英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-11-02

 A trough over Queensland is triggering showers and storms in the northeast. An area low pressure over Northern WA is generating showers and storms with another trough in the south bringing showers to WA and eastern South Australia.

 

Looking around the country, showers and storms will contract from centre areas of Queensland to the east tropics. Fine and partly cloudy elsewhere. Fine in New South Wales. Winds along the coast in the afternoon. Quite warm in Victoria today, possible showers in the west with isolated¹ showers developing in the southwest late tonight. Fine in Tasmania, apart from isolated morning drizzle² in the west and south. Scattered³ showers will develop in the west and Far South late this evening. Possible isolated showers about the southeast and southern coastal⁴ areas of South Australia. A warm day ahead of a cool southerly wind to chance near the coast in the morning and reaching the passport by evening. Areas of morning drizzle in southern WA with isolated showers and storms in norhtern and central parks. Isolated showers and gusty⁵ storms over the northern and western top end. Sunny and warm in the south.

 

Looking ahead to tomorrow is forecast for the capital cities. Sunny in Brisbane. A windy day for southeastern capitals with a late change in Sydney. Sunny in Canberra. And a few showers in Melbourne and Hobart. Fine in Adelaide with a chance of late storm in Perth and Darwin.

1 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。

2 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。

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 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。

5 gusty   

adj.起大风的

参考例句：

• Weather forecasts predict more hot weather,gusty winds and lightning strikes.天气预报预测高温、大风和雷电天气将继续。
• Why was Candlestick Park so windy and gusty? 埃德尔斯蒂克公园里为什么会有那么多的强劲阵风？