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To us, in America, the term Christmas tree means a number of different trees.
对于美国而言，圣诞树这个词意味着许多不同的树。
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;
你认为的圣诞树种类取决于你居住的地方，因为我们用冷杉，云杉木，雪松木，甚至木兰树来做圣诞树，在太平洋沿岸我们用冷杉；
in Ohio, Norway spruce; in Maryland and Virginia, the scrub pine; and farther south, cedar and holly. Hemlock, too, is a beautiful Christmas tree,
在俄亥俄我们用挪威雲杉；在马里兰和弗吉尼亚，我们用丛生松；在往南部走，我们用雪松木和冬青树，铁杉也是很好看的圣诞树，
but drops its needles very soon. Perhaps most widely loved of all for Christmas trees is the balsam fir, with its long horizontal branches,
但它的树针会很快脱落，或许大部分人都喜欢用香脂冷杉做的圣诞树，它的树枝又长又平。
its deep green foliage, and spicy fragrance. Nikko fir, a beautiful native tree of Japan, has recently found favor in this country.
还有深绿色的枝叶，浓郁的香味，日光冷杉是日本独有的美丽树种，近日在美国大受欢迎。
The question is often asked if this Christmas tree custom does not waste the forests.
常被人问道的问题是，圣诞树的习俗是否浪费森林资源。
Foresters reply that the Christmas trees used by every person in the land could be grown on a few thousand acres,
护林人回复说土地上的所有人都用圣诞树，这种树可以几千英亩的土地上种植，
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.
圣诞树的使用不会对森林匮乏造成实质性的影响，为圣诞季种树已经成为非常重要的产业，
The government in recent years has been selling Christmas trees thinned out from crowded forests of timber,
近些年，政府售卖的圣诞树是从拥挤的林木中挑选的。
thus leaving the remaining trees with more room and light. After all, so far as our wood supply is concerned,
让剩下的树木有更多空间和阳光，毕竟就林木产量而言，
it would be more important to stop using toothpicks than Christmas trees,
我们更应该停止使用筷子而不是圣诞树，这是最重要的，
for each year six times as much area is cut over by the toothpick industry as for Christmas trees.
每年筷子产业需要的林地是圣诞树的六倍。
