To save time (those fateful words) the neighbor had placed the shredder at the base of a great oak tree, where he could drop branches directly into the hopper.

• 为了 节省时间 （决定命运的词），那位邻居把粉碎机放在了一棵大橡树底下，这样他可以直接把树枝扔进送料斗里。