澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-04-18

 Let’s take a look at the satellite image. A deep trough is generating¹ rain and thunderstorms over southern parts of New South Wales and Victoria. It’s also causing showers and thunderstorms over the western central and northern Australia. 

 

Looking around the country for today, in Queensland, a cool day in the southwest with the chance of rain. Showers near the north tropical² coast. 

 

In New South Wales, rain areas with the chance of a thunderstorm in the south and west of New South Wales. Mostly fine in the northeast. 

 

In Victoria, rain and possible thunderstorms over the east of the state. 

 

In Tasmania, showers about the west and north. Snowfalls lowering to about 900 meters about the southwest. 

 

Possible morning thunderstorms in the northeast of South Australia. Showers extending³ over the west coast during the afternoon. 

 

In WA, showers and thunderstorms along most of the west coast and the northern part of the state. The rain is moving towards southeast in the evening.

 

In the Top End, a slight to medium chance of showers and storms about the coast and northern districts. 

 

Looking ahead to tomorrow’s forecast for the capital cities, Brisbane, showers increasing. A shower or two in Sydney and Canberra. Melbourne, local hail⁴ and showers. Hobart, a shower or two clearing. Adelaide, partly cloudy. Sunny in Perth and possible storm in Darwin.

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 tropical   

adj.热带的，热带的，炎热的

参考例句：

• You must grow these tropical flowers in a glasshouse.你必须把这些热带花卉种在温室里。
• This disease is widespread in tropical areas.这种疾病在热带地区蔓延很广。

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 hail   

n.雹，一阵；vi.下雹；vt.高呼，为...喝彩

参考例句：

• Hail fell with such violence that it broke windows.冰雹猛落，把玻璃窗也砸破了。
• The people lined the streets to hail the returning heroes.人们夹道欢迎凯旋的英雄们。