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路透社报道，中国北方寒冷的城市哈尔滨正在建造一尊圣诞老人的冰雕像。据组织者称，这是世界最大的圣诞老人冰雕像。
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China's freezing northern city of Harbin is building what organisers say is the world's largest Santa Claus ice sculpture, Reuters reported.
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这尊巨大的圣诞老人像，长160米（525英尺），高24米，有着飘垂的胡子，戴着帽子。
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The giant Father Christmas is 160 metres (525 ft) long and 24 metres high, complete with flowing beard and hat.
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雕刻家汤光军（音译）表示，它的巨大体积，还有反常的温暖天气使工程变得特别具有挑战性。
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Its huge size and unseasonably warm temperatures have made the job especially challenging, said Tang Guangjun, one of the sculptors.
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他对路透电视表示，“它比去年的还大，还要高，建造难度也更大。气温总是在冷与热之间交替，天气变的很湿润，冰面上很滑。对我们来说很危险。”
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"It is even bigger and higher than last year's, and more difficult. The weather swings between warm and cold, so it becomes very wet and slippery on the ice. It is very dangerous for us," he told Reuters Television.
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由于受全球变暖的影响，冰雪比往年融化的更快。
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The effects of global warming are taking a toll as the snow and ice now melt more rapidly than in the past.
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组办方称，为了建造这尊圣诞老人雕像，他们不得不人工造雪。
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Organisers said they had to artificially make snow for the Santa Claus sculpture.
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尽管大家对经济低迷都很忧虑，但这尊冰雕还是吸引了全国成千上万想过圣诞节的游客。
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Still, the sculpture has attracted thousands of tourists from all over the country who want to enjoy a white Christmas despite worries over the economic downturn.
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