[영어 표현] The first thing we have to do is ~.

The first thing we have to do is~.

우리가 가장 먼저 해야할 일은 ~다.
we 대신에 you, I, they 등등 가능하며, first 대신 second를 넣어 사용할 수도 있다. 물론 she or he 가 오면 have가 has로 바뀌어야 한다. The first thing she has to do is~

The first thing we have to do is take out the trash.
The first thing we have to do is get it written and publish it.
The first thing you have to do is grab their attention.
The first thing we have to do is decide where we are going to download the sources.
I think the first thing we have to do is not make Kim Jong-Il a hero.
So the first thing we have to do is understand what we mean by "life on other worlds" and figure out how to search for it.

응용
The first place we have to see is Korean folk village. 에서 의미상 장소를 have to see 할 필요는 없으므로 The first place we are supposed to visit is there. 가 좋겠다.

level the playing field

모두에게 동일한 기회를 주다.
to give everyone the same advantages or opportunities.
to make strive for fairness; to give the same opportunities to all

It would also level the playing field for U.S. manufacturers
a way to level the playing field
The program was created to level the playing field among students
Allow me to make a modest proposal that might level the playing field
Government funding can level the playing field for political candidates without money.

정리할 겸 블로그에 영어 공부한 내용을 올리는 것도 좋을 것 같다.
그래도 양질의 내용을 올려야 의미가 있으므로 좀 더 체계를 잡고 시작해야 겠다.