英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-11-30

 Let’s take a look at the satellite. Ex-tropical cyclone¹ Alicia is generating heavy showers and storms near the gulf² of carbon interior. A trough is triggering areas of thundery rain in Queensland and northern New South Wales. A cold front is bringing a cool gusty³ change with showers and storms to southern WA. 

 

Looking around the country, in Queensland, patchy showers and storms stretching from the northwest to the southeast interior will contract north during the day. Southern / can expect a strong southerly wind change by evening. 

 

In New South Wales, morning showers for the central coast and easing rain and in the northeast. Late drizzle⁴ for the south coast.

 

Victoria can expect early light showers and drizzle in the south to clear to a sunny afternoon.

 

A cool day in Tasmania with isolated⁵ showers in the west and south, clearing during the morning.

 

Fine in South Australia, apart from the odd shower and possible afternoon storm in the far west. A cooler southerly change will develop later tonight. 

 

Western Australia can expect showers and windy conditions through much of the south as well as parts of Kimberley. 

 

In the territory, rain areas for eastern parts of the Top End could lead to significant stream risers through / of McCarthy area. Mostly fine elsewhere.

 

Looking ahead to tomorrow’s forecast for the capital cities, a morning shower in Brisbane, fine in the southeastern capitals, a possible shower in Adelaide and Perth. Darwin can see afternoon storm.

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 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 gusty   

adj.起大风的

参考例句：

• Weather forecasts predict more hot weather,gusty winds and lightning strikes.天气预报预测高温、大风和雷电天气将继续。
• Why was Candlestick Park so windy and gusty? 埃德尔斯蒂克公园里为什么会有那么多的强劲阵风？

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 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。