A very old tree had been growing quite slowly for many years. It was nearly the

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A very old tree had been growing quite slowly for many years. It was nearly the   1  tree in the forest, and it raised its head high above the   2   trees towards the sky like a king of trees.
One spring day, the wind brought a little seed and dropped it   3  the roots of the tree. Soon it grew into a plant. “I’ll climb to the top of the tree,” said   4   little plant. “They’ll see how quickly I can grow.” So it held tightly to the tree, climbed and climbed 5  it climbed up to the top branch. It said to the tree, “You have grown for a great many years, and I only began this summer – see   6   high I have got!”
But the old tree just said nothing at all. Later, a great storm came, bringing snow and heavy winds. The old tree did n’t mind the cold at all, but the poor little plant had grown so fast   7   it had forgotten to grow well.   8   that cold night it fell onto the ground. And that was the end of the little plant.

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1.从前面的for many years 可以看出是the oldest tree
2.把树分为两部分，另一部分用the other trees
3.at the roots of the tree 在树的根部
4.the little plant 特指那棵小树
5.爬呀爬，爬到“直到”的意思用until
6.how high I have got 感叹句
7.so...that 句式“如此快以至于”
8.在具体的一天用介词on