So, ice floats on water, so what?

好吧，冰浮于水上，那又咋样？

And so ice floats on water.

所以冰漂浮在水面上。

But there's just one problem, ice floats in water.

但是只有一个问题，冰会漂浮在水中。

An iceberg is a large mass of ice floating on the water.

冰山是一大块漂浮在海洋的冰体。

Lighter than water, the ice floats, rather than sinking to the bottom.

冰比水轻，因而浮于水面，不会沉到湖底。

Its liquid form is more dense than the solid form and that's why ice floats.

液态水比固态水密度更大，这就是为什么冰会漂浮。

Even in summer it is very cold, as great blocks of ice float about in the sea.

即使在夏天气温也很低，因为到处可见漂浮在海上的巨大冰块。

And when ice floats, it already displaces the same amount of water it’ll become when it melts.

当冰漂浮时，它已经取代了与融化时相同数量的水。

Unhappily, as you know, the ship hit an iceberg, a very large piece of ice floating in the ocean.

不幸的是，正如你所知， 这艘船撞上了一座冰山，一块漂浮在海洋中的巨大冰块。

Spectacular scenes were captured recently on the border between Ontario and New York State including innumerable chunks of ice floating over the falls.

最近在安大略省和纽约州的边界上拍摄到了壮观的景象，包括瀑布上漂浮着无数的冰块。

[Benjamin] I'm Benjamin. I'm five and a half. I live in Philadelphia. My question is why does ice float?

我的问题是为什么冰会漂浮？

With ice floating on the river, ferry boats have been restricted by the local authorities in order to ensure transportation safety on the river.

因为江面上飘着冰块，当地政府为确保江面交通安全，已经限行了渡轮。

Gentoo penguins – with bright orange beaks and white markings on their heads – prefer open water without broken pieces of ice floating around.

巴布亚企鹅有着亮橙色的喙，头顶有白色条纹，它们更喜欢没有碎冰漂浮在周围的开阔水域。

And by a sad contradiction Dorothea's ideas and resolves seemed like melting ice floating and lost in the warm flood of which they had been but another form.

由于一个可悲的矛盾，多萝西娅的想法和决心似乎像融化的冰块漂浮在温暖的洪水中，消失了，而它们只是另一种形式。