There is a legend among the Dwarves about a Mount of Gold hiding somewhere in the wilderness of the Northern Wood.

在矮人中流传着一个传说：有一座金山隐藏在北部森林的荒野某处。

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Burning wood in this form is more efficient and produces less carbon dioxide than burning logs does; such heating has given birth to a booming pellet industry in northern Europe.

这种木头颗粒燃烧更加充分，而且产生的二氧化碳要比原木少。同时这种供热方式催生了北欧欣欣向荣的木质颗粒燃料生产业。

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But if Americans and northern Europeans seek timelessness in natural wood, the newly rich Chinese and Russians tend to think high-gloss surfaces are a better reflection of modern designer living.

不过，如果说美国人和北欧人在天然木中寻求永恒，那么新近富裕起来的中国人和俄罗斯人往往认为高光泽的表面更好地反映了现代设计师的生活。

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The specimen may be the oldest of its kind found in the region, surpassing wood from the Axel Heiberg fossil forest in northern Canada by millions of years.

MSN: 50-million-year-old redwood chunk found

Was it the romance of wood fires, the discretion of heavy coats that attracted my mother to the northern and unpeopled places of Europe?

NEWYORKER: Naima