澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-12-10

 Taking a look at the satellite image first. And area of low pressure is bringing rain, storms to southern Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Another low over the Northern Territory is triggering¹ showers and storms. 

 

Now for a look around the states, starting with Queensland. Thunderstorms in the western and southern parts of the state. And isolated² showers in the eastern districts. 

 

For New South Wales, there’ll be isolated showers on the western slopes and ranges, and thunderstorms west of the divide. 

 

It will be wet day ahead for Victoria with scattered³ showers and thunderstorms covering most of the state. 

 

In Tasmania, there’ll be showers in the north and east this morning, but the chance of late thunderstorms in the southeast. 

 

Isolated showers for the southern and western coast of South Australia. Afternoon thunderstorms for the eastern and northern parts of agricultural area. 

 

Western Australia can expect isolated showers over the south of the state and late thunderstorms over the far northeast Kimberley region⁴.

 

And there’ll be isolated showers and storms covering most of the Top End.

 

A look at the weather for the capital cities tomorrow. Possible thunderstorms for Brisbane, Sydney and Canberra; clearing showers for Adelaide and Hobart; a cloudy day for Perth; rain for Melbourne and late thunder expected for 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 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 region   

n.地区，地带，区域；范围，幅度

参考例句：

• The students went to study the geology of that region.学生们去研究那个地区的地质情况。
• It is unusual to see snow in this region.这个地区难得见到雪。