John gave the tree a kick but it didn't move.

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This may sound a little bit too much, but I'm no different than that animal, than that tree, than that rock.

这也许一下子很难接受，但我与各种动物没有不同，也与树木，岩石无异。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

I'd like to go by climbing a birch tree, And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more, But dipped its top and set me down again.

我真想去爬白桦树，沿着雪白的树干，爬上乌黑的树枝，爬向那天心，直到树身再支撑不住，树梢碰着地，把我放下来。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

But I didn't ask for a family tree.

但我没有规定必须要画族谱。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

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