He says the display was designed to look like a map of the local Washington Metro train system instead of a tree.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

It mentions a tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; then goes on to just focus on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

它提到了一棵生命树，一棵分辨善恶的知识树;,接着却重点讲分辨善恶的知识树。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

And they have like a giant Christmas tree and a menorah and a bunch of other things, so.

到时候会有巨大的圣诞树、蜡烛，等等之类的都有。

强力推荐 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He decided to tie one end of the road to what remained of a tree in the ground.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

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

South Carolina's nickname is the easier of the two: It is The Palmetto State because of a fan-leafed palm tree that grows there.

VOA: special.2011.01.16

It's a ladder used to ascend a tree, it's a kind of tool of ascent that's a kind of a tool for getting fruit.

这是用来爬上树的梯子，是一种上升的工具,也是用来摘果子的。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

South Carolina's nickname is the easier of the two: It is the Palmetto State because of a fan-leafed palm tree that grows there.

VOA: special.2011.01.16

He had done a terrible thing and there he stood forever with his feet in the water below, and above him a tree with grapes hanging down, and dying of thirst.

他做了坏事,被惩罚永远站在水中,头上是一棵挂满葡萄的葡萄树,他口渴异常

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

A competitor of Mars,Hershey's, supported the gene mapping of the Criollo, a far less common cacao tree.

VOA: special.2010.10.19

The point I wanted to make is that for every node, except the leaves, the leaves are the bottom of a tree in this case, are weird, right, they draw trees where the root is at the top, and the leaves are at the bottom.

你没必要看到整棵树，我想说的重点是,对每个节点来说，除了叶子节点,叶子节点指的是树的最下面的节点，电脑科学家都很奇怪,他们画树的时候根是在最上面的。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

She put the basket of babies on a blanket in the shade of a chestnut tree.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

They all died. And it was--not everybody, but in France 1,500,000 people died, and that's a huge demographic chunk, it's like a big shark took a big bite out of your basic pyramid of your demographic tree.

都死了,的确是,倒不是所有人,但是在法国有一百五十万人阵亡,这在人口比例中占很大一部分,就好像一个大鲨鱼照着,人口树的基底咬了一大口

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

It can affect a large area or just individual trees or even part of a tree.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

Once you get that, once you get the value, "Christmas tree," as opposed to "red lights," "red lights" being perhaps a part of some Christmas trees, then you see that you're back in a semiotic system and a very obvious one, because a Christmas tree is a not-menorah, not-Kwanzaa candles.

一旦认识到这点，红灯，指的其实是圣诞树“,红灯是圣诞树的一部分，那么你会发现你回到了符号学的解释中，圣诞树不用于犹太教或者非洲人的节日。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Today we tell you about some new understanding of why cutting the main branch of a plant or tree can lead to better development.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

Most visitors spent a long time looking at the display called "The Tree of Life."

VOA: special.2009.12.01

More recently,"Sesame Street" launched a version of the show in Northern Ireland called "Sesame Tree."

VOA: special.2009.11.27

It probably has its nest at the top of a tall tree."

VOA: special.2010.04.03

Strangely enough she discovered this in a different kind of tree.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

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

Ryan and four of his friends were riding in a car when the driver lost control and hit a tree.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

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

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Each of the participating businesses displays a Christmas tree on their premises decorated with special hanging ornaments.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

"In the tropics, a lot of tree species don't even form rings that we can see.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

A new ring is added every year, and thicker rings represent a kind of savings account, when the tree collects more nutrients than it can use.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

It parks in front of the Red Lion Inn. As in the original picture, there is a Christmas tree on the car as it is being delivered to a family.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

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