US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice turned down a chance Saturday to show off her ice-skating talents and warm up frosty US-Russian relations during a visit to a rink in Russia.

• 上周六，美国国务卿赖斯在参观俄罗斯一家滑冰场时婉言拒绝展示她的滑冰才华，美俄两国也因此失去了一次缓和关系的佳机。