英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-04-19

 Southwesterly breezes in the wake of a cold front are triggering scattered¹ showers over Victoria, Tasmania and southeastern New South Wales. A moist easterly flow is producing thundery showers over the top end. And onshore winds are generating light showers about coastal² Queensland.

 

 

Looking around the country.

 

 

Fine across most of Queensland. Some isolated³ showers about the tropical east coast. And isolated thunderstorms to the Far North. In New South Wales, fine apart from the chance of showers in the southeast and along in the northern coast. Victoria will see isolated showers over the southern districts moving to the coast by evening. Fine and sunny over the north. In Tasmania, isolated showers above the west and south, easing later on before clearing in the evening. Fine elsewhere. For South Australia, the chance of isolated morning showers towards the south. A cool morning with early fog patches. Western Australia will see some drizzle⁴ in the southwest and possibly some isolated thunderstorms in the far north Kimberly. And in the Northern Territory, isolated showers around the top end, tending scattered. Dry and sunny elsewhere in the territory.

 

 

And looking ahead to tomorrow is forecast the capitals.

 

 

Mostly sunny Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra. Mostly sunny in Melbourne. Light showers in Hobart. Mostly sunny in Adelaide and also Perth. And light showers for Darwin.

1 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。

2 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。

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。