澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-07-19

 Let’s take a look at the satellite image, a low pressure system over the Tasman sea is directing very strong southwesterly winds along the New South Wales coast and triggering¹ patchy showers along the coastal² fringe³. And upper level over Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory is producing patchy light drizzle⁴. 

 

Looking around the country, Queensland can expect some strong winds along the southern coastline. A mild to warm and mostly sunny day ahead. 

 

In New South Wales, a cold morning followed by a sunny day for inland. Isolated⁵ showers along the coast.  

 

Victoria can expect light showers near the coast this afternoon. A cold morning and mostly sunny through the inland. To Tasmania, a few showers in the west and south, dry and sunny in the east. 

 

For South Australia, cold in the east. Light winds with / cloud, and isolated showers in the coast. 

 

Patchy rain in the eastern parts of Western Australia. Showers developing in the southwest and possible storms.

 

And in the Northern Territory, it will be partly cloudy in the north. Sunny in the south.

 

And looking ahead to Sunday’s forecast for the capitals. The possible light shower in Brisbane. Showers also in Sydney. Sunny in Canberra. Cloudy in Melbourne, Hobart and Adelaide. Showers easing in Perth, and sunny in Darwin.

1 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。

2 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。

3 fringe   

n.边缘；（窗帘）缘饰，额前垂发；vt.饰...的边

参考例句：

• The girl wears her hair in a fringe.那女孩留着刘海。
• This is an enormous field of which l can touch only the fringe.这是一个很广阔的领域，我在这里只能谈个大概。

4 drizzle   

v.下毛毛雨；n.毛毛雨，蒙蒙细雨

参考例句：

• The shower tailed off into a drizzle.阵雨越来越小，最后变成了毛毛雨。
• Yesterday the radio forecast drizzle,and today it is indeed raining.昨天预报有小雨，今天果然下起来了。

5 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。