澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-07-10

 The satellite picture shows a ridge¹ over Queensland and New South Wales keeping skies mostly clear. A cloud band is moving over northern New South Wales. Cloud over western Tasmania and WA is causing some rain. 

 

Taking a look around the states tomorrow, some isolated² showers about the northeast Queensland coast and some early frost over the interior.

 

In New South Wales, there’ll be morning frost and fog with isolated showers about the southern inland but mostly sunny elsewhere. 

 

Victoria will see scattered³ rain over the southern and mountain areas, extending to the northern inland and becoming widespread about the coast. 

 

In Tasmania, showers across the state with snow for lower into around 300 metres about the south. 

 

South Australia will see showers over the west coast and agricultural areas. More isolated about the far south.

 

In Western Australia, isolated thundery rain for the northwest and moderate falls about the state’s lower west. 

 

And in the Top End, a partly cloudy and dry day.

 

Looking ahead to Monday, sunny in Brisbane, Sydney and Darwin; early frost and cloud for Canberra; cloudy in Perth and some rain in the other capitals.

1 ridge   

n.山脊；鼻梁；分水岭

参考例句：

• We clambered up the hillside to the ridge above.我们沿着山坡费力地爬上了山脊。
• The infantry were advancing to attack the ridge.步兵部队正在向前挺进攻打山脊。

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 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。