澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-05-30

Hello, Nick Lucchinelli with the National Weather.

Thick cloud is swarming¹ over the southeast of the country around an intensifying² low, generating heavy rain. Scattered³ cloud over western Victoria and South Australia is bringing showers. Mostly clear elsewhere.

To the state forecasts now, and Queensland should see some morning drizzle⁴ in the southeast. Isolated⁵ showers over the southern interior in the afternoon and showers also over the northern tropics.

Rain across much of eastern New South Wales with heavy falls likely on parts of the southern coast. Isolated showers in the west. Fine along the far north coast.

Locally, heavy falls for southeast Victoria with the flood watch in place for East Gippsland. Scattered showers in remaining southern areas.

Rain with possible thunder is expected in northeast Tasmania, but will ease during the day. Light falls elsewhere clearing early.

In South Australia, scattered showers, southeast of Port Lincoln with isolated showers over remaining parts of the agricultural area. Early fog patches in the west.

Showers are extending through the southwest of WA, and into adjacent districts during the afternoon and evening. Mostly fine elsewhere.

And in the Northern Territory, isolated falls contracting north over the Top End. Fine and sunny in the south.

And now looking ahead for the capital cities, there should be showers for Sydney and Canberra. Fine for Brisbane, Melbourne and Hobart. Fine also for Adelaide and Darwin.

1 swarming   

密集( swarm的现在分词 )； 云集； 成群地移动； 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去

参考例句：

• The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。
• The beach is swarming with bathers. 海滩满是海水浴的人。

2 intensifying   

v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的现在分词 )；增辉

参考例句：

• The allies are intensifying their air campaign. 联军部队正加大他们的空战强度。 来自辞典例句
• The rest of the European powers were in a state of intensifying congestion. 其余的欧洲强国则处于越来越拥挤的状态。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史

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。

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。