澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-01-14

 Checking the weather now, and ex-tropical cyclone¹ Heidi is causing rain of Western Australia while a trough stretching through Queensland and Top End is bringing a few showers and storms. Taking a look at the states. And a wet day for most of Queensland, including over the central coast and the southeast region. Showers and storms over the northern and central and eastern part of the state. 

 

New South Wales can expect some rain and thunderstorms in the northeast region and over the southern coast. It’ll be mostly fine and sunny in the west.

 

A fine day in northern Victoria with light showers in the south which will clear in the afternoon. It will be a warm and sunny day in the north. 

 

In Tasmania, there’ll be scattered² afternoon rain around the western and southern areas. Mostly fine elsewhere, apart from a chance of showers around the northeast region. 

 

Fine in South Australia, except for some isolated³ rain in the far northwest. There’ll be some morning showers over the lower southeast region and Kangroo Island.\

 

Over in Western Australia, Perth can expect some showers and thunderstorms. It will be rainy and stormy over the remainder of the state. 

 

And there’ll be scattered showers and storms over the Top End. It will be dry and hot over the interior. 

 

Looking ahead to tomorrow’s forecast: showers for Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra and Darwin. Cloudy in Melbourne and Hobart. Sunny in Adelaide with a top of 31 degrees.

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 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。

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。