It's because of their long history of desert living where time is not the first thing to think about.

这是因为它们有在沙漠中生活的悠久历史，在那里时间并不是首先要考虑的事情。

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It felt like that I could do what I wanted and study was not the first thing.

似乎我能做自己想做的，学习不过第一要事。

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Yet, the image of islands is not the first thing to come to mind and that is unfortunate.

然而，没有立即想到岛屿是一件多么不幸的事情。

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"They are not looking to hire as many immigrants. So this is the first thing that reduces the level of migration.

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So this, where we start at zero is not a node, is the first thing to point out.

零点不是节点，这是第一个要指出来的，当我们。

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The first thing is this class is not just about information, it is also explicitly about transformation.

首先，这门课不光是传授信息，而且关于如何变形，显而易见。

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Some of the food, too, looks suitably succulent, which is not the first thing you expect from German cinema.

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Old-fashioned job training used to teach typing or using computers but not the first thing about how to act on the job.

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In the midst of picking up the pieces after the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, taxes probably are not the first thing on your mind.

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