The river god changed his daughter into a laurel tree just as Apollo was about to grasp her.

在阿波罗即将追上她时，河神将他的女儿变成了一棵月桂树。

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You see, the laurel tree trunks smooth impression that incredible, laurel branches criss-cross, the thick branches and leaves woven into a green predominant for us to block the sun.

你瞧，桂树那光滑的树干令人觉得不可思议，桂树的树枝纵横交错，茂密的枝叶编织成了一顶绿色的大帽子，为我们遮挡阳光。

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When the singer Luther Vandross was charged with manslaughter after his best friend died in a car accident with Vandross driving, L. Peter Parcher, "lawyer to the stars, " devised a slick defense: An olive tree had dropped its slippery nuggets precisely where the crash occurred on Hollywood's Laurel Canyon Boulevard.

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