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By burning tree branches, pine needles, and pine cones, many not only warm their houses but improve the smell therein.

通过燃烧树枝、松针和松果，许多人不仅给屋子供暖，而且还改善里面的气味。

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As early as eighteen thirty-seven, he imagined this process as a tree with branches representing new species.

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I'd like to go by climbing a birch tree, And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more, But dipped its top and set me down again.

我真想去爬白桦树，沿着雪白的树干，爬上乌黑的树枝，爬向那天心，直到树身再支撑不住，树梢碰着地，把我放下来。

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This Christmas, they are planning an elaborate tree made of weeping-willow branches.

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The authorities blame unexpected storms, tree branches falling on high-voltage power lines (as in the Italian example) and other acts of nature.

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At Turner Broadcasting System Inc. in Atlanta, a strategy-development team recently drew tree branches and placed sticky notes on the branches to explore ways to extend the Turner Classic Movies brand, says Jennifer Dorian, a senior vice president.

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