首先

首先，我要听听双方的意见。

首先，我要聽聽雙方的意見。

First, I should hear both sides.

首先我們必須處理這個問題。

To begin with, we must tackle the problem.

她出生的那个时代奴隶制度刚刚结束；那时路上没有汽车，天上也没有飞机。当时像她这样的人由于两个原因不能投票，首先她是女性，其次她是黑人。

她出生的那個時代奴隸制度剛剛結束；那時路上沒有汽車，天上也沒有飛機。當時像她這樣的人由於兩個原因不能投票，首先她是女性，其次她是黑人。

She was born just a generation past slavery. A time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky, when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons: because she was a woman, and because of the color of her skin.

他決定不買那座房子，首先是因為太貴了，其次是因為房子離他公司太遠了。

He decided not to buy the house, because in the first place it was too expensive, and in the second place it was too far from his office.

首先，因为海水变热时膨胀，海平面可能提高。

首先，因爲海水變熱時膨脹，海平面可能提高。

First of all, the level of the ocean could rise, because ocean water expands as it grows warmer.