澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-03-21

Hello, Nick Lucchinelli with the National Weather.

 

Taking a look at the satellite picture first. Tropical Cyclone¹ Ului over the Queensland coast is causing heavy rainfall with destructive winds. There's some cloud crossing Tasmania and southern Victoria, resulting in showers, and cloud over inland Western Australia is triggering patchy rain and thunderstorms.

 

Taking a look at the states now, there's still a cyclone warning for coastal² areas in Queensland, from Townsville to Yeppoon, with dangerous surf conditions for most of the coast. Showers are expected and winds increasing to gale³, storm and hurricane force above the central coast during the morning.

 

And in New South Wales, there's possible isolated⁴ showers in the southwest and northeast with dangerous surf conditions on the far north coast.

 

Isolated showers in the west as well for Victoria, cool to mild in the south and warm in the north.

 

Showers mainly above the west and south in Tasmania and a strong wind warning for most coastal areas.

 

To South Australia, there's isolated showers over the west coast clearing by mid-afternoon. Mild to warm above the south coast, warm to hot elsewhere.

 

Scattered⁵ showers and a chance of thunderstorms for WA. The Northern Territory will see isolated showers near the north and west coasts.

 

Rain's expected for most of the major cities with a chance of a thunderstorm in Perth, Darwin will be mostly fine and windy in Alice Springs.

 

That's the National Weather.

 

1 cyclone   

n.旋风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
• The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。

2 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

3 gale   

n.大风，强风，一阵闹声（尤指笑声等）

参考例句：

• We got our roof blown off in the gale last night.昨夜的大风把我们的房顶给掀掉了。
• According to the weather forecast,there will be a gale tomorrow.据气象台预报，明天有大风。

4 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

5 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。