Here, enormous slides hurtle people across the icy river which is as good a way as any to end a day in Harbin.

这里飞驰着大量的雪橇载着人们穿过冰河，这是一个相当好的结束在哈尔滨一天的方式。

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Icy water from a nearby river then cools the gas back to liquid form, to start the cycle again.

附近冰冷的河水可用来将这些气体重新液化，从而循环利用。

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Some people went out and bought themselves kayaks, becoming midnight paddles across the icy Elbe river.

还有些人会出去买一只小艇，在午夜时分划着独木舟穿过冰冷的易北河。

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In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river.

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The National Capital Commission's (NCC) Guy Laflamme, one of the festival's organizers, said the opening will be "bigger than ever" featuring "a huge cascade of pyrotechnical effects" pouring from the Alexandra Bridge into the icy river.

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You may not remember: Lenny Skutnik became momentarily famous in 1982 after an Air Florida plane crashed into the icy Potomac River in Washington, D.

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