VOA慢速英语:Museum of Chinese in America Explores the Immigrant Life

1.First of all architecturally, this is the center of the museum. Secondly, conceptually this is what we call a courtyard.

first of all首先

例句：First of all, you should know what profession suits you.
      首先, 你该知道什么职业适合你。

2.These trade disputes between China and Britain resulted in China being forced to open more of its ports to trade with western countries.

result in导致,结果是

例句：The game resulted in another victory for our team.
      比赛结果, 我们队又获胜了。

3.But it tells a great deal about social and political tensions during the late eighteen hundreds.

a great deal很多,大量,…得多

例句：His words caused a great deal of dissension.
      他的话引起了许多争论。