我想首先感谢大家今天的到来。

I'd like to ___start ___off by thanking you all for coming today.

经理以月度销售报告开始了会议。

The manager ___started ___off the meeting with the monthly sales report.

我们以驱车前往一个小村庄开始了我们的旅程。

We ___started ___off our journey by driving to a small village.