澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-06-13

Hello, Nick Dole¹ with the National Weather.

Let’s take a look at the satellite picture first. And patchy low cloud across the southeast trapped under a high is bringing the odd shower to South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. A ridge² of high pressure is keeping the north mostly clear and dry.

It will be a fine and dry day for Queensland apart from some isolated³ showers over Cape⁴ York Peninsula and along the east coast, south of Sandy Cape.

New South Wales can expect isolated showers about the north coast, but it should be mostly fine elsewhere.

A cold and cloudy day in the south of Victoria with isolated showers developing along the coast this afternoon. It will be mostly fine in the north.

In Tasmania, there will be patchy rain over the western south with some fresh southwest winds. Otherwise, it should be fine.

Across to South Australia and there will be isolated light showers around southern Eyre Peninsula, Kangaroo Island and the lower southeast, but it should clear by this evening.

Western Australia can expect scattered⁵ showers to develop near the southwest capes⁶ in the evening.

Further north and it will be fine and mostly sunny apart from some isolated showers near the northeast coast and the Pilbara. It should be cool in the south.

And looking ahead, Canberra can expect a chilly⁷ start of the day with a low of minus three. It will be mostly fine in the rest of the capitals apart from a few showers in Brisbane and Perth.

1 dole   

n.救济，（失业）救济金；vt.（out）发放，发给

参考例句：

• It's not easy living on the dole.靠领取失业救济金生活并不容易。
• Many families are living on the dole since the strike.罢工以来，许多家庭靠失业救济金度日。

2 ridge   

n.山脊；鼻梁；分水岭

参考例句：

• We clambered up the hillside to the ridge above.我们沿着山坡费力地爬上了山脊。
• The infantry were advancing to attack the ridge.步兵部队正在向前挺进攻打山脊。

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 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

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。

6 capes   

碎谷； 斗篷( cape的名词复数 )； 披肩； 海角； 岬

参考例句：

• It was cool and they were putting on their capes. 夜里阴冷，他们都穿上了披风。
• The pastor smiled to give son's two Capes five cents money. 牧师微笑着给了儿子二角五分钱。

7 chilly   

adj.凉快的，寒冷的

参考例句：

• I feel chilly without a coat.我由于没有穿大衣而感到凉飕飕的。
• I grew chilly when the fire went out.炉火熄灭后，寒气逼人。