Across the Gulf of Mexico, in sweltering Georgia, things look worse. The state accounts for a fifth of the 100 or so bank failures in America since the start of 2008.

位于墨西哥湾畔，闷热的佐治亚州情况却看起来更加糟糕——2008年初以来，全美破产的100多家银行中有近20家来自佐治亚。

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During the day, the checkpoints are manned by five or six sleepy men or children, perched on concrete steps or lolling on MATS in the sweltering heat of the day.

在日间，驻守检查点的是五或六名男子或小孩，他们躺在水泥台阶上或者懒洋洋地倚靠垫子上，在白天的酷热中昏昏欲睡。

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Everyone was sweltering, remembers crowd costumer Gary Hyams, and "tended to undo theircoats or take their scarves off and tuck them into their pockets."

一位扮演顾客的群演盖瑞。海厄姆回忆道，所有人都很热，“他们都想解开大衣、取下围巾塞进口袋”。

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On average, 1, 500 out of some 22, 000 scheduled airline flights a day were held up, leaving 100, 000 passengers fuming in lounges or sweltering on the hot tarmac.

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Colombian physical trainer Diego Barragan has considerable experience of getting teams ready for the trip up the Andes to Bogota, or to the sweltering port of Barranquilla.

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Many other locales should be even more sweltering, with highs Monday forecast yet again to be around or above 100 degrees from Missouri to South Carolina.

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