They were willing to serve the fatherland in its hour of need.

他们愿意在祖国需要时为祖国服务。

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Faust, in the spirit of the moment, said, "By the authority vested in me, let's cut and serve the cake."

浮士德在这个激动人心的时刻说：“以既定在我身上的权威的名义，让我们切开并端上这个蛋糕吧。”

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Basically, we turned our skin darker to serve as a natural sun-protector in the place of the hair we lost.

基本上，我们的皮肤变黑了，从而在失去毛发的部位起到天然的防晒作用。

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At the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, permission is needed to serve alcohol at any event on campus.

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You also have experience of that because you came from New York University, in fact you still serve at New York University.

你也一定有类似的经历吧,因为你之前是在纽约大学读书，先在也在纽约大学留任了。

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They are involved in commerce, some of them, but mostly what they do is they serve the state.

他们有的从事商业,但他们是大多是为国家效力的

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Pope Benedict made his remarks at the Vatican in what amounted to a farewell address to hundreds of priests who serve in the Diocese of Rome, our correspondent says.

BBC: Pope Benedict hints he will retire into seclusion

It was a similar story in the second set as the power of Williams began to wear down her opponent and a break of serve in the opening game of the second set saw her firmly on the way to the last 32.

BBC: Testud falls to Pierce

And the same patient baseline approach drew another break of serve in game four of the third set, before the match was wrapped up when Youzhny put a forehand long.

BBC: SPORT | Tennis | Ivanisevic wins on return