澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-03-28

Hello, Nick Lucchinelli with the National Weather.

A tropical low and weak monsoon¹ is driving heavy rain and storms over northern parts of the territory in Queensland. Thick cloud over coastal² South Australia is bringing rain, mainly to the west.

In Queensland, there will be scattered³ showers over Cape⁴ York, isolated⁵ rain in the eastern, thunderstorms over the Gulf⁶ Country.

In New South Wales, there will be a few showers above the north coast with possible thunderstorms above the Central Ranges. It will be cloudy across much of the rest of the state.

Mostly cloudy across Victoria, showers clearing in the eastern, areas of rain extending from the west throughout the day, warm to hot northerly winds across the western south will reach gale⁷ force at times.

Tasmania will see scattered showers and possible isolated thunderstorms above the north and northeast. Rain will extend across the state from the afternoon.

In South Australia, isolated showers and thunderstorms near the coast,reaching inland areas by evening, mild to warm over inland areas with hot temperatures in the north of the state.

A few showers and storms across the south of Western Australia, mainly near the coast.

And the Northern Territory will see areas of heavy rain and a few storms in the northeast.

Looking ahead, storms in Sydney, Darwin, Alice Springs and Canberra; Showers in Brisbane, Cairns, Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart. Perth will be sunny hitting top temperatures of 29 degrees.

That's the latest weather.

1 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。

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 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 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。

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。

6 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。

7 gale   

n.大风，强风，一阵闹声（尤指笑声等）

参考例句：

• We got our roof blown off in the gale last night.昨夜的大风把我们的房顶给掀掉了。
• According to the weather forecast,there will be a gale tomorrow.据气象台预报，明天有大风。