树的年轮

Tree rings are the obvious, and most controversial, example.

树的年轮是最明显但又最有争议性的一个例子。

We´d shared so much over the years, like rings on a tree.

我们这些年来分享得太多了，就像树的年轮一样。

The annual rings of a tree are visible circles one after another, and those of a man are invisible circles of worries.

树的年轮是一个个有形的圈圈；人的年轮是一圈圈无形的心事。

They´re a bit like tree rings, and you can count those ridges and it basically gives you the age of the animal.

他们有点像树的年轮，可以数那些条纹，基本上它会告诉你这个动物的年龄。

To gauge precipitation, they looked at tree ring widths in lower-elevation oaks, which grow faster in years with higher levels of rainfall.

而为了测定降水量，他们则对长在低海拔地区的栎树的年轮宽度进行研究，因为这些树在雨水比较充沛的年份长得更快。