澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-05-18

 We've got some further cloudy and cool conditions across many parts of southern Austraila, but by the time and move up into New South Wales, South Australia and southern Queensland. It's clear skies and easing winds going to produce fairly widespread morning frosts, not only on Saturday but also Sunday.

 

We've got a series of very weak front moving through the south that'll trigger the cloud and showers, it's still quite unsettled.

 

Up across the northern parts of the continent, and for Queensland, that's where we likely to see the showers. Through the tropical areas, potential a little bit of patchy rain developing about Mount Isa later, but mostly areas through the south should be clear, dry and sunny after morning frost.

 

For New South Wales, mostly clear, dry and sunny morning cross anywhere away from the very coastal¹ fringe. It's a very cold start, the day there should be mild through the afternoon.

 

We've got mostly clear conditions north of the ranges in Victoria, some morning frosts, just a little bit showers or drizzle² activity on and south of the ranges, but more likely near the coast.

 

It'll have some showers about the west and south of Tasmania, they'll push into the southeast then spread through the central areas as we head into the day. And temperatures remaining relatively³ cold.

 

We've got a few isolated⁴ showers about the southeast coast of South Australia, mostly dry elsewhere. We could see some frosts about the east of the state.

 

Now another very weak front is set to click the southwest lighting⁵ the day, so a few showers'll rain the southern coast and the southwest corner. Some thunderstorms developing about the southwest inland as well, some patchy rain up around the far north and also some isolated showers around the north of the territory.

1 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。

2 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。

3 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

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 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。