On the one hand, again, a world with scattered trees is different from one where they're collected into forests; but on the other, what exactly is a forest over and above its trees?

从一方面来说，一个只有零星树木的世界与很多树木聚集成为森林的世界是不同的，但从另一方面来说，到底有没有一个界限，超过了多少树木，就可以称作是森林呢？

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When a tree is uprooted, it might fall into some other trees on its way down, thus falling only partway over.

当一棵树被连根拔起时，它可能会在倒下的过程中倒在其他树上，因此只会倒一半。

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The virgin forest with its richness and variety of trees was a veritable real treasure-house which extended from Maine all the way down to Georgia

原始森林树木种类繁多，是一座真正的宝库，从缅因州向南一直延伸至乔治亚州。

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Alaska's wealth in oil, natural gas,trees,fish and animal skins makes its purchase one of the greatest deals any country ever made for territory.

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borrows its nickname from the large, flat-tailed rodent that uses trees to build dams.

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Grinding up trees,houses,boulders, locomotives,humans, and animals in its path, it slammed into Johnstown, pulverizing the center of town.

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Its vast acres of sloping greenery, its glades and its trees present a striking backcloth.

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The two buzzing squares make Piata Libertati feel like an oasis of relative calm, its trees offering shade to anyone who cares to sit and watch life sweep past.

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It is now missing most of its main trees, and its interior has reverted to a sprouting scrub of ash and bramble.

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