1·A liquid layer forms at the base of the glacier.
在冰川的底部形成了一层液体。
2·Friction between the glacier and bedrock is reduced.
冰川和基岩之间的摩擦减少了。
3·Surplus snowfall is essential for a glacier to develop.
过剩的降雪是冰川形成的必要条件。
4·Crevasses can form in this upper layers of the glacier.
冰川的上层会形成裂缝。
5·It allows the glacier to slide or slip over the bedrock.
它使得冰川在基岩上滑动。
1·You can't say climate change is why 2010 is eclipsing 1998 as the hottest year on record, or why in August an ice island four times the size of Manhattan broke off from a Greenland glacier?
你们也无法说清是不是气候变化导致2010年超过1998的记录成为最炎热年，是不是气候变化导致八月里格陵兰岛冰河崩塌分离出一个有四个曼哈顿市般大的浮冰岛？
2·The wave's force leveled all the trees and stripped the vegetation along both shorelines - up to 1,720 feet above sea level near the glacier at the head of the fjord (middle left in the photo).
波浪发力夷平海岸两边树木，卷走植被——在峡湾上端(照片左中)靠近冰河处浪峰高度超过海平面1,720英尺以上。
3·The wave's force leveled all the trees and stripped the vegetation along both shorelines - up to 1, 720 feet above sea level near the glacier at the head of the fjord (middle left in the photo).
波浪发力夷平海岸两边树木，卷走植被——在峡湾上端(照片左中)靠近冰河处浪峰高度超过海平面1,720英尺以上。
4·WELLINGTON, AFP - New Zealand's largest glacier is shrinking fast due to climate change and will eventually disappear altogether, scientists said Thursday.
威灵顿，法新社—科学家周四表示，纽西兰最大冰河因为受到气候变迁影响，正快速缩减且最终将完全融化消失。
5·Somewhat mis-named given that it takes up to eight hours to travel 270 kilometers, it's rather convenient that the Glacier Express takes so long, as the Alpine scenery is breathtaking.
不要被“冰河特快”的名称所欺骗，这趟仅270公里的旅程，却要耗时8个小时。 不过因为有窗外的阿尔卑斯山的景色，这样反倒也挺好。