That could be good advice. If you strike high up on a tree with an axe, the chip of wood that is cut off will fall into your eye.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

A Christmas tree, in other words, is a sign that can only be understood intelligibly in terms of a certain cultural understanding.

也就是说，它仅仅用于，也仅仅在一定的文化背景中,才能有意义，被理解。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

We would be told that he was very honest and told his father he chopped down a cherry tree, which would be baloney, but we would be told that too. But I think we would be told also very many true things, which came down to us.

我们还被告知他很诚实,因为他告诉父亲,他砍倒了一棵樱桃树,这简直是胡扯,但我们还是会听到这些,除此之外,我们还会听到一些真实的历史事件

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

And that car will be parked in front of the Red Lion Inn with a Christmas tree on top."

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Roger, Strong-arm!Be advised we have incoming from the tree line at point blue plus two!A.K. s and rockets!

VOA: standard.other

So to be able to get a tree that, first of all,has very clear rings that we're able to visually match to each other and then go through and produce these long records was remarkable."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05