It was a torrid summer day.

炎热的长夏晒枯了青草。

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A similar outbreak in the torrid summer heat of 2007 became a national scandal.

在2007年酷热的夏天也发生过类似的藻类爆发，最后演变成国内的丑闻。

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Reserve goalkeeper Steven Drench made his first start for the U's since making the move from Southport over the summer but endured a torrid debut.

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If today's headlines suggesting Wales should sell its water resources to England at a market rate are anything to go by then it's going to be a long, dry and politically torrid summer too.

BBC: Highly politicised liquid assets