1970年,在他新婚妻子的要求下,他们搬到了道奇。
In 1970, at his new wife's behest, they moved to Dodge City.
村长被要求保证在他管理下的村民回答标准的答案,被警告如果这儿出了乱子他们会丧失存款或者工作。
Village officials were told to guarantee that households under their watch supplied the standard answers, and were warned they would lose a cash deposit and even their jobs if something went wrong.
我是说做一些小事情,比如在他们没有要求的情况下带走垃圾或者买一些必需的食物,或者做一些他们不喜欢亲自做的事情。
I mean to do the small things such as taking out the trash or buying necessary foods without being asked, or doing something that they don't enjoy doing.
The essay that you read was produced at the behest of his French publisher. They wanted him to write something that would make people feel better about the book, that would give some account of its origin and give some defense for its publication and its content.
你们所读到的那篇短文就是在法国出版商的要求下写的,他们希望他写些什么来让人们对这本书产生更多的好感,来交待这本书的缘起,并且为它的内容和它的出版进行辩护。
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