像美国人那样说英语:常用句型286
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Lesson 37 To start with,……首先,……

句型“to start with……”在这里作时间状语表示“首先”“起初”。它还有“以……开始”“以……作为开头”的意思。

征服句型

●What would you want to start with?

你想怎么开始?

●To start with, let me help you make up.

首先,让我帮你化妆。

●To start with, I need a piece of cheese cake.

首先给我来一块芝士蛋糕吧。

●To start with, you must put your papers in order before lunch.

首先你要在午饭前整理好文件。

●To start with, you must offer your opinion and the central idea about your thesis.

首先,你要提出你论文的观点和中心思想。

●To start with, we don’t have enough money, and secondly we’re too busy.

一来我们的钱不够,二来我们没时间。

征服对话

●To start with, backchat is your most serious mistake.

●We should treat each other fairly.

首先,顶嘴是你最大的错误。我们应该公平相待。

●Please tell me what I should learn first.

●To start with, you must know how to be.

请告诉我应该先学什么?

首先,你必须知道怎样做人。

●To start with the first.Get your pens and paper ready and write down the point.

●We are ready now.

我先说第一点。拿出纸和笔做好准备并记下重点。我们准备好了。

Tips

与本句型相似的句型还有“to begin with……”,表示“以……为起点”“从……开始做”。例如:What would you like to begin with?你想从什么开始做?To begin with, we must make a clear distinction between ourselves and the enemy.首先,我们必须分清敌我关系。