You can tell the age of a tree by counting its rings, but these records of trees' life really say a lot more.

你可以通过数年轮来判断树木的年龄，但是作为树木生命的记载，年轮能说明的东西远不止于此。

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Turns out the Cremonese violins were made from trees that grew during a Little Ice Age, a period when temperatures across Europe were significantly lower than normal.

事实是，克雷蒙小提琴由生长在小冰河时期的树木制成，当时整个欧洲的气温明显低于正常水平。

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Perhaps when you next go for a walk with your family, you can examine the trees you pass to see its age.

也许当你下次和你的家人散步时，你可以检查你经过的树，看看它们的年龄。

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The trust's volunteer orchard surveyors will be given training on what to look out for in the survey which will record the species, age, and condition of the orchards and their fruit trees.

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The Ring is a circle of beech trees, planted on a hilltop that had been the site of Bronze Age and Iron Age fortifications, and a Roman temple.

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Italy's sudden entry into the industrial age in the 1960s meant the reckless building of houses and roads, the chopping down of trees, the burrowing of dangerous tunnels.

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