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Massive Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctic Ice Shelf
巨型冰山从南极冰架断裂脱落
A NASA satellite has confirmed that a massive iceberg the size of Jamaica has broken off from a floating Antarctic ice shelf known as Larsen C. Researchers had been predicting this split since last November when a large rift was discovered. Scientists describe this process as “calfing” and are not yet blaming it on man-made global warming. They do, however, believe the breaking off of this iceberg has resulted in a significant change to the earth’s geography. The iceberg, one of the world’s largest, could pose a major problem to the shipping industry in the future as it breaks up.

NASA的卫星确认一个与牙买加等大的巨型冰山从南极洲的漂浮冰架拉森C上断裂脱落M4ijx6^0~k*b#zT5s。自去年11月在该冰架上发现一个巨大裂缝后，研究人员就预测了这次脱落Ia09E9%-ZGJ,.。科学家将这个过程描述为“分娩”，并没有将其归咎于人为的全球变暖Sz^.(I)Xih8u1Lufq7。不过，他们确实也相信这次冰山的脱落会对地球的地形产生重大影响|9SbpmI5Jvb。这块世界最大的冰山之一断裂以后，将来可能会给船运业造成麻烦P+S=an&j1#。
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重点讲解

1.break off 打断，折断，中断
例句：Let's break off for lunch.
我们暂停工作去吃午饭吧z@zq3%0P9tY2..R*-v.。

2.break up 打碎，破碎，结束
例句：The meeting didn't break up until noon.
集会到中午才结束H!NRN&tq%QA0DTHk。