澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-05-23

 We’ve had a low pressure system bringing some fairly widespread rainfall and gusty¹ winds along the New South Wales coast but as that low moves away we see conditions ease overnight. So the potential of some isolated² showers but most north of about Sydney. A few showers also spreading to areas of Queensland’s south of about Fraser Island, but a flood watch has been issued for Pilbara District. There’s a potential of some quite heavy rain for not only for the weekend but well into next week as well. 

 

Not much in the wild rain for Queensland, it should be mostly dry. A few showers about parts of tropical coast. A little bit more likely about the southeastern corner into the southern board ranges, but those falls can be late and isolated. 

 

Most of the showers along the New South Wales coast, north of around Sydney. And again, they’re also likely to be light and isolated. Just pushing a little bit further inland through the far north and clear and sunny over the inland. 

 

And mostly dry and sunny weekend on the way for Victoria. Little bit patchy cloud in the morning in the south around Wilson’s promontory³ and also down around the south coast. We are looking at the potential of a few drizzle⁴ patches. 

 

Should be mostly dry across Tasmania. A few showers about the west and the far south of the state. Mostly dry and sunny across South Australia and a big cold start in all districts and a little bit fog about through some areas. 

 

Now there is a chance of a few showers around the far southwest corner of Western Australia, but it’s, though, central areas we are more likely to see some thundery rain through the afternoon. Generally dry conditions in the territory.

1 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？

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 promontory   

n.海角；岬

参考例句：

• Genius is a promontory jutting out of the infinite.天才是茫茫大地突出的岬角。
• On the map that promontory looks like a nose,naughtily turned up.从地图上面，那个海角就像一只调皮地翘起来的鼻子。

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。