Last year, a record 1 million sandhill cranes stopped in the area during their northward migration.

去年，100万只沙丘鹤在向北迁徙的过程中在该地区停下休息，这一数字打破了往年纪录。

Yesterday morning, while wandering about alone in a pine forest, I amused myself by piling up a small sandhill under an old pine tree.

我说，这便是我自己的坟墓了。

The Volga glided quietly between its overgrown banks, with here and there a sandbank or an island thickly covered with bushes. In the distance lay the sandhills and the darkening forest.

伏尔加河在其杂草丛生的河岸之间静静地流过，到处都是沙洲或长满灌木的岛屿。远处是沙丘和越来越暗的森林。