I would first of all, congratulate you for taking the first step of starting to learn that process.

我会首先祝贺你踏出了学习语言的第一步，

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Two hours later I was back at my starting point, taking a windsurfing lesson near the spot where Jesus had given his Sermon on the Mount some 2000 years before.

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"I could do no better than taking that as the starting point of my ministry, indeed as the whole purpose of my ministry in Wales for years to come".

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There's an intensive programme of evidence taking, starting with witnesses from the Department for Culture Media and Sport (I think this is because the minister responsible is Culture Secretary Maria Miller) followed by the Church of England, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales and the Church in Wales.

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