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Spring in a deciduous woodland is special.
春天的落葉林是很特別的。
With no leaves overhead, the rays of the sun strike the forest floor directly,
由于沒有樹葉遮蔽，陽光可以直射到森林地表上，
and their warmth rouses plants from their winter sleep.
這種溫暖讓植物們從冬眠中蘇醒過來。
The ground living plants are in a hurry.
地表植物正在匆忙生長。
Before long the trees above will come into leaf and steal their light.
不久之后，樹木長出的新葉將會重新把陽光奪去。
Their flowers decorate the forest floor,
花，是森林地表的天然裝飾，
as they advertise their sweet nectar to the newly emerged insects.
它們以花蜜為廣告，來吸引新生的昆蟲。
The spring blooms of the deciduous woodlands have no equivalent in either the great conifer forests, or the tropical jungles.
春，使落葉林與針葉林和雨林沒有任何相似性。
Within a matter of weeks the canopy has closed
再過幾個星期，樹冠層重新遮蔽天空，
and only a few wheeling shafts of light penetrate the woodland.
透到地面的只有絲絲縷縷的陽光。
In the treetops, the broad leaves rapidly expand to their full size to make the most of summer while it lasts.
在樹梢，樹葉很快生長開來并保持這個狀態一直到夏末。
