问题 分析He was among the first to arrive的句子成分

He was among the first to arrive.老师：请问这句话 the first 在这里是做表语还是宾语啊？我有点疑惑。照道理，这里是系动词 was，所以，the first 是用作表语，我这样理解正确吗？谢谢。

问题 语气理解困惑

...published letter from an important figure in history,it's as if his or her own words are jumping off the page.我感觉这里应该用虚拟语气were jumping off the page，不应该用 are jumping off the page. 不知对否？谢谢老师！

问题 the first time从句时态

一直记得the first time后用完成时，可是看“遗愿清单”这部电影的时候，片中出现了“This is the first time I was ever in a tub with no corners".我反复听了很多遍，也慢速听了很多遍，确定弗里曼老爷子念的还真是这句台词，不太信这...

问题 as such的指代问题

...he word ，意为“就本身而论”、“…… 本身”，大概等于itself或者themselves。I do not object taxes as such， but do object when taxation is justified on spurious or dishonest grounds.　　这里的as such等同于前面的taxes，翻译为我不是反对税收本身，但我...

问题 than从句后面可以省略主语it吗（than it had looked）

...没着预期的那么令人满意。There were many more deaths than was first supposed. 死亡的人数要比最初预想的多得多。

话题 the first time

话题 first-time

话题 first-ever

话题 my first time

话题 be first doing

话题 a first step

话题 first degree level

问题 Turn back on 的back起什么作用

Turn it off then turn it back on again. 不理解，这多加进去的back起什么作用？ back作为副词，修饰turn的话好像没有说得通的解释啊？...

问题 难句翻译（涉及follow through, move on等）

Tempting though it may be to follow this point through, it is not really relevant and we had better move on. 请老师翻译一下这个句子，特别是句子中的 follow through, move on, tempting 等，如何翻译？

问题 require doing中的doing可以表主动意义吗（质疑2022北京卷的一个用法）

... the food system—or any other network—requires three things to happen. First, researchers need to identify all the players in that system; second, they must work out how they relate to each other; and third, they need to understand and quantify the impact of those relationships on each other and...