澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-12-15

 Let's take a look at the satellite.

 

A low and a trough are triggering¹ heavy rain in Tasmania, as well as rain and storms in Victoria, South Australia, southern New South Wales and the Northern Territory. Another trough in the west is producing widespread storms in eastern and northern WA. And a high is keeping northern New South Wales and Queensland mostly dry.

 

Looking around the states.

 

It will be warm and mostly sunny in Queensland's east, hot in the west with showers and storms.

 

In New South Wales, warm and mostly sunny in the north and east. And showers and storms in the south and west will spread.

 

Victoria can expect widespread showers and thunderstorms, a cool southwesterly change arriving later.

 

In Tasmania, rain and storms expected mostly in the north, and cooler with westerlies developing.

 

It'll be warm in South Australia with storms in the north and east, cooler southwesterly winds and showers in the south.

 

Dry and mostly sunny in the WA's west and interior², storms in the state's north and isolated³ showers on the south coast.

 

Scattered⁴ showers and storms throughout the Northern Territory, hot in the north and southerlies developing in the south.

 

Looking ahead to tomorrow, mostly sunny in Brisbane, Canberra and Perth. Showers clearing in Melbourne, Hobart and Adelaide. And a late thunder expected in Darwin.

1 triggering   

起动，触发，控制

参考例句：

• To set off an H-bomb, a special triggering device is required. 要爆炸氢弹，就需有一个特殊的引爆装置。
• This is triggering a second stage of new star formation. 由此触发了第二阶段新恒星的形成。

2 interior   

adj.在内的，内部的，内地的，国内的；n.内部

参考例句：

• There is water in the interior of the cave.在山洞的内部有水。
• They went into the interior room.他们进了内室。

3 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。

4 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。