1·To get annual temperatures, they measured rings in high-altitude conifer trees, which grow faster in warmer summers and slower in colder years.
为了得出每年的气温值，他们对生长在高海拔地区的针叶树的年轮进行测量，这种树木在炎烈的夏天生长得比较快，而在寒冷的年份就长得比较慢。
2·Nevertheless, Brendan Buckley, one of the observatory’s researchers, found that a conifer called Fokienia hodginsii, which can live for more than 1, 000 years, gave him the marker he needed.
除此以外，Brendan Buckley, 天文台其中一位研究人员，发现一种称为福建柏的可活千年以上的针叶树，给了他所需要的标记。
3·As a rule, in the Northwest, these hosts are various kinds of conifer trees.
作为一项规则，西北，这些主机是针叶树各种树木。
4·It claims the world's only parasitic conifer and nearly two-thirds off the world's species of Araucaria trees, all of which are endemic.
它宣称是世界的唯一地方性的寄生针叶树和世界三分之二地方性的南洋杉树的种类。
5·They are large evergreen conifer trees, ranging from 23m to 32m high.
它们是23米到32米高的大型的常绿针叶树。