In his inaugural speech, Van Buren noted that he was the first American born after the revolution to become president.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

Why does he go against the traditional Ancient Near Eastern practice of primogeniture, inheritance by the first born?

为什么他要违背传统古代近东的惯例,也就是长子继承制，由第一个儿子继承？

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

It has other terms that give commandments about the observance of the festivals, various festivals, the dedication of first fruits to God, the dedication of first born animals to God and so on; things that were not in the Exodus 20 Decalogue.

它还给出了其它的条款，包括各种节日庆祝仪式的戒律,规定将初熟之物和头生的牲畜供奉给上帝等，这些条例在,《出埃及记》第20章里都没有出现。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Four babies were born to infected mothers, but all of these babies died during their first year.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

I think it's understandable that Milton would call the power of light "offspring of Heav'n first-born."

我认为弥尔顿,称光明的力量,是上帝最初的产物“

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The English-born rocker was the first performer to be inducted into the Hall of Fame three times.

VOA: special.2009.10.19

The Born term is not going to be felt, except in this first one.

因为玻恩量几乎没有影响，除了对第一个原子。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Martin Henry Freeman, the first black college president in the United States, was born in Rutland,Vermont.

VOA: special.2010.10.25

We'd all be better off dead, " or perhaps more accurately still, " all be better off never having been born in the first place."

我们死了会更好，“或者更准确地说，“没有出生会更好“

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

But some people are born with an extra copy of the twenty-first chromosome.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

One would be characteristic of semi-nomadic pastoralists: the sacrifice of the first lamb born in the spring to the deity in order to procure favor and continued blessing on the flocks for the spring.

一种是具有半游牧人的特色：,他们把春天里的第一只羊羔献给神,为了获得神的偏爱,来年春天继续赐福。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

His first song to enjoy widespread success was "Born to Run."

VOA: special.2009.11.30

It's now exactly that power from which Milton has been excluded by virtue of his blindness -- light: "Hail holy Light, offspring of Heav'n first-born, / Or of th' Eternal Coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd?"

而是弥尔顿已经被失明剥夺的一种力量,圣光，你是上帝最初的产物，永恒的光束,我是否可以向你表达我无限的敬意“

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Virginia Dare became the first English child born in America.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

The first major terrorism suspect captured after the September 11,2001 attacks on the United States was a Saudi-born Palestinian known as Abu Zubaida.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

She says the first Hawaiian-born president has brought the island culture and mind-set to the White House.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

The first lady offered a preview, talking about the city where she was born and raised.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Michael Jackson was born in 1958, the seventh of nine children, and he first found fame as a singer and dancer in the family pop group The Jackson 5.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

Pattinson is Edward and the English-born actor says the entire cast felt the pressure of expectations from avid fans of the first film and the Twilight novels by Stephanie Meyers.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23

and the Canadian-born comedian-actor calls it one of the most satisfying roles of his career: "The first time I saw it with an audience,the line 'but you are beautiful to me' got a gasp from the crowd who were so into the romance and the heart of it."

VOA: standard.2010.05.27