According to the Daily Mail, one yew tree in Britain is believed to be more than five thousand years old!

据英国《每日邮报》报道，英国有一棵红豆杉据信已有千多年历史了！

Silence once more; nothing was stirring, not even the leaves on the yew tree.

又是一阵沉默，没有一丝动静，连红豆杉树叶都静止了。

They were standing instead in a dark and overgrown graveyard; the black outline of a small church was visible beyond a large yew tree to their right.

他们站在一片黑暗杂草丛生墓地上，可以看到右边一棵高大红豆杉后面一所小教堂黑色轮廓。

The yew tree is known for its longevity and is believed to be one of the most long-lived trees in Europe.

红豆杉以其长寿而闻名，被认为是欧洲最长寿树木之一。

The grounds here were more confined, the flower-beds showed no very careful tendance, and large clumps of trees, chiefly of sombre yews, had risen high, not ten yards from the windows.

这里土地更加狭窄，花坛没有过精心打理，大片树木，主要是阴暗红豆杉，高高地耸立在离窗户不到十码地方。

The California nutmeg (Torreya californica), a handsome evergreen belonging to the yew family, forms small groves near the cascades a mile or two below the foot of the Valley.

加利福尼亚肉豆蔻 (Torreya californica) 是红豆杉科一种漂亮常绿植物， 在山谷脚下一两英里处瀑布附近形成小树林。

These woodlands contain a host of species, from oak and birch, alder and linden, to elm and yew, but beech is the most common.

这些林地包含许多物种， 从橡树和桦树、桤木和菩提树到榆树和红豆杉，但山毛榉是最常见。