The hillside appeared empty at first., then a pile of rocks rolled down the hillside.

山坡上还是空荡荡的，这时一堆石头滚落了下来。

I was reluctant at first, but after a trip to Hacker's headquarters in the US to discuss it, I was chasing them!

我很不情愿去做，但在去了美国总部和们讨论之后，我努力和们合作！

That matters because theory suggests that the maximum sustainable yield that can be cropped from a fishery comes when the biomass of a target species is about 50% of its original levels.

这确有其事，因为理论告诉我们如果一个渔场的总储量如果连的最大可承受的捕鱼量的50％都不到，就应该降低捕鱼数量了。

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

，神创造天地。

All of them were skeptical at first.

们都持怀疑态度。

Of course, everything seemed quite normal at first.

每件事情都显得很平常。

At first she shivered from her fear but at last she could vanquish it.

她因害怕而颤抖，但最后终于能克服它。

I learned early that my meaning had to be from the experience of making the film and the possibility of connecting with individuals rather than the foremost trophies in my industry: financial and critical success.

我感到很幸运，我首次参演的电影在所有的标准看来都是一场灾难。

At first, it might seem like a common cold, runny nose and cough.

，它可能跟普通咳嗽一样，流鼻涕和咳嗽。

That ruling produced an explosion in business-method patent filings, initially by emerging internet companies trying to stake out exclusive rights to specific types of online transactions.

这一裁决使得商业方法专利件以几何数级增加，只是一些新兴的网络公司对于某些特定类型的在线交易系统试图争取独家专有权。

(END VIDEO CLIP) AZUZ: At first this will look like your run of the mill pontoon boat hanging out on a lake.

，这将看来像你的普通工厂浮舟挂在湖面上。

The only thing neighbors have in common, to begin with, is proximity, and unless something more develops, that isn't reason enough to be best friends.

，邻居们的相似之处仅仅是因为近，除非更多的事情发生了，否则那根本不是成为最好朋友的理由。

To start out, the headband is made of bioplastic.

，头带是由生物塑料制成的。

She objected at first, but finally submitted.

她反对我打她头发的主意，但最终还是屈服了。

Research on this human genome map progressed slowly at first. Then it speeded up.

，人类基因图谱的研究进展缓慢，之后进展加快。

The slowdown was first thought to be temporary.

认为经济放缓是暂时性的。

It was slow at first, barely noticeable.

很慢很慢，不易察觉。

At first, he just removed that awful, awful purple stripe.

，只是移除了极其难看的紫色条纹。

Two initial groups of US trained rebels suffered embarrassing setbacks.

的两组反对派人员遭到重创。

The bored haughty face that she turned to the world concealed something—most affectations conceal something eventually, even though they don't in the beginning—and one day I found what it was.

她摆给世人看的那张厌世而骄傲的面孔隐藏着某种东西——大多数装腔作势最终都隐藏着什么，哪怕它们并不如此——后来我发现那种东西是什么了。