Since during winter animals were penned, people stayed indoors, crops didn't grow, etc. , --to know that winter was half over and on its way out was a time of celebration.

因为冬天家畜都进圈了、人们待在室内很少外出、庄稼也停止了生长…，当知道冬天已经过半、并且马上就将结束的时候，就应该举行庆祝活动。

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Some animals collect food before winter comes.

有些动物在冬天来临前收集食物。

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Other animals adapt, for example by staying active in winter.

其他动物靠着像在冬天里保持活跃状态的这种方式而适应下来了。

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Spreading mulch before the ground has frozen may attract small animals searching for a warm place to spend the winter.

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He stayed in Seth's cabin and hunted animals every day of that long lonely winter.

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Snowfall helps to protect plants and some wild animals from cold, winter weather.

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Its most recent initiative was a festival celebrating transhumance, the ancient custom of moving animals between winter and summer pastures.

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Between the summer of 1999 and early 2002, an unprecedented series of meteorological disasters took place: great swathes of Mongolia were hit by drought, and by different types of zud, winter phenomena that prevent animals feeding either because of ice crusts or heavy snow.

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They have not been able to produce enough high quality silage to feed the animals through the winter, resulting in a big rise in winter-feed costs.

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