She did it first because she wanted to, and second because I asked her to.

她做那件事，首先是因为她自己想做，其次是因为我要她做。

《牛津词典》

When I asked about this unusual word, she said that she used the first syllable from each nationality.

当我问这一怪词时，她说她用了每个国家的第一个音节。

youdao

Mr. Wang asked me to introduce myself when I first came to the class.

当我第一次来上课的时候，王先生让我做自我介绍。

youdao

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

The first problem set asked you to manipulate the model that I just presented-- the model of how you form portfolios and the model of the capital asset pricing model.

第一道习题,考察的是你们能否活用我刚刚给出的几个模型-,包括怎样构成投资组合的模型,和资本资产定价模型。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But first, I want to start with the assignment I gave you last time, and I asked you all to think about these two questions and write some things down.

首先,让我们看看,上节课留的作业,我要求你们都思考,下面这两个问题并写下感想

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

He was in Memphis just to see the fight and I first asked him for his impressions of what happened?

BBC: Interview with Audley Harrison, boxing champion

First, I asked people (by way of my own status update on the FB) to list their favorite brands or those brands that they thought did a fine job.

FORBES: Ideas make the mark!

Looking back to the first time I asked these questions in August 2009, the levels were 3.5 percent of current budgets and expected to increase to 6.1 percent over the next year and 13.7 percent over the next five years.

FORBES: Do Marketers Know What They Want From Social Media?