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But in the United States, the main idea of each paragraph should be in the first sentence.

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As in Sonnet Seven, Milton writes the first verse paragraph of this great poem, Lycidas -- the first fourteen lines - in essentially the form of a sonnet.

如同《十四行诗第七首》，弥尔顿写《利西达斯》,这首伟大的诗的开头--头14行时,-用的还是十四行诗的形式。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

This is the first full paragraph: I don't know how to cure the sourcitis, except to tell you that I can discover a good many possible sources myself for Wise Blood, but I am often embarrassed to find that I read the sources after I had written the book.

这是第一段的全文：,“我不知道如何解决资料来源的问题，只能告诉你,我自己发现了很多《慧血》的材料来源，但我经常觉得很难堪,因为我在完成了那本书后才读的资料。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Their chief worries are those I described in the first paragraph: One is the difficulty of obtaining capital for expansion.

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If your big idea isn't in the first paragraph, move it there.

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But the first paragraph above is exactly how many people start important speeches to large groups of customers, clients, colleagues and industry representatives.

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