澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-06-27

Hello, Nick Dole¹ with the National Weather.

Taking a look at the satellite imaging, thick cloud across northeastern New South Wales is bringing some isolated² showers and storms to the coast. Patchy cloud over the southeast is pushing some snowfall across the Alps, and showers at lower altitudes, and some cloud over the southwest of the country is also creating some scattered³ showers.

Queensland will see some isolated showers above the northeast tropical coast and isolated patchy rain over the central and southeastern interior.

There will be some light rain in the far north of New South Wales, clearing later on and some showers in the far southeast. It should be a fine and sunny day elsewhere.

Some isolated showers in inland Victoria will form snow at higher altitudes today, contracting eastwards⁴ and clearing later. A cold but mostly sunny day elsewhere.

Tasmania will see some scattered showers mainly in the south and west of the ranges. It will be a cool day across the state.

It's mostly clear across South Australia with some scattered cloud across the south bringing showers to the coast.

A thin band of cloud across southwest WA near a trough is generating isolated, mainly coastal⁵ showers. A high across the rest of the state is keeping skies clear elsewhere.

And the Northern Territory is seeing cloud-free skies from a ridge⁶ of high pressure extending right across the state.

And around the country tomorrow, cool and cloudy on the east coast; showers for Melbourne, Hobart and Adelaide; overcast⁷ in Perth; hot and sunny in Darwin.

1 dole   

n.救济，（失业）救济金；vt.（out）发放，发给

参考例句：

• It's not easy living on the dole.靠领取失业救济金生活并不容易。
• Many families are living on the dole since the strike.罢工以来，许多家庭靠失业救济金度日。

2 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。

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 eastwards   

adj.向东方（的），朝东（的）；n.向东的方向

参考例句：

• The current sets strongly eastwards.急流迅猛东去。
• The Changjiang River rolls on eastwards.长江滚滚向东流。

5 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。

6 ridge   

n.山脊；鼻梁；分水岭

参考例句：

• We clambered up the hillside to the ridge above.我们沿着山坡费力地爬上了山脊。
• The infantry were advancing to attack the ridge.步兵部队正在向前挺进攻打山脊。

7 overcast   

adj.阴天的，阴暗的，愁闷的；v.遮盖，（使）变暗，包边缝；n.覆盖，阴天

参考例句：

• The overcast and rainy weather found out his arthritis.阴雨天使他的关节炎发作了。
• The sky is overcast with dark clouds.乌云满天。