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To us, in America, the term Christmas tree means a number of different trees.
對于美國而言，圣誕樹這個詞意味著許多不同的樹。
The kind of Christmas tree you think of depends upon where you live, for we use firs, spruces, cedars, even magnolia. On the Pacific Coast white fir is used;
你認為的圣誕樹種類取決于你居住的地方，因為我們用冷杉，云杉木，雪松木，甚至木蘭樹來做圣誕樹，在太平洋沿岸我們用冷杉；
in Ohio, Norway spruce; in Maryland and Virginia, the scrub pine; and farther south, cedar and holly. Hemlock, too, is a beautiful Christmas tree,
在俄亥俄我們用挪威雲杉；在馬里蘭和弗吉尼亞，我們用叢生松；在往南部走，我們用雪松木和冬青樹，鐵杉也是很好看的圣誕樹，
but drops its needles very soon. Perhaps most widely loved of all for Christmas trees is the balsam fir, with its long horizontal branches,
但它的樹針會很快脫落，或許大部分人都喜歡用香脂冷杉做的圣誕樹，它的樹枝又長又平。
its deep green foliage, and spicy fragrance. Nikko fir, a beautiful native tree of Japan, has recently found favor in this country.
還有深綠色的枝葉，濃郁的香味，日光冷杉是日本獨有的美麗樹種，近日在美國大受歡迎。
The question is often asked if this Christmas tree custom does not waste the forests.
常被人問道的問題是，圣誕樹的習俗是否浪費森林資源。
Foresters reply that the Christmas trees used by every person in the land could be grown on a few thousand acres,
護林人回復說土地上的所有人都用圣誕樹，這種樹可以幾千英畝的土地上種植，
and that their use has practically no effect on the present drain on our forests. Growing trees for the holidays is becoming an important industry.
圣誕樹的使用不會對森林匱乏造成實質性的影響，為圣誕季種樹已經成為非常重要的產業，
The government in recent years has been selling Christmas trees thinned out from crowded forests of timber,
近些年，政府售賣的圣誕樹是從擁擠的林木中挑選的。
thus leaving the remaining trees with more room and light. After all, so far as our wood supply is concerned,
讓剩下的樹木有更多空間和陽光，畢竟就林木產量而言，
it would be more important to stop using toothpicks than Christmas trees,
我們更應該停止使用筷子而不是圣誕樹，這是最重要的，
for each year six times as much area is cut over by the toothpick industry as for Christmas trees.
每年筷子產業需要的林地是圣誕樹的六倍。
