澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-09-08

 A trough over Victoria and Tasmania is bringing showers, heaviest about the coasts. A trough over WA is triggering showers and thunderstorms in the west. Winds are rasing and skies are clearing in South Australia.

 

Looking around the states.

 

Fine and sunny over most of Queensland, except for some isolated¹ showers over the northern regions of Cape² Peninsula.

 

In New South Wales, isolated showers on and west of the regions, fine and mostly sunny elsewhere.

 

Victoria can expect scattered³ showers on and south of the regions, a chance of afternoon shower over the northern inland.

 

In Tasmania, scattered showers about the west and far south with isolated showers about the southeast and the Bass⁴ Strait islands.

 

In South Australia, there'll be isolated showers on the southern coast and regions. Mostly sunny with southerly winds elsewhere.

 

Western Australia can expect showers on the southern coast and northern interior. Mostly dry elsewhere, hot in the north.

 

And it'll be suny throughout the northern territory, apart from morning fall patchies about the Top End coast.

 

Looking ahead to tomorrow. It will be mostly sunny in Brisbane, Canberra and Adelaide. Sunny in Sydney, Perth and Darwin. And showers are clearing in Melbourne and Hobart.

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 bass   

n.男低音(歌手)；低音乐器；低音大提琴

参考例句：

• He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
• The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。