澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-05

 The weather satellite image shows thick cloud spreading across WA and into South Australia along a broad trough is creating rain and thunderstorms. Cloud is stretching across Queensland and New South Wales along another trough bringing thundery showers. Skies are mostly clear elsewhere.

 

A look around the states, in Queensland, showers and storms will occur over most of the state with only southern coastal¹ districts remaining fine. Areas of thundery rain will hit the southern interior² during the morning. 

 

In New South Wales, it'll be fine along the central and northern coasts with showers and thunderstorms developing at the most remainder³, particularly west of the divide. There will be hot northwest winds inland. 

 

A hot day for Victoria with isolated⁴ showers and thunderstorms developing over the southwest during the morning and extending throughout in the afternoon. 

 

In Tasmania, showers will develop about the west from late morning and extend to most parts of the state during the afternoon.

 

South Australia will see showers and thunderstorms moving from the west to affect areas east of a line from Ceduna to Coober Pedy. 

 

Isolated showers and thunderstorms will cover most of Western Australian with temperature slightly cooler than average in the south, and hot in the north. And in the Northern Territory, it'll be mostly sunny in the southwest with isolated showers and storms elsewhere.

1 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。

2 interior   

adj.在内的，内部的，内地的，国内的；n.内部

参考例句：

• There is water in the interior of the cave.在山洞的内部有水。
• They went into the interior room.他们进了内室。

3 remainder   

n.余下的部分，剩下的人数

参考例句：

• They joined up with us to spend the remainder of the holiday.他们来跟我们一起共度余下的假期。
• He spent the remainder of his years in Japan.他在日本度过了余生。

4 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。