英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-12-28

 A strengthening tropical low is generating¹ heavy rain and storms over WA's Kimberley.And an associated monsoon² trough is also triggering³ heavy showers and storms over the western Top End. Hot northerly winds pushing into southeast Australia ahead of a front pushing through South Australia.

 

And looking around the country.

 

In Queensland, showers and storms in the north and the east. It'll be hot in the east to very hot in the southwest.

 

Hot in the south and west of New South Wales. Warm in the east with a chance of thunderstorms on the southeast ranges. 

 

In Victoria, hot northerlies ahead of a southern, cool southwesterly change. It will be mostly sunny and dry throughout the state. 

 

Showers are expected for most of the state in Tasmania. Westerly winds increasing throughout the day.

 

In South Australia, mostly dry with strong southerly winds. Very hot in the north. Warm in the south.

 

In WA, heavy rain in the north Kimberly. Storms forecast for the interior⁴. Very hot in the north. Too warm in the south. 

 

And there will be heavy rain in the far northwest of the Northern Territory. Storms in the east. Very hot in the southern parts of the state with a chance of showers.

 

1 generating   

n.发生，产生v.生（儿、女）( generate的现在分词 )；（通过物理或化学过程）发生；生成；引起

参考例句：

• There are many ways of generating a two-dimensional representation of an object. 有很多制作物体二维图的方法。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Generating functions are an ideal tool for studying sequences defined by recurrence. 母函数是研究用递推关系来确定的函数的最理想工具。 来自辞典例句

2 monsoon   

n.季雨，季风，大雨

参考例句：

• The monsoon rains started early this year.今年季雨降雨开始得早。
• The main climate type in that region is monsoon.那个地区主要以季风气候为主要气候类型。

3 triggering   

起动，触发，控制

参考例句：

• To set off an H-bomb, a special triggering device is required. 要爆炸氢弹，就需有一个特殊的引爆装置。
• This is triggering a second stage of new star formation. 由此触发了第二阶段新恒星的形成。

4 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。