英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-01-18

 Let's take a look at the satellite.A large low pressure system over Western Australia is causing wide spread rain and thunderstorms. A trough over South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales is bringing showers and storms. The monsoon¹ trough is causing similar activities in Northern Queensland.

Looking around the country. There will be showers and storms in Queensland's far north and east coast, warm and sunny in land. Hot temperatures through out New South Wales, with a later cool change in the southeast. That will bring showers and storms, sunny elsewhere. 

Cool conditions for most of Victoria, with hot conditions persisting² in the north; isolated³ showers in the south; showers and storms in the east.

Down to Tasmania, cool southwesterly winds through out with a few morning showers.

Very hot with early storms in South Australia's northeast; cooler elsewhere with gusty⁴, southwesterly winds. 

Over to western Australia, where heavy rain and winds are expected in the north, dry and warm conditions in the south. 

And in the Northern Territory, strong winds and heavy rain in the north and west with lighter⁵ showers and storms in the east. 

And looking ahead to tomorrow's forecast for the capital cities. Increasing sunshine in Brisbane, mostly sunny in Sydney, some late showers in Hobart, sunny in Adelaide and Perth, and some showers in Darwin.

1 monsoon   

n.季雨，季风，大雨

参考例句：

• The monsoon rains started early this year.今年季雨降雨开始得早。
• The main climate type in that region is monsoon.那个地区主要以季风气候为主要气候类型。

2 persisting   

坚持( persist的现在分词 )； 维持； 保持； 持续存在

参考例句：

• The salesman is still persisting with his demands. 那店员仍在坚持他的要求。
• How many wars have been averted by patience and persisting good will! 忍耐和坚持善意曾避免了多少战争啊！ 来自英汉非文学 - 新闻报道

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 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？

5 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。