澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-07-20

 A trough is bringing storms to Queensland and northeast New South Wales. A low and cold front are bringing showers and highland¹ snowfall to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Onshore winds are bringing isolated² showers to southern WA and Queensland’s coasts.

 

Looking around the country, Queensland is expecting isolated showers in the east with areas of rain and isolated thunderstorms through the southern interior. A cooler southwesterly change will spread east from the inland. 

 

A much cooler day in New South Wales today, snow showers are luring³ to 800 meters in alpine⁴ areas with snow flurries about high parts of central tablelands. Rain and possible thunderstorms in the northeast. 

 

Scattered⁵ showers in Victoria. More widespread about the southwest coast and northeast ranges. Local hail and thunder. Snow to 700 meters with fresh northwesterly winds throughout. 

 

Scattered showers around to the north and west of Tasmania, easing later. Shower is tending to rain in the east. Highland snow. 

 

South Australia will be cold throughout with fresh southwest to southerly winds strong near the coast. Showers and isolated thunderstorms with small hail possible through the south, and possible snow through elevated areas. 

 

Areas of morning frost through the southern inland of Western Australia. Isolated showers near the south coast. 

 

In the Northern Territory, it will be mostly sunny apart from some cloud and early fog patches over the Top End. 

 

Looking ahead to tomorrow’s forecast for the capital cities: fine in Brisbane and Sydney; a shower or two for Canberra; scattered showers in Melbourne and Adelaide; wet and windy in Hobart; partly cloudy in Perth; sunny in Darwin.

1 highland   

n.(pl.)高地，山地

参考例句：

• The highland game is part of Scotland's cultural heritage.苏格兰高地游戏是苏格兰文化遗产的一部分。
• The highland forests where few hunters venture have long been the bear's sanctuary.这片只有少数猎人涉险的高山森林，一直都是黑熊的避难所。

2 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。

3 luring   

吸引，引诱（lure的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Cheese is very good for luring a mouse into a trap. 奶酪是引诱老鼠上钩的极好的东西。
• Her training warned her of peril and of the wrong, subtle, mysterious, luring. 她的教养警告她：有危险，要出错儿，这是微妙、神秘而又诱人的。

4 alpine   

adj.高山的；n.高山植物

参考例句：

• Alpine flowers are abundant there.那里有很多高山地带的花。
• Its main attractions are alpine lakes and waterfalls .它以高山湖泊和瀑布群为主要特色。

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。