1. take a nap 打盹，小憩

例句：A little boy loved to come and lay around it every day. He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow...
一位小男孩，天天到樹下來，他爬上去摘蘋果吃，在樹蔭下睡覺。

2.Time went by 時間流逝

例句：Time went by... the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day.
后來，小男孩長大了，不再天天來玩耍。

3.I am no longer a kid 我不再是個孩子了

例句："Come and play with me," the tree asked the boy. "I am no longer a kid, I don't play around trees anymore.” The boy replied, "I want toys. I need money to buy them.”[qh]
蘋果樹要和他一起玩，男孩說：“不行，我不小了，不能再和你玩，我要玩具，可是沒錢買。”

4. chop off 砍掉，斬斷

例句："But you can chop off my branches to build your house."
“不過你可以把我的樹枝統統砍下來，拿去搭房子。”