Despite winning several prestigious literary awards of the day, when it first appeared, Alice Walker's The Color Purple generated critical unease over puzzling aspects of its compositions.

尽管爱丽丝·沃克的《紫色》一问世就赢得了当时几项著名的文学奖项，但它还是引起了人们对其作品中令人困惑的一些方面的批评。

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When it first came out it was dropped by the publisher.

那本书第一次投稿被出版商丢到一边去了。

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When it first happened, I thought my allergies had caused it.

第一次的时候，我以为是由过敏引起的。

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It was like the day -- a hundred years later -- when the first American walked on the moon.

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This is when it first occurs to her that the whole world is being organized around her: Nothing of the night's could touch her. Nothing did.

这是她第一次意识到,她周围的整个世界是被安排好的：,那一夜没有什么能够触动得了她，没有。

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So, first impressions matter hugely when dealing with people because it sets the stage for how we interpret everything else.

在与人相处中，第一印象非常重要,因为它制约了我们对后来信息的解读。

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And the study is relatively recent, but it did get a lot of attention when it first published.

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Plan B has been controversial since 1999 when it first was approved as a prescription-only drug.

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That follows a 9% drop on Friday, Nov. 2, when it first announced the data.

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