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Sequoias(红杉)are the largest trees in the world. They can reach up to eight 1. metres in diametre(直径). The large sequoia in California is 2. famous for having a large hole at the bottom(底部). The hole is big enough for cars. The tree is up to 2,000 years old. Until now,thousands of people travel to see it each year. 3. However,on Sunday the large sequoia fell down during a storm. “But no one was hurt,”said a 4. message on the Internet.
Many visitors took pictures while standing or 5. sitting under the famous sequoia. After hearing the news about the tree,some posted photos and messages on the Internet about 6. their memories(记忆).
The large sequoia 7. fell down! The storm was “just too much” for the tree.
“It's like a family member in my heart,”Ms Brown said. She said she was just 12 8. when her parents first took her to see the tree. She's now an old school teacher.
The hole in the sequoia weakened(削弱)the tree over time. People made the hole in the 1880s to let people and cars pass 9. through. This began with horses and later with cars. In the last few years,to 10. protect the tree,only people could walk through the hole.

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