While they had been at Seoul National University, or Oxford, or Harvard, he had been pouring cement and mending nets.

当其他大学生就读著首尔大学、牛津大学、哈佛大学，卢武铉在乡下倒水泥作工、或撒渔网捕鱼。

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The demand, really, is for a celebratory history: how otherwise could it serve as the cement of national identity?

这样的要求实际上是在呼唤一种满是庆祝的历史：否则它如何能成为民族认同感的基石？

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Cement concrete as a large class of building materials has a wide range of using for different purposes, and the national standard has detail specifications.

水泥混凝土作为一大类建筑材料，有着广泛的用途，针对不同的用途，国家标准中有详细规范要求。

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The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association points out that using ash in cement is not a new idea.

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But relying on this to cement national strength may turn out to be only a holding action technology is making local knowledge easier to replicate, and the price of most services is steadily falling.

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In the harshly worded order, the judges said that failure to punish such dishonest acts would destroy the moral fibre of society, a national asset of greater importance than cement and concrete.

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This is the win that finally seems to cement FSU once more as a legitimate national championship contender.

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