Late last April, World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan warned that a pandemic was imminent and the time to prepare for it was short.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

So, in terms of what it is that you need to prepare and bring with you for the exam, you need to bring your MIT ID, especially if you haven't been showing up regularly to your recitations and you aren't 100% sure if your TA knows exactly who you are, you need to make sure you have your MIT ID with you.

那么，关于你需要做哪些准备,考试可以带哪些东西，你需要带着你的学生证，尤其是如果你没有经常地参加,习题课,你不能百分之百保证,你的助教确实认识你，那么你更得确保自己到时带着学生证。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

I feel like I need to prepare myself for a lot of negative criticism for it

我觉得我得做好接受负面批评的准备，

肉品市场区的作家 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But he was happy it did. Now he had time to prepare his men for battle.

VOA: special.2009.10.15

So we're very focused on, first of all, the cloud and what's in the servers and storage that people access when they go online, what are all the new devices that are coming online, and how do we shift our business to anticipate that and prepare for it?

所以我们特别关注，首先是云技术，服务器,和上网时的存储，上网的新设备是什么，我们如何改变我们的企业,来预测变化并为其做好准备？

斯坦福公开课 - 戴尔CEO-Michael.Dell谈创业和发展课程节选

He said it would take months to prepare the warships and soldiers for such an effort.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

To prepare your garden for carrots, dig up the soil,loosen it and turn it over.

VOA: special.2009.02.24

And although the land seemed rich, it was difficult to prepare for planting.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

And cities across the United States will continue to prepare for the worst, in exercises like this one, so if another attack occurs, they will be ready for it.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30