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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So the Nightingale sang to the Oak-tree, and her voice was like water bubbling from a silver jar.

所以，夜莺对橡树唱了一首歌，她的声音好比从银色罐子里水冒泡的声音。

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The mixture is then combined with water and sugar and placed in oak barrels for two months.

之后，在这些混合物中加入水和糖，并放入一个橡木桶中存放两个月。

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Mr. JAY PLATT (Rancher): Well, in the area of the water, where you have the cottonwood and the oak trees, there's a lot of bear scat.

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High water could be responsible for two more, both in Illinois, where a decomposed body was found Thursday in an Oak Brook creek and a body was found Saturday in the Mississippi River at Cora.

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