Now he wants to use these boxes to take the place of the dead trees.

现在他想用这些箱子来代替枯树。

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Not long ago, he found that the bluebirds were nesting in the dead trees which were often cut down, so he began to make bluebird boxes for the birds in order to save them.

不久前，他发现蓝知更鸟在枯树上筑巢，而这些枯树往往会被人们砍去，于是他开始为这些鸟制作蓝知更鸟箱，以拯救它们。

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To gather samples from the Giant Forest trees, the researchers were allowed to collect cross-sections of downed logs and standing dead trees, he said.

史威特南说，为了获取巨木林中树木的年轮样本，研究人员被允许可以收集倒下树木或枯立木的横截面。

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Kevin Brennan of the Poplar Island Project says ducks like to build their homes on the dead trees.

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As you know, in classical literature the dead are referred to as shades, but here in Milton's simile "shades" merely means "shade trees."

在古典文学里，逝者常被用树荫来指代，而在这里弥尔顿的比喻“树荫“仅表示“叶绿成荫的树“

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They hung dead, well, not actually, actors pretending to be people that were dying from the trees.

他们把死尸吊起来，当然不是真的，而是演员假装成吊死在树上的死人。

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