澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-02-06

 Thick cloud over central Australia around Ex-Tropical Cyclone¹ Yasi is causing heavy rain and storms. A cloud band across southern New South Wales and eastern Victoria is bringing rain which is easing. 

 

A closer look at the states now:

 

Isolated² storms and showers are spreading throughout Queensland, especially along the Capricornia and Wide Bay coasts. 

 

New South Wales can expect scattered³ to widespread showers spreading to the northeast, isolated thunderstorms in the central districts. 

 

Scattered showers in the east and south of Victoria becoming isolated, then clear in late afternoon.

 

Tasmania can expect morning thunderstorms about the west coast and showers along the south, mainly fine elsewhere. 

 

Heavy falls and possible flash flooding over the Pastoral and Flinders districts. Clear and dry over the remainder of South Australia. 

 

Storms in the Pilbara and Kimberley districts in WA. Damaging winds are expected in Perth. 

 

And a severe weather warning is current for the Alice Springs district, as Ex-Tropical Cyclone Yasi passes just to the south of Alice Springs, expects squally winds and heavy rain to extend across southern parts of the territory. Storms also across the tropics. 

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 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 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。