澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-03-02

 The satellite shows a trough over eastern Australia causing rain, showers and storms for northern NSW and Queensland. Cloud associated with ex-tropical cyclone¹ Rusty² is producing rain in southern WA. While thick cloud covers the tropics.

 

Looking ahead around the states.

 

Now north and east Queensland will see rain and thunderstorms today with possible heavy falls. There will be isolated³ showers over western Queensland, and it will be cooler than usual in the south.

 

There will be rain areas over northeast NSW, heaviest along the coast, showers will fall along the rest of the state's coast and adjacent ranges.

 

Victoria will be fine apart from isolated showers over Gippsland, contracting to east Gippsland during the day.

 

Tasmania will be fine apart from the chance of patchy morning drizzle⁴ about the south and east coasts.

 

South Australia will have patchy rain over western areas with warm southeast to easterly winds. In the west, rain, showers and drizzle will fall over southern regions. Showers and thunderstorms will also affect the northern and eastern parts of the state.

 

And the top end will see scattered⁵ showers along the coast with isolated afternoon storms in the northwest.

 

Looking ahead to tomorrow, a few showers for Sydney, Brisbane and Darwin. A sunny day for Melbourne and Perth. It will be partly cloudy elsewhere.

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 rusty   

adj.生锈的；锈色的；荒废了的

参考例句：

• The lock on the door is rusty and won't open.门上的锁锈住了。
• I haven't practiced my French for months and it's getting rusty.几个月不用，我的法语又荒疏了。

3 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。

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 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。