Not just any tree: a fresh cut tree felled by small hands assisted by mom and dad.

那不是一棵寻常的树，而是孩子们在爸爸妈妈的协助下用自己的小手刚刚砍下来的圣诞树。

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The Scrooge of the lot was Teddy Roosevelt, who banned anyone from placing a freshly-cut tree inside.

最小气的就是泰迪·罗斯福了，他禁止任何人在白宫里放置新伐的树。

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The only evidence was cut into a tree and a fence: the letters C-R-O and the word Croatoan,C-R-O-A-T-O-A-N.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

Small pieces of tree bark or cut up leaves can be used.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

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

Can't he see that it's not right for him to cut down the tree that gives him, and his kind, such benevolent shade?

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In many areas local utility companies will even cut back your wayward tree branches free of charge if they sit too close to electrical lines.

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