The very first time that Joe saw the film"ET" directed by Steven Spielberg, he made up his mind to become a director too. 

【翻译】乔第一次看到史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格执导的电影“ET”时，他也下定决心要成为一名导演。

本句time 后的that， 一般情况下都省略。这样，名词词组the very first time 就可以充当连词，引导时间从句。

由time 组成的这种特殊结构，叫做“不是连词的连词”。之所以这么说，是因为the very first time 不是真正的连词，而是一个名词（词组），但是它在句中确实起到了连词的作用。

由名词time 构成的连词归纳：

the time, the first time, next time, any time, every time，each time, the last time, from the time, by the time 等，都可以作连词用，引导时间状语从句。网友的任务是：记住这些用法，尽量不要去分析为什么省去了that。

The (very) first time I climbed onto the wall, I felt nervous.

我第一次爬到墙上去时，感到胆怯。　　　

Every time I catch a cold, I have pain in my back. 

我每次感冒背就痛。

Any time you come to London do look me up.  

你无论什么时候到伦敦来，一定要来看我。

I recognized you the minute I saw you. 

我一见你就认出了你。　　　　　

Next time you come, you will see the scientist. 

你下次来时就会见到那位科学家。　　　　

You may come back any time you want to. 

你想回来随时可回来。　　　　

Each time the tourist traveled by boat he got seasick. 

这位旅客每次坐船行时都晕船。　　　　

The last time she saw James, he was lying in bed. 

她最后一次看詹姆斯时，他躺在床上。　　　　

The truck will have arrived by the time you have all the things packed up. 

到你把一切东西都捆好时，卡车也就来了。