Well,the first thing to know is that prices are different from school to school.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

And the first thing you do is ask is it an instance of some problem that other people have already solved?

而且你以前从没碰过这个问题,你首先要做的一件事就是问问自己,这是不是一个别人已经解决了的问题？

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

The first thing I have to do is give you understanding of the physics of the gas discharge tube.

首先要做的就是让你们理解,气体放电管的物理学原理。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

So,first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself-- nameless,unreasoning,unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."

VOA: special.2011.03.17

So the first thing we'll do is, we'll print the element, in this case it will be a list right? Because it's a list with two lists in it.

因此这儿我们要做的第一件事，就是要显示元素，在这儿元素就是数组了对不对？,因为这个数组包含了两个数组。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

So,first of all,let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless,unreasoning,unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."

VOA: special.2011.05.19

It's often put in terms of the relationship between the part and the whole. I approach a text and of course the first thing I read is a phrase or a sentence.

经常可以理解为,局部和整体的关系，我看到文本后,首先读到的东西理所当然是一个短语或一个句子。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

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

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

So, the first thing we do is put two electrons between h and c, and then two electrons between c and n.

那么，我们先在氢和碳之间放两个电子，然后在碳和氮之间再放两个电子。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

It sticks to anything and the grass is the first thing out there and it sticks right to it."

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

They're in a -the first thing to understand is that -I start out by telling you the story of the goldsmith banker.

它们...,首先要弄明白的是,在一开始我讲了金匠银行家的故事

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"The first thing is not numbers,". "It is to find and fine-tune the right approach to implement the strategy already laid down.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

So the first thing we're going to do today is look at a different form of competition which is called Bertrand competition.

所以今天我们要做的第一件事,就是来学习一个不同形式的竞争,叫伯川德竞争

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

"The first thing is corruption, the education system, and we need more universities to be built in Namibia,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.28

The first and most obvious thing to say about the Republic is that it is a long book.

首先也是《理想国》,最明显的特征,就是其厚度。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

So the first thing I tell an actor to do is learn your craft and be ready when you get the opportunity."

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

The first thing you probably want to accomplish or at least one thing that seems easy is find the graphic of the cookie sheet that you happen to want for this project.

你第一件要完成的任务,或者说你最起码要做的，是绘出,这个工程里面出现的各式各样的饼干人物图。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

The first thing you notice when you walk inside John Bevis' modest two-story is the smell.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

The first thing he did is he killed every product line the company was working on.

他会做的第一件事就是,停止每一条公司正在运作的生产线。

斯坦福公开课 - Twitter之父Jack.Dorsey演讲：好奇和灵感的力量课程节选

"The first thing that affects migration is the fact employers do not want as many workers,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

Now, the first thing to notice is that to get the conclusion we need all three premises.

现在 首先要注意的是,只有三个前提全部成立才能得出结论

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So the first thing which we are requesting is to come back to constitutional order.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

So the first thing we got to do is sort of lock on to the tonic.

我们来听一下，我们要做的第一件是是锁定主音。

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

"It can be replicated, but the first thing is to have the space,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

That's the first thing to make sure that is clear.

如果这些搞不清楚。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

"So the first thing,I must admit, suffers is surgery: elective surgery.Stop."

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

The first thing I'll say is, when you have a business that's changing very rapidly, if you have five or six meetings a year, it's incredibly hard for somebody on a board to know a whole lot about your business.

我首先要说的是，你的公司发展很快时，如果你每年开五，六次会，董事们会很为难,知道整个公司的情况。

斯坦福公开课 - 戴尔CEO-Michael.Dell谈创业和发展课程节选

"The first thing that we began to do is begin encounters between the Mexican health authorities and the American health authorities in order that they might interchange information regarding the situation in Mexico.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

So this is the first thing to alleviate the concern of elitism.

因此在这问题上无须计较研究对象是不是精英。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Andrew Meltzoff, for instance, has found that if you go to a newborn baby, and if you find a newborn baby, this is the first thing you should do.

比如说,安德鲁·迈尔左夫发现,如果你接近一个新生儿,当然你首先要做的,就是要找到一个新生儿

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选