澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-02-11

 A trough in the east is generating¹ heavy rains and possible storms across New South Wales and Victoria. Cool southeasterly winds are producing isolated² showers along the southern coast, and a trough in the west is also bringing rain to Western Australia.

 

To Queensland, where showers and thunderstorms are forecast across most of the state, mainly in the afternoon, fine west of Normanton to St George.

 

There’s a severe thunderstorm warning for much of northern New South Wales extending³ along the coast to Wollongong and West Dubbo. The system could produce very large hailstones, heavy rainfall, flash flooding and damaging winds.

 

In Victoria, showers over the southern districts and the northern plains, thunderstorms developing over central and eastern districts.

 

It will be wetting Tasmania also with rain above the northeast and along the north coast.

 

South Australia will see showers across agricultural areas contracting to the southern coasts by evening.

 

In Western Australia, isolated showers and storms in the northwest Kimberley, southern inland and southwest districts.

 

In the top end, isolated showers and storms above the north and west coasts, mainly in the afternoon. Sunny elsewhere⁴.

 

And looking ahead to tomorrow.

1 generating   

n.发生，产生v.生（儿、女）( generate的现在分词 )；（通过物理或化学过程）发生；生成；引起

参考例句：

• There are many ways of generating a two-dimensional representation of an object. 有很多制作物体二维图的方法。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Generating functions are an ideal tool for studying sequences defined by recurrence. 母函数是研究用递推关系来确定的函数的最理想工具。 来自辞典例句

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 extending   

v.（空间、时间等）延伸，延续( extend的现在分词 )；伸展；给予；延长

参考例句：

• We are extending the radio network. 我们正在扩大广播网。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A romance extending over several years was culminated. 一场数年之久的恋爱就此圆满告终。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 elsewhere   

adv.在别处，到别处

参考例句：

• Our favourite restaurant was full so we had to go elsewhere.我们最喜欢去的那家饭店客满了，因此不得不改去别处。
• I have half a mind to move elsewhere.我有点想搬到别处去。