Lie down and look straight up through the branches, and climb a tree to look down the path.

你可以躺下来透过树枝直直地向上看，也可以爬上树从小路向下看。

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Lie down and look straight up through the branches; climb a tree to look down the path.

躺下，透过树枝向上直视；爬上一棵树向下看。

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Say the word 'cactus,' and many people get a mental picture of a thick, straight up trunk with rounded tip, and sturdy branches curving to the vertical in a candelabra effect.

一提到仙人掌，很多人脑中就会浮现出这样一副画面：粗直的树榦、圆形的顶，强健的枝干如烛台状垂直立著。

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Also prune branches growing toward the ground, high branches growing straight up and shoots growing from the base of the tree.

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The hornbill cackles, and white Xs on the faces of oryx, with their three-foot long straight spike horns, can be glimpsed through the acacia branches.

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