乡亲们相信了这一说法，第二天就把大树砍掉了。

The villagers were convinced, and cut down the big tree the next day.

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德国：新年前夕，以村镇为单位，选几株高达三丈的大树，砍掉数枝，只留主干。

Germany: New Year's eve, to towns and villages as a unit, the election of up to thirty feet Several Strains of trees, cut down the number of branches, leaving only the trunk.

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发现我们前面的许多大树被砍掉了。

Then we reached a place where a lot of trees had been chopped down.

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