澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-01-31

Hello, Melissa Hamilton with the National Weather.

 

Checking the satellite image first, and you can see thick cloud swirling¹ over Queensland from Ex-Tropical Cyclone² Olga. That’s causing rain and storms over most of the state. A monsoon³ trough over the tropics is triggering heavy falls there, but skies are mostly clear elsewhere.

 

Around the states now, Queensland can expect rain in most parts with heavier falls in the central west and southern interior. There’s still a severe weather warning for the Gulf⁴ Country and Torres Strait.

 

That’s rain will extend down to New South Wales. There will be scattered⁵ showers and isolated⁶ thunderstorms in all areas except for the southwest.

 

A fine hot day for Victoria, just a chance of isolated showers and a light storm over the eastern highlands.

 

Tasmania will see some patchy morning drizzle⁷ above the north, but the rest of the state should be mostly fine.

 

A warm mostly sunny day too for South Australia, just a chance of some scattered showers above the northeast.

 

Western Australia can expect a little morning drizzle above the south coast and southern interior.

 

Further north, showers and storms for the western Pilbara and Kimberley and for the Top End. The rest of the territory should be mostly fine and very hot.

 

Looking ahead to Monday now. Showers for Brisbane and Sydney. Clear in Canberra, Melbourne, Hobart and Adelaide. A fine day in Perth with a top of 34 degrees there. And a light storm for Darwin.

1 swirling   

v.旋转，打旋( swirl的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Snowflakes were swirling in the air. 天空飘洒着雪花。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• She smiled, swirling the wine in her glass. 她微笑着，旋动着杯子里的葡萄酒。 来自辞典例句

2 cyclone   

n.旋风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
• The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。

3 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。

4 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

5 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。

6 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。

7 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。