8601日期，然后将它设置为策略文档的过期时间。
First, we perform the new technique of cumulative test analysis on the results from the testing above.
首先，我们对来自于上面测试的结果执行累积测试分析的新技术。
First, we describe the context within which services and service operations will be specified and realized.
首先，我们将描述将在其中说明和实现服务和服务操作的上下文环境。
First, we must strengthen our economic recovery, and pursue growth that is both balanced and sustained.
首先，我们必须加强我们的经济复苏，争取实现平衡与持续的增长。
First, we agreed on the urgency and seriousness of the threat.
首先，我们就这一威胁的紧迫性和严峻性达成了共识。
First, we will create the externally exposed interface.
首先，我们将创建对外公开的接口。
First, we discover services from each of the four servers manually.
首先，我们手动从四个服务器中发现服务。
First, we create a binding using the square brackets.
首先，我们使用一些方括号来创建一个绑定。
First, we create a binding using the square brackets.
首先，我们使用一些方括号来创建一个绑定。
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