A massive oak claims its ground for 200 years or more, outcompeting all other would-be canopy trees by casting a dense shade and drawing up any free water in the soil.

200年或更久的时间里，一棵巨大的橡树占据了它的土地，投下浓密的树荫，吸收土壤中所有自由水分，打败了所有其他可能成为树冠的树木。

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Red squirrels live high up in trees, while grey squirrels spend more of their time on the ground.

红松鼠生活在高高的树上，而灰松鼠则大部分时间生活在地面上。

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He has changed his dry village into a place rich in ground water by planting trees on nearby land for the last 19 years.

在过去的19年里，他通过在附近的土地上植树，把干旱的村庄变成了地下水丰富的地方。

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Trees are in the ground for years, rather than farm crops' months.

ECONOMIST: Trees are the next target of genetic engineers

He flies to the next town over and perches in all the trees, then falls to the ground in several different countries and is blown away by the wind, which hammers endlessly in all the ears he has more than he is capable of counting.

NEWYORKER: The TV

You make it plain, though, that money does not grow even on tropical trees or in holes in the ground, whatever their contents.

ECONOMIST: A matter of give and take