澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-04-03

 And there’s low in the northern tropics. The Bureau is warning it could still develop into a cyclone¹. And at the moment, it’s generating heavy squally rain across the Kimberley and Top End. A northern trough is triggering more patchy rain around Cape² York, while low cloud in the east is maintaining scattered³ showers in Tasmania.

 

Around the states:

 

And Queensland can expect a mostly wet day with showers in most parts. The south-west should be fairly dry, though.

 

That rain will extend down to northern New South Wales, but the rest of the state should be mostly warm and fine.

 

In Victoria, there will be isolated⁴ showers on and south of the ranges. And about the coastal⁵ fringe, it should be mostly fine in the north.

 

A few scattered showers about the west and south of Tasmania today, but they should contract to the east by the early afternoon.

 

A mostly clear and dry day for South Australia apart from some light drizzle⁶ about the coast.

 

Western Australia can expect a fine dry day in the south, but further north that tropical low is generating heavy rain and strong winds. And a cyclone warning is still current from Kalumburu to Beagle Bay. That low is also bringing heavy rain to the Top End with possible flooding in the Darwin-Daly district.

 

And looking ahead to Monday: a wet day for most eastern capitals, mostly sunny in Canberra and Adelaide, fine for Perth, showers and storms for Darwin. 

1 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。

2 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。

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 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。

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 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。