其根虽然衰老在地里，干也死在土中。

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

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大多书的根是长而圆的，它们长在地下，把植物牢牢植根于土壤中，并从土中汲取水分和养分。

Most roots are long and round. They grow underground. They keep plants firmly in the soil and absorb water and food from the soil.

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这棵名为“苹果树殖民地”的果树占地10英亩，已达220岁高龄。 全树有几十根树干扎根土中，枝繁叶茂，仿佛永生一般。

Spanning 10 acres, the 220-year-old tree – known as 'apple tree colony' – has dozens of individually rooted trunks that constantly spring to life, making it seemingly impossible to die.

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