澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-02-20

 Thick cloud over the Northern Territory and the Kimberley region of Western Australia as ex-tropical Cyclone¹ Carlos brings heavy showers and thunder. Another trough over WA is causing scattered² severe storms.

 

Moving around the states now, in Queensland, scattered showers and thunderstorms over the northwestern and southwestern parts. Mostly fine in the southeast with scattered showers and isolated³ thunderstorms over the rest of the state. In New South Wales, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms in the central and northern districts. Scattered showers on the south coast, fine in the southwest. Isolated showers for Victoria, a partly cloudy day with moderate to fresh southwesterly winds. Weather warnings are in place for Tasmania, felt for a minor⁴ floods in the northern half of the state and strong winds around coastal⁵ waters. 

 

In South Australia, isolated showers over Kangaroo Island and the lower southeast of the state, isolated showers and thunderstorms in the north. Tropical cyclones⁶ Dianne and Carlos hover⁷ around the northern half of WA. A severe thunderstorm warning is also in place for the state with possible hail and flash flooding. Flood warnings for the Gascoyne, Greenough and Murchison River Catchments.

 

And in the Northern Territory, scattered showers and storms, heavy falls mainly to widespread flooding in the Darwin-Daly and northwest Victoria River districts.

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 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 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 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

5 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

6 cyclones   

n.气旋( cyclone的名词复数 )；旋风；飓风；暴风

参考例句：

• The pricipal objective in designing cyclones is to create a vortex. 设计旋风除尘器的主要目的在于造成涡旋运动。 来自辞典例句
• Middle-latitude cyclones originate at the popar front. 中纬度地区的气旋发源于极锋。 来自辞典例句

7 hover   

vi.翱翔，盘旋；徘徊；彷徨，犹豫

参考例句：

• You don't hover round the table.你不要围着桌子走来走去。
• A plane is hover on our house.有一架飞机在我们的房子上盘旋。