And it would only take a small corner of this to slide into the sea每次崩裂的只是冰原一角，不知不覺陷入大海。

slide into:不知不覺地陷入

We mustn' t slide into complacency.

我們決不可產生自滿情緒.

Be careful not to slide into a bad habit.

當心不要不知不覺地就染上壞習慣。

We've seen that the animals are already adapting to these changes,我們看見動物已經在適應這些變化。

adapt to:適應
The new students are very slow to adapt to the rules.

新生對于那些規定適應得很慢。

You must adapt to the norms of the society you live in.

在社會中生活就要遵循社會行為準則。

And the melting ice sheets could contribute to a sea level rise of a metre,到本世紀末，融化的冰原能使海平面上升一米

contribute to:導致

Does smoking contribute to lung cancer?

吸煙會導致肺癌嗎?

This new discovery will contribute to all humanity.

這個新發現將對全人類作出貢獻。