When the bear puts his tail into the water through a hole in the ice, to try and catch a fish, the ice freezes around it, and he ends up pulling his tail off.

当熊把尾巴放到了湖面上的冰洞里面去钓鱼的时候，水在熊尾巴周围结冰了。熊使劲儿往外拔它的尾巴，结果把尾巴拔掉了。

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If water gets into a crack in rock and freezes, the pressure of the ice can break the rock open.

如果水进入岩石裂缝，并发生冻结，冰产生的压力能够使岩石裂开。

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Water turns into ice when it freezes.

天气极冷时水能变成冰。

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Though the field sits in shallow water, this part of the Caspian freezes over in winter and fierce winds blow chunks of ice into the islands that the consortium has built to develop the field.

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