If they wished to, they had to pass a reading test.

如果他们想要投票，就得通过阅读测验。

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Black people had no right to vote in the southern states. If they wished to, they had to pass a reading test.

在南部各州黑人没有选举权。如果他们想投票，就必须通过一个阅读测验。

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Male or female serfs belonging to different owners had to pay a "redemption fee" if they wished to marry, and their children were doomed to be serfs for life.

不属同一农奴主的男女农奴结婚要缴纳“赎身费”，农奴的子女注定终身为农奴。

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They determined from that resume if they wished to call the applicant to meet in person.

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It was also presumed that manufacturers would follow high standards if they wished to stay in business, and indeed many firms and products from that era are still with us today.

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They stopped making payments in April 2008 and in July of that year the servicer filed a notice of foreclosure, including the advice that they hire an attorney if they wished to contest it.

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