澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-01-23

 Taking a look at the satellite image now. Cloud over the southeast in a trough is triggering storms. Patchy cloud along Queensland and northen New South Wales is causing showers. Cloud across the north is causing rain and storms with a tropical low causing heavy rain near Western Australia and the Northern Territory border.

 

Around the states now, the tropical low over far north Queensland is expected to develop into a cyclone¹ later today. Weather Bureau says that the impact on the state will diminish as it moves away from the coast. Mostly fine elsewhere. 

 

In New South Wales, isolated² showers and afternoon thunderstorms over the southern ranges. There’s a chance of a shower or two above the far north coast and mostly sunny elsewhere. 

 

Victoria can expect morning drizzle³ in the south and isolated showers and thunderstorms over the east. It’s fine in Tasmania until patchy drizzle developed in the north and rain developed in the west at night. A mild to warm day ahead. 

 

A fine and mostly clear day for South Australia. Moderate southwest to southeast winds over the southern agricultural areas. Isolated showers and possible thunderstorms across most of Western Australia. 

 

Northern Territory can expect rain areas with possible heavy falls over the Top End. Isolated afternoon showers and storms north of Tenan Creek⁴. Fine elsewhere. 

 

Looking ahead to Monday around the capitals now: Brisbane fine; Sydney, partly cloudy, Melbourne and Hobart, a few showers; Perth, scattered⁵ showers, and Darwin, showers with a possible storm.

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 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。

4 creek   

n.小溪，小河，小湾

参考例句：

• He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

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。