澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-08-29

Hello, Jessica Ascan with the National Weather. Taking a look at the satellite image first and there is a thick blink of cloud over the south of the country ahead of a cold front which is bringing rain and the occasional storm to Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. Around the states now and Queensland will see a few patchy showers about the northeast coast and isolated¹ thunderstorms in the southwest. It should be dry but cloudy over the rest of the state. There will be widespread rain over most of the New South Wales, apart from a fine patch over the far northeast.

 

Much the same for Victoria, with heavy falls over the northeast ranges, tending to showers in the west. A wet day for Tasmania with some scattered² showers in the north and light rain extending elsewhere. More rain for South Australia, there will be some isolated thunderstorms over the agricultural areas and frequent drizzle³ about the lower southeast. WA(西澳) could expect a few showers about the Eucla and central west coast, contrasting to the southern interior about the afternoon.

 

A mostly dry and hot day for the top end, with cloudy areas increasing during the day, bringing the odd shower to the Alice Springs District.

 

And checking the major cities for Sunday, rain in Melbourne, Hobart and Brisbane, and it should be mostly fine in Sydney and Canberra.

1 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。

2 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。

3 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。