So the revelation that he literally doesn’t know the first thing about the debt crises currently in progress is, as I said, interesting — and not in a good way.

瑞安先生的讲话表明，在目前进展中的债务危机方面，毫不夸张地讲，他连最基本的都不懂。 所以，正如本人前面所说，这种事情很有意思——但并不是好事。

If you are not a chemist, the first basic thing that you should know about physics and chemistry is that electrons are the things that hold atoms and molecules together.

如果你不是个化学家，那么有一点最基本的物理化学知识就是原子和分子是由电子联系在一起的。

And the first thing I would say, which is stunning about this, which, you know, is not going to go away, is my goodness.

而首先我要说的是，这是惊人的，这你知道，天哪，它是不会消失的。

I do not know the first thing about the law suit.

我一点儿也知道这件诉讼案的事。

As for the Duchess, she did not know the first thing about the British government, nor indeed about the British people.

至于公爵夫人，她对英国政府毫不了解，也不清楚英国人民。