1. A lawyer is required to write the document, for mistakes in language — even a misplaced preposition — can be disastrous. 应当由律师起草文件,因为文字错误——哪怕只是介词放错了位置——也可能是灾难性的。
2. You picture yourself going home to your parents or spouse and being informed, "Your services as our daughter / my wife are no longer required. Pick up your baby pictures as you leave." 你想像着你正回家去与父母或配偶团聚,却听到他们说:"再也没有人需要你来尽一个女儿或妻子的义务了。走时把你儿时的照片也带走吧。"
3. Students are required to take responsibility for each other. 学生必须相互负责。
4. Regardless, last Thursday we moved into a new house. Since I work at home, this also required moving my office; the buyers of our old house wouldn't like seeing me every day in one of their bedrooms. 尽管如此,上周四我们还是搬进了新居。由于我是在家里工作,也就需要我搬办公室:我们旧房的买主可不喜欢每天看到我还待在某个已属于他们的卧室里。
5. In many ways, this is unfortunate for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same lines night after night. 这样一来,可怜的演员们可倒霉了。因为他们需要一夜连着一夜地重复同样的台词。
6. For university students, like those in Harvard, Cambridge, or Massachusetts: cheaters are normally required to leave for two back-to-back terms. 大学生作弊:如哈佛大学、剑桥大学或麻省理工学院的学生,一旦被发现作弊,通常必须连续休学两个学期。