My family tree begins with what in fact is a tree, a cedar of straight grain that grows in Northern California and Oregon.

我的家谱得从一棵树算起，一棵生长在加利福尼亚北部和俄勒冈州的挺拔的雪松。

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It has a fine uniform texture and straight grain.

质地细微而统一，纹路笔直。

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When that tree is sawn into boards, those growth rings produce grain and figure that's straight, consistent and predictable.

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While Chinese officials boast the country has met its grain production quotas for six years straight, consumption is rising at about 5 billion kilos a year and production was close to consumption last year at 530 billion kilos.

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There's an inescapable urge to look everywhere but straight ahead while in Epic's Citadel world, even if the wood grain textures on the buildings were a bit more muddy than we'd like.

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