Take the lime tree - a native breed to Europe, they hold some pretty powerful sway in national folklore.

以欧洲的土生土长的菩提树为例，它们在国家的民间风俗上保持着深远的影响。

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Thirty years ago, if you were walking along the coast of the Netherlands and picked a two-spot ladybug off the leaf of a European lime tree, chances were that the bug would be red with black spots.

30年前，如果你走在荷兰的海岸边，从菩提树上取下一只双斑瓢虫，你会发现这只瓢虫的颜色是红色黑斑的；

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There was a direct sensuous contact between me, the lake, mountains, cherry trees, mowers, and a certain invisible but noisy chaffinch in a clipped lime tree.

我同湖泊、群山、樱桃树、割草人以及一株剪过枝的酸橙树上的那只看不见却听得到喳喳叫声的苍头燕雀之间，存在着感官上的直接联系。

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And me, I am especially worried about how to make sure the limes on my newly planted lime-tree grow, because I sure won't be buying them in a supermarket any time soon.

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The Jubilee Pavillion is based on the same design as that at Chesterfield and the tree lying inside the playing area is reminiscent of the giant lime at Canterbury.

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