At the beginning of the twentieth century, on the Gulf Coast in the US state of Texas, there was a hill where gas leakage was so noticeable that schoolboys would sometimes set the hill on fire.

二十世纪初，在美国德克萨斯州的墨西哥湾沿岸，有一座山，那里的天然气泄漏非常明显，学生们有时甚至会放火烧山。

It's like a summary at the beginning of the paragraph so that the reader will not be surprised by anything you say.

就像放在每段开头的总结一样，这样你的读者就会对你后面写的内容感到意外了。

Maine, not to be outdone, has just issued its first casino licence, and also lifted a ban on fireworks at the beginning of the year.

缅因州落后，刚刚颁发了第一赌场许可证，同时在年初时撤销烟火禁令。

At the beginning of September, if that's possible.

如果可以的话，9月初吧。

'pedagogy', it's a 'p' sound at the beginning of the word, so it's aspirated.

“pedagogy”这词的开头有一“p”音，所以它是一送气音。

Let's start at the beginning of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's life.

让我们从克坦吉·布朗·杰克逊法官的生命开始说起。

It started at the beginning of Ramadan.

这一切始于从斋月之初。耶。

The agency says strong infrastructure investment may underpin growth at the beginning of next year.

该示，强劲的基础设施投资可能会为明年初的增长提供支撑。

At the beginning of the year, the artist built a piece called " Strawpocalypse, " a pair of 10-foot-tall plastic waves, frozen mid-crash.

在今年年初，这位艺术家建造了一名为 “吸管末日” 的作品，一对 10 英尺高的塑料波浪，在碰撞中被冻结。

If you're watching this at the beginning of a new semester, I hope your new semester gets off to an awesome start and stays that way.

如果你是在新学期的开始看到这支视频，希望你的新学期能有好开始一路一帆风顺。

There's a compound effect and it's far better to put that time in at the beginning of your career than at the end, because if you do it at the beginning, you get to benefit from it.

这是一种复合效应，把这段时间放在职业生涯的开始比放在最后要好得多，因为如果你一开始就这么做，你就会从中受益。

It kicks off at the beginning of summer and runs through next spring.

它开始于初夏，持续到明年春天。

If you could go back in time and speak with your younger self at the beginning of your career, what advice would you give yourself and how would you approach your work differently?

如果时间倒流，你会对刚开始工作的你自己说些什么？你会给自己什么建议? 你的工作方式会有所同吗？

This is especially important at the beginning of any speech.

这在演讲开始时尤为重要。

The building where you bought your tickets is the New Barn, immediately to your right, and we're now at the beginning of the main path to the farmland — and of course the car park is on your left.

你们刚才买票的那栋楼是New Barn，就在你们右边；现在我们在去农场的主道的入口处，还有，当然啦，停车场在你们左边。

The stress is in the same position, at the beginning of the word.

重读在同一位置，都在单词的开头。

The best part — you will never have to look for the remote again because you can control the TV with your mind using nanotechnology as discussed at the beginning of the video.

最棒的是——你再用找遥控器了，因为你可以用意念控制电视，就像视频开头讨论的那样。

I also love her dedication that at the beginning of her book. She actually dedicates the book to the doctor, the old man that performed an abortion she decided to have when she was a young woman.

我还非常钦佩她的勇气和毅力。在书中一开始，她提到那医生，那为她做堕胎手术的老男人，那在她年轻时，就下定决心要做的堕胎手术。

At the beginning of the semester, I would imagine myself writing a great assignment, because I have over a month to work on it.

新学期伊始，我希望自己的作业十分出色，因为我有一月的时间来完成它。

I initially met up with him at the beginning of the season.

我最初是在本赛季开始的时候见到他的。