I was spending AT LEAST an extra hour a day, re-checking my work because I felt like I was rushed and didn't spend enough time on it to do it right the first time.

从前，我每天至少花一个小时来检查我的工作，因为我总觉得工作时急急忙忙的没有足够的时间可以确保把它第一遍就做好。

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Re-doing or re-checking your work when you could just take it easy and do it right the first time is frustrating and a waste of energy.

这些重复的工作或检查是很令人沮丧的，还浪费了精力，因为你本来就可以在第一遍的时候就放轻松些把工作踏踏实实的做好。

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This means that in America you rarely get more than one chance to put forth your version of the facts, so you had better do it right the first time.

这就意味着，在美国，你只有一次说明自己一方事实的机会，所以说你最好在第一次就把这事情做对。

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Taxonomists do not always get it right first time, of course, and what looked like one species may rightly later be seen as two.

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It is a pity we cannot get our act together and do the right thing first time without being pressured by customers and the media.

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"It was the first time in years and simply seemed the right time and the right thing to do, " he said.

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