Sometimes they have to chop down a tree for firewood.

有时他们不得不砍倒一棵树来做木柴。

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I'm going to chop down this cherry tree; it has almost stopped producing fruit.

我打算把这棵樱桃树砍掉，它已经不结什么果子了。

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Two men can chop down even a thick, sturdy rosewood tree in an hour. Then it requires teams of 15 or 30 or 50 to pull the logs through the muddy up-and-down of the vine-covered woodland.

砍倒一棵粗壮坚固的紫檀树只需要花费两名男子一个小时的时间，但要将这段原木从满是泥泞藤蔓丛生的起伏林地里拖出来则需要15到30人，有时甚至是50人。

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But where it should have seen the forest, it found only a single tree to chop down.

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