When snow melts, the fine, bright powder turns to larger-grained, gravely snow.

当雪融化时，纯洁晶莹的粉状雪变成较大的砾石状结晶。

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What about run-off in the spring, when the snow finally melts?

到了春天，雪最终融化的时候，水流是怎么样的？

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When sea ice melts, the newly exposed dark water absorbs radiation rather than reflecting it, as snow or ice would.

当海冰融化时，刚刚暴露出来的水对光线的吸收作用大于反射作用，不像雪或冰那样，对光线更多的是反射作用。

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Warm-weather training is when enough snow melts for the road to Thornthwaite to re-open again.

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Unluckily for the town's winter sports, swine flu is expected to die down only when the snow melts.

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What will happen when the sun finally comes out and the snow stops and the ice melts and the whole landscape is transformed into spring and stuff is blooming and farmers are running their gigantic combines up and down the long rows?

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