I guess they were designed so that you could place more presents at the bottom. It also has the side effects of being harder for pets and kids to climb up on.

我猜想他们这样设计是方便你们在树底放更多的礼物，另一方面，这样也便于宠物紧紧挂住圣诞树、便于小孩爬上去。

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Instead, the Americans sloshed millions of dollars at the mass murderers who had originally helped to destroy the place so that they would fight on our side.

但是，美国人撒了无数的钱给原来破坏这个地方的刽子手，然后，这帮人就帮我们打仗了。

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That’s why Hu Xuanyan’s bronze statue was laid along side Zuo Zongtang and Shen Baozhen by later generations inside the door place of “China Ship-Building Museum” at Ma Wei historic site.

后人在马尾遗址修建“中国船政博物馆”，开门可见三尊铜像，分别就是左宗棠、沈葆桢和胡雪岩。

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