澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-03-09

 A trough is generating¹ showers over SA and Tasmania, tropical cyclone² Sandra is moving east, away from the Queensland coast. And a monsoonal³ trough is causing storms in parts of the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

 

Looking around the states.

 

Queensland can expect showers and fresh southeasterly winds on the coast, storms in the north and mostly sunny and warm inland.

 

NSW will be sunny and warm inland and there will be light showers in the eastern parts of the state.

 

It'll be warm and humid throughout Victoria with isolated⁴ shower in the western ranges.

 

Warm northeasterly winds in Tasmania, late storms are expected in the southeast.

 

It will be mostly sunny in the east and the west of South Australia, with heavy showers and storms in the south, hot conditions are expected throughout.

 

Western Australia will see showers and thunderstorms in the west and north, with high temperature statewide.

 

Showers and thunderstorms are on the way in the upper Northern Territory with very hot and dry conditions in the southeast.

 

Looking ahead to tomorrow, and possible showers in Sydney and Adelaide. Mostly sunny in Canberra and Melbourne. Late thunder in Darwin. Possible thunderstorms in Perth. Rainy in Brisbane and clearing showers in Hobart.

1 generating   

n.发生，产生v.生（儿、女）( generate的现在分词 )；（通过物理或化学过程）发生；生成；引起

参考例句：

• There are many ways of generating a two-dimensional representation of an object. 有很多制作物体二维图的方法。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Generating functions are an ideal tool for studying sequences defined by recurrence. 母函数是研究用递推关系来确定的函数的最理想工具。 来自辞典例句

2 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。

3 monsoonal   

季风的

参考例句：

• In the east, the water is mainly oceanic with relatively minor dilution from direct monsoonal rainfall and runoff from small streams. 东部水域主要为海水，而直接的季候雨及小溪溢流，把海水稍为冲淡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• China has a marked continental monsoonal climate characterized by great variety. 中国有明显的大陆性季风气候的特点是种类繁多。 来自互联网

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。