She was lucky even to get to first base with that crazy scheme of hers.

甚至能够将她那个不切实际的计划开了个良好的头，她都很幸运了。

See, if you cannot close on the telephone appointments, you can't even get to first base. And become good at it.

你看，如果你不能成交电话预约，你甚至连第一垒都上不了。要精于此道。

Poor Bill, he's been in love with this girl for at least a year but he can't get to first base with her. He can't even get her to go out and have a cup of coffee with him.

可怜的比尔，他爱上那个女孩至少一年了，但他还不能和她确定关系，甚至都无法约她出去陪他喝杯咖啡。

To get an idea of what you want to do, you have to first base it off a reference point.

要想知道自己想做什么，首先要基于相关点。