1·The lunch was excellent, especially the first course.
午饭非常好吃，尤其是第一道菜。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·If you're invited to a yuppie dinner party, don't be surprised if you're offered freshly-cooked insects as a first course.
如果你被邀请参加雅皮士的晚宴，第一道菜是新鲜烹制的昆虫的话不要感到惊讶。
3·What would you like for your first course?
您第一道菜想点什么？
4·On this day, Obama was running late so his first course had been wrapped.
在这一天，奥巴马晚点了，所以他的第一期培训班已经结束。
5·We had fish for the first course, followed by roast fowl and fresh vegetables.
我们吃的第一道菜是鱼，接著上的菜是烤禽肉和新鲜蔬菜。
6·Yuri: Yes, we serve pasta as a first course, but we have so much other food... a lot.
尤里：意面是第一道菜，我们还有很多其他美食。
7·Yuri: : Yes, we serve pasta as a first course, but we have so much other food... a lot.
尤里：意面是第一道菜，我们还有很多其他美食。
8·After our first course of cheeses, we tasted some stinky local dishes for comparative purposes.
品尝过第一道奶酪食品后，我们尝了一些很臭的当地菜肴，进行对比。
9·Generally, the first course is soup in the south, while in the north, the last one is soup.
通常，在南方第一道菜是汤，而在北方最后一道菜是汤。
10·Yuri: Well traditionally you have the first course, usually it's pasta or gnocchi, whatever.
尤里：传统上，第一道菜通常是意面或意大利土豆团子。