A glacier is a huge, thick body of ice that forms on land and then creeps, very slowly, down a mountain valley. It is not a frozen lake sitting still — though it looks still if you glance once.

A glacier一座冰河 is a huge, thick body of ice是一大塊厚厚的冰 that forms on land在陸地上形成 and then creeps, very slowly然後非常緩慢地移動 down a mountain valley沿著山谷往下 It is它 not a frozen lake sitting still不是靜止不動的結冰湖 though it looks still if you glance once雖然你瞄一眼會覺得它是靜止的

Year by year it slides, carrying rock with it, and it can be tens or hundreds of metres deep. Some glaciers reach the sea; many never do.

Year by year一年一年 it slides它會滑動 carrying rock with it還會帶著岩石一起走 and it can be tens or hundreds of metres deep而且可以厚達幾十公尺甚至幾百公尺 Some glaciers有些冰河 reach the sea會到達海邊 many never do但很多從來不會

People picture only the North and South Poles, but mountain glaciers sit in the Alps, the Himalaya, and many other high places.

People picture一般人會想像 only the North and South Poles只有北極和南極才有冰河 but mountain glaciers但山岳冰河 sit in the Alps, the Himalaya, and many other high places其實分布在阿爾卑斯山、喜馬拉雅山，還有許多其他高山上

The ice is born from packed snow, pressed until it turns to ice. English borrowed the word from French in the 1700s (first recorded in 1744); at the root is Latin glacies, “ice”, though scholars are not sure where that Latin word itself began.

The ice冰 is born from packed snow是從壓實的雪形成的 pressed until it turns to ice被壓到變成冰 English英文 borrowed the word from French in the 1700s在1700年代從法文借用這個字 (first recorded in 1744)（最早的紀錄是1744年） at the root is Latin glacies, "ice"字根是拉丁文的glacies，意思是「冰」 though scholars are not sure不過學者也不確定 where that Latin word itself began這個拉丁字本身是從哪裡來的