首先……

First and foremost

首要的是…、首先…

First and foremost, I want to thank all of you for tuning in to our Official Wechat Account.

首先，我要感谢各位收听我们的微信公众号。

In spite of being elected to office, she remains first and foremost a writer.

尽管被选担任公职，但首先她仍然是一名作家。

The intro 

(Listening Comprehension)

Hello ladies, and gentlemen, this is Mr.Wong speaking. First and foremost, I would like to share a story with you guys, here we go :

A man buys a lie detector robot that slaps people who lie. So he decides to try it out at dinner. 

DAD: Son, where were you today during school ?

SON: At school.

*PA ! The robot slaps his son*

SON: Ok, I watched a movie with my friend.

DAD: Which one ?

SON: Kung Fu Panda.

*PA ! The robot slaps his son again*

SON: Ok, it was an erotic movie. 

DAD: WHAT ?! When I was your age, I didn't even know what an eroic movie was.

*PA ! Robot slaps the dad*

The Mom laughed: HAHA !! He's your son after all !

*PA ! Robot slaps the mom*

Oh man ! That joke gets me everytime. Alright, let's dive right in to today's phrase of the day which is "first and foremost". Check it out !

没看懂？请自己查字典！

(这才是真正的学习过程)