Each day, all across the village, survivors mix cement and stack bricks atop bricks to build new homes. But Li and Wang are in no condition to do such work.

每天，村庄附近的灾民都会用水泥把砖头垒起来建设他们的新家，但是李婉芝和王志军却没办法去做这个工作。

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And as part of the effort to involve the local people in rebuilding, women's self help groups are producing bricks, roofing tiles, and cement concrete hollow blocks to modern specifications.

作为当地人口参与重建工作的一部分，妇女自助小组参与了砖、瓦、以及现代水泥混凝土空心砖的制作。

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A word is a small thing. But words are the bricks that cement my current sentence.

一个单词是件小事儿，但一组单词就成为砌成我这个句子的砖头了。

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They poured concrete, lugged bricks and cement and did metal work, with some clad in gloves and construction helmets.

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