If you're invited to a yuppie dinner party, don't be surprised if you're offered freshly-cooked insects as a first course.

如果你被邀请参加雅皮士的晚宴，第一道菜是新鲜烹制的昆虫的话不要感到惊讶。

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They found that when participants in the study ate a first course of soup before lunch they reduced their total calorie intake by 20 per cent, compared with those who did not begin the meal with soup.

他们发现，与那些饭前不喝汤的人相比，如果研究对象在午餐前先喝了一碗汤，他们这顿饭所摄入的总热量就会减少20%。

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Yuri: Yes, we serve pasta as a first course, but we have so much other food... a lot.

尤里：意面是第一道菜，我们还有很多其他美食。

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Of course,one of the first rides at Disney Land was a train that ran all around the park."

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I first started teaching this course in the late 1970s and 80s when literary theory was a thing absolutely of the moment.

我在20世纪七八十年代时开始教这门课,当时文学理论非常流行。

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Well, of course, it's because he thinks, first of all, there's a soul and it will survive and it's immortal.

当然,这是因为他认为,首先,灵魂是存在的,在肉体死后仍会继续存在,而且灵魂是不朽的

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Going on a first aid course can equip you with the knowledge and confidence to deal with many emergency situations.

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And the first Ryder Cup staged at a purpose-built course will unfortunately be remembered as the first to need a fourth day because of a sodden course.

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He set up a number of challenges (three of which have since been claimed) each with a financial reward reflecting their difficulty: The first to fly a figure-eight course around two markers half a mile apart, the first to fly from England to France and a world speed challenge.

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