Let's go skating before the thaw sets in.

趁还未开冻，我们去溜冰吧。

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Some think the thaw in relations between Warsaw and Moscow has sparked mischief-making.

有人认为，华沙和莫斯科之间的冰冻关系引发了争端。

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The thaw has major implications for Russia since as much as 63 percent of Russian territory is underpinned by permafrost.

俄罗斯63%的领土都是靠永久冻土支撑，因此冻土消融对俄罗斯影响十分重大。

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The North's warning comes in the middle of a week of North-South talks, seen by many as a thaw between the two.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

The U.S.-Burma meetings this week follow signs of a possible thaw in relations between the military government and Aung San Suu Kyi.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Many North Korea experts see Friday's far more modest wage proposal in the context of a recent thaw Pyongyang's attitude toward the South possibly aimed at boosting economic assistance as the North feels the pinch of international sanctions.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

The thaw could also threaten oil production, which relies on hard-frozen winter ground to move heavy machinery.

ECONOMIST: The state is getting warmer and no one's happy

Some think the thaw in relations between Warsaw and Moscow has sparked mischief-making.

ECONOMIST: Lithuania and Poland seem to have hit an icy impasse

The Obama administration has sought to reset U.S. relations with Russia, but disagreement over missile defense has threatened the thaw.

WSJ: Obama Appeal to Russia Caught Live