When I first came here, I had a crummy apartment.

我刚来这儿时，曾住在一个糟糕的公寓里。

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I first came here to volunteer in Gansu province.

我第一次来是档志愿者，在甘肃省。

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It was a big adjustment when I first came here to play at a camp.

当我第一次去打营地赛的时候对我自己来说是个很大的适应。

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"When we first came here, we saw that there were few facilities to undertake a very important program, a sophisticated one like a living donor program.

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I have the freedom to pass that person because I like the trend. Suppose I have somebody else who came here with two years of chemistry in high school, got a 95 on the first test, 70 on the second test, failed the third test, failed the final, has an aggregate score of 48.

我能够选择让那人通过,因为我喜欢他的进步，假设另一个同学,学了2年的化学在高中,第一次测试得到95分，第二次70分，第三次没通过，期末考也没通过。

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In the first place, I put term limits on myself when I first came here.

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"USC students are far brighter and much more discerning than they were when I first came here, " he said.

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When electricity first came here, dos Santos says, the utility charged a flat rate to entice people to go on the meter.

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