Lesson 37　To start with，……首先，……

句型“to start with……”在這里作時間狀語表示“首先”“起初”。它還有“以……開始”“以……作為開頭”的意思。

征服句型

●What would you want to start with?

你想怎么開始？

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

首先，讓我?guī)湍慊瘖y。

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

首先給我來一塊芝士蛋糕吧。

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

首先你要在午飯前整理好文件。

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

首先，你要提出你論文的觀點和中心思想。

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

一來我們的錢不夠，二來我們沒時間。

征服對話

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

●We should treat each other fairly.

首先，頂嘴是你最大的錯誤。我們應(yīng)該公平相待。

●Please tell me what I should learn first.

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

請告訴我應(yīng)該先學(xué)什么？

首先，你必須知道怎樣做人。

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

●We are ready now.

我先說第一點。拿出紙和筆做好準(zhǔn)備并記下重點。我們準(zhǔn)備好了。

Tips

與本句型相似的句型還有“to begin with……”，表示“以……為起點”“從……開始做”。例如：What would you like to begin with?你想從什么開始做？To begin with, we must make a clear distinction between ourselves and the enemy.首先，我們必須分清敵我關(guān)系。