The sooner you remove ice and snow from concrete surfaces after it falls the less daunting the task seems to appear.

下雪后，越快的把混凝土道路上的冰雪混合物扫除，你就越会觉得扫雪并不是很麻烦的。

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The hardness of ice is similar to that of concrete.

冰的硬度和混凝土差不多。

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That the emotion of Chinese culture and local esthetics is linked tightly with plasticity of concrete endows concrete buildings and constructions which seem ice-cold with inherent spirits.

中国文化的情感与地方特色的美学与混凝土的可塑性联系在一起，赋予看似冰冷的混凝土构筑以内在的精神。

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The Russian complaints about their treatment in the ice hockey and cross-country are arguably less concrete.

BBC: Russians question their hosts

"You know you've got cement, concrete blocks and steel, and the ice goes through it like it's just a toothpick, " Dennis Stykalo, who also lost a home to the ice, told the CBC.

CNN: 'Ice tsunamis' sweep into homes