It was the first time that she had sung in public .

　　This is the first time ( that ) I\'ve felt really relaxed for months .

　　This is the second time that I have met her .

　　This is the fourth time ( that ) I\'ve heard her sing that song .

　　This is the only party ( that ) I\'ve ever really enjoyed in my life .

　　It\'s one of the most interesting books ( that ) I\'ve ever read .

　　( 2 ) 现在时可以和 for the first time 连用。试比较：

　　This is the first time I\'ve been here . 这是我头一次来这里。 ( 此句不能说… I\'m here . )

　　I\'m here for the first time . 我是头一次来这里。
　
　　( 3 ) it is time + 动词不定式，这种句型表示“应该做某事了”。例如：

　　It\'s time to go to school ( go to bed ) .

　　It\'s time for you to get a bath . 你该洗个澡了。

　　4 . They had come from England , having heard the strange news that Dr Manette , Lucie\'s father , was alive and was living in Paris . 他们从英国来因为听到一个奇怪的消息——露西的父亲曼奈特医生仍然活着，而且住在巴黎。

〖 明晰 〗 ( 1 ) having heard the strange news 是现在分词的完成式，作表示原因的状语，相当于一个状语从句 ( as they had heard the strange news ) 。在这个分词短语后面紧跟一个由 that 引导的同位语从句：that Dr Manette…in Paris .

　　　　　　　 ( 2 ) 现在分词的完成式是“having + 过去分词”构成，它表示这动作发生在谓语动词所表示的动作之前，常用作状语，表示原因或时间。例如：

　　Having finished his work , he went home .

　　= After he had finished his work , he went home .

　　5 . Dr Manette , having been kept a prisoner in the Bastille , Paris\'s most important prison , for many years , had recently been set free… 曼奈特医生曾被当作囚犯关在巴黎最重要的监狱巴士底狱多年，最近获释了……

　　〖 明晰 〗 ( 1 ) 这个句子的主语和谓语是：Dr Manette had recently been set free , 而 having been kept a prisoner…for many years 作状语，相当于一个表示时间的状语从句：after he had ben kept…for many years .

　　　　　 　　( 2 ) “having been kept…”是现在分词完成式的被动语态形式，它由“having been + 过去分词”构成，表示：已经被……”的意思，在句子中主要作状语，表示时间或原因。

　　Lucie Manette , having been told of the news , became excited and decided to start for France immediately . ( = After she had been told of the news , Lucie Manette became excited… ) 露西•曼奈特得知这个消息之后，情绪很激动，决定立即起程去巴黎。 ( 作时间状语 )

　　Having been translated into many languages , his book soon became well known in the world . ( = As it has been translated into many languages , his book became… ) 他的书由于译成多种文字，很快就举世闻名了。 ( 作原因状语 )

　　6 . The poor of the cities and the peasants in the country , having lived such a hard life for so long . took up their guns and knives and began to kill the rich nobles . 城市贫民和乡村里的农民由于长期以来过着非常艰苦的生活，拿起刀枪开始杀富有的贵族来了。

　　〖 明晰 〗 ( 1 ) the poor = poor people . 形容词前加一个定冠词 the，则表示一类人或一类东西。如：the rich ( 富人 ) ，the young ( 年轻人 ) ，the old ( 老年人 ) ，the blind ( 盲人 ) ，the new ( 新的东西 ) ，the ordinary ( 普通的东西 ) ，the unusual ( 不寻常的东西 ) 等。