澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-22

 Taking a look at the weather satellite image. Cloud across the Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria and western New South Wales could lead to rain and storms, patchy cloud is streaming into Queensland, bringing possible tropical showers.

 

Around the states. In Queensland, there will showers about the east coast. Afternoon showers are expected over inland eastern districts as well as the western Cape¹ York Peninsula and western gulf² district. Dry over the remainder of the state. 

 

In News South Wales, there is a chance of showers near the Victorian border, fine elsewhere. 

 

Scattered³ showers in Victoria's south during the afternoon and a chance of thunderstorms near the north, but though be easing during the evening. 

 

In Tasmania there is a chance of patchy drizzle⁴ about the southwest, but otherwise fine. 

 

To South Australia, scattered showers and thunderstorms about the northeast. A mild to warm day ahead in the north.

 

In WA there will scattered showers over most of the state with possible hail over northern parts of the southwest land vision, the Gasgoine and gold fields. 

 

And isolates⁵ showers across most of the northern territory. 

 

And looking ahead to tomorrow. It will be partly cloudy in Sydney and Melbourne with a chance of showers. Fine in Brisbane, Canberra and Adelaide. A shower or two in Perth and Darwin and partly cloudy in Hobart. 

 

Stand by now for context forward. You are watching ABC News 24. I'm Maderi Gagen. Thanks for joining us.

1 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

2 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

3 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。

4 drizzle   

v.下毛毛雨；n.毛毛雨，蒙蒙细雨

参考例句：

• The shower tailed off into a drizzle.阵雨越来越小，最后变成了毛毛雨。
• Yesterday the radio forecast drizzle,and today it is indeed raining.昨天预报有小雨，今天果然下起来了。

5 isolates   

v.使隔离( isolate的第三人称单数 )；将…剔出（以便看清和单独处理）；使（某物质、细胞等）分离；使离析

参考例句：

• The transformer isolates the transistors with regard to d-c bias voltage. 变压器可在两个晶体管之间隔离直流偏压。 来自辞典例句
• In regions with certain isolates of TRV, spraining is more prominent. 在具有TRV某些分离物的地区，坏死是比较显著的。 来自辞典例句