澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-12-17

 Looking at the satellite image, a deepening¹ low is causing some showers and storms across WA, the Top End and western parts of South Australia. A trough is triggering² a few showers and storms in northern New South Wales and Queensland. Another trough is causing stormy showers over southern New South Wales and northern Victoria. 

 

Around the states, in Queensland, there’ll be showers and storms in the northern far west and isolated³ showers over the east coast. 

 

New South Wales can expect showers and storms in the west, dry on the coast. 

 

A wet day for Victoria with showers and storms forecast across most of the state. 

 

In Tasmania, drizzle⁴ about the northern and eastern central plateau⁵. 

 

Cloudy and humid in South Australia. 

 

Rain and storm spreading to central and eastern parts, and showers and storms in the west. 

 

It will be mostly sunny in West Australia, apart from isolated showers and storms in the east. Very warm inland and north. 

 

To the Top End, showers and storms, mainly central inland north, very warm and humid.

 

Looking ahead to Sunday. Sydney, a possible shower and a top of 23 degrees. Melbourne, rain developing, 27. Brisbane, fine and a top of 26. Perth, partly cloudy, 27. Adelaide, morning rain and showers, a maximum of 24. Hobart, a late shower or two, 23. Canberra, showers, 24 degrees. Darwin, showers and an afternoon storm, 32.

1 deepening   

n. 加深, 深化 动词deepen的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• With the deepening of the economic crisis, unemployment shot up. 经济危机加剧，失业人数激增。
• The sky, deepening to ochre, is broken by two or three seagulls. 两点三点白鸥划破了渐变为赭色的天空。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

2 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。

3 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。

4 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。

5 plateau   

n.高原，平稳，稳定状态；vi.到达平稳阶段

参考例句：

• The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。
• As the river drops from the plateau,it forms great waterfalls.河水从高原上下落时，形成了巨大的瀑布。