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- "他们的老师要求很高。"
"他们的老师要求很高。"
Translation:Their teacher has high standards.
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It can. The problem is with their English translation. 要求 means what the teacher is asking for, or what the teacher is demanding. So the English would be better off as "Their teacher demands a lot", or "Their teacher asks for a lot". Your sentence is fine as well.
No, I don't think it can be. That would translate as "他们的老师是很要求多的。" The important part of the sentence is "很高“, which means "very high" rather than just "very". You might also hear someone saying "你的中文水平很高“, which means "Your Chinese level is very high".
Um, you need to restructure your sentence.
他们（的）老师的要求是很多的。
Originally your 要求 is a verb. 很 can't modify an verb unless it is a modal one like 能, 愿意, 应该, 要(not very often) and such.
It's standard. Consider "ta hen neng chi" or "wo hen xiang zou".
Negated you must add "shi": " ta bu shi hen neng chi" or "wo bu shi hen xiang zou".
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That would require a 有 to show that the teacher has the standards: 他们的老师有很高(的)要求. Without it, the standards are the subject of the sentence, not the teacher. :)
Total failure of colloquial English in the translations in this course.
What about, "Their teacher's requirements are high"? I always assumed it meant both standards/requirements.
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I thought this would mean that the standard for their teachers are high. To say their teacher's standards (for their students) are high you would need a 的 after 老师。
Leaving the "very" out was incorrectly marked incorrect. Often 很 modifying a stative verb/adjective (such as 高) isn't translated as very, even though it's a required element in the absence of another modifier.
