In an interview with the Paris Review Hughes speculated that when a person puts pen to paper, "you meet the terrible resistance of what happened your first year at it, when you couldn't write at all".

在接受《巴黎评论》的采访时，休斯推测，当一个人动笔在纸上写字时，“你会遇到你第一年所经历的严重阻力，那时你根本不会写字”。

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The first manifests itself in our tireless search for the magical level at which welfare grants are big enough to meet basic needs but small enough to make low-paid work attractive.

第一个体现在我们孜孜不倦地追求平衡的水平上，在这个水平上，福利津贴要大到足以满足基本需要，但又要小到足以使低收入工作具有吸引力。

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At that time I thought she was between surprised and happy, because it might be her first time to meet a customer like me.

当时我认为她是在惊讶和高兴之间，因为这可能是她第一次见到像我这样的顾客。

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Herrera at first agreed to meet with the American, John Slidell,to discuss four offers from President Polk.

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First,they don't meet in the daytime; they meet either early before light,at dawn, or after dark,at night.

首先，他们不在白天聚会;,要么在天亮前的黎明，要么在天黑后的夜晚。

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Of course,being the son of a famous Hollywood film star allowed him to go backstage and meet some of these musicians first hand, particularly at The Monterey Jazz Festival and the Hollywood Bowl in California.

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The Man in Black abused pills and liquor and sang in a deep baritone about the outlaw life, but that's not who we meet at first.

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The two teams meet at Kingsholm on the first weekend of September.

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Rosario had a terrific first meet at Gulfstream Park, followed it by winning 38 races at Keeneland, and then rode five winners on opening day at Churchill Downs.

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