Most were young, with such spindly branches that they resembled bushes more than trees, but there were also a few specimens with trunks the width of fire hydrants.

那都是些小树，单薄的枝桠使它们看起来更像是灌木丛，但也有一些树干如消防栓粗细的标本树木。

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There are not many boats in this little river; only a few dinghies, laden with dry branches and twigs, are moving leisurely along to the tired plash!

河面上只有几条小船，载着干木板和树枝，在疲惫的哗哗桨声中悠闲地向前移动着。

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They're safe after-school havens for teenagers of working parents, with rooms set aside that are stocked with computers and, at a few branches, like the Rockaways, even with recording studios.

它们也是有着双职工父母的青少年放学后安全的遍布计算机房的庇护所，有一些分馆比如rockaways分馆甚至还有录音棚。

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It is that a bank with branches on every corner seems safer than one with only a few, even if the deposits of both are guaranteed by the government.

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Lloyds will warrant that a few million customers will move with their branches to the new owner.

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What we now have a most unusual situation - a bank in Scotland with profits in freefall despite previous attempts at gutting expenses, comparatively few branches and soon to become fewer, effectively little more than an financial call centre with a few cheque cashing shops and a couple of trendy business centres.

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