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Keep it up，Xie Lei
Language points
Unit 5
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It was the first time she had ever left her motherland.
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本句使用了句型It/This/That is/was＋序数词＋time(that)．..“某人第……次做……”。若主句使用is，从句谓语动词要用现在完成时；若主句使用was，则从句谓语动词要用过去完成时。
扩展
(1)
It's time (for sb.)to do sth.
（2）It's high time (that)＋should do/did
(3)
It was a time when...
(4)the first second/last time＋从句