澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-05-05

 Let's take a look at the satellite, a low is bringing rain to southern Vicotria and Tasmania, while the low and trough over southwest western Australia are generating showers and storms, a high is keeping the rest of the country, mostly dry.

 

To Queensland, fine and sunny across much of the state with isolated¹ showers and thunderstorms across the Torres Strait and the northern regions of Cape² York Peninsula.

 

New South Wales could see some showers about the central coast, a fine and sunny day elsewhere.

 

In Victoria, scattered³ showers in the south, fine and mostly sunny elsewhere.

 

Morning fall patches in Tasmania with areas of rain about the west and far south, more isolated in the afternoon, clear and cool elsewhere.

 

To South Australia, showers in the south contracting to the coastal⁴ regions later in the day, rain developing over the Eyre Peninsula and Kangaroo Island.

 

It will be a very wet day in parts of western Australia with heavy falls in southern coastal areas and central west, clear and warm in the north and east.

 

And in the Top End, isolated showers about the northeast coast, dry and sunny elsewhere.

 

Looking ahead to tomorrow, and sunny in Brisbane, Sydney and Canberra, a shower or two for Melbourne, cloudy in Hobart, a late shower for Adelaide, showers in Perth and sunny in Darwin.

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 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

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 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。