The first part of the programme was just setting the scene.

节目的第一部分不过是介绍背景而已。

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It is setting the scene for our coming, and very soon the long awaited announcement admitting to our presence will be made.

它正在为我们的到来作好准备，很快等待已久的承认我们存在的宣告将被做出。

youdao

All of the time our Allies have been setting the scene for the awaited announcement, and it appears to be almost ready to go ahead.

每时每刻，我们的盟友一直在为期待的宣告做准备，它显得几乎准备好进行下去。

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He slips and slides from one character to another throughout the record, his versatile voice and musical styles setting the scene.

NPR: Run On Sentence: A Lumbering Stroll

In setting the scene Paul skewers the modish restaurant by adopting a tone that is slightly too sharp to be gentle mocking.

ECONOMIST: New fiction

The early stages involved Kay setting the scene: this was to be a journey through the lives of his grandfather, father and himself.

BBC: Review: It's Like He's Knocking at Pulse Festival 2010