If you don't plan to put the tree up right away, place it in a bucket of warm water and stand it in an unheated garage or porch away from the wind and cold.

如果不打算立刻将树直立起来，就将它放在一桶温水里，安置在寒风吹不到的地方，比如没有暖气的车库，或者走廊里。

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I was not cold, and the noise of the wind and the creaking of the tree in front of the house and the occasional banging of a shutter were not enough to have kept me awake.

我没感到冷，房前风的噪声和树的咯吱响声以及百叶窗偶尔发出的声响并不足以影响我进入梦乡。

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The wind still blew cold; but from bush and tree, field and flower, came the welcome sound, “Spring is come.”

风吹来仍然很冷；但是灌木和大树，田野和草原，都说春天已经到来了。

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When humans blossomed from the evolutionary tree, it seems there was a cold wet nose and a wagging tail waiting for us.

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Later in the week, I was also part of the tens of thousands of people on the streets near Rockefeller centre for a cold but nice evening to watch the new Christmas tree.

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