澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-06-14

 Let’s take a look at the satellite. A deep trough moving over Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria is triggering widespread showers and the odd storm. Unstable¹ air in the wake of the system is producing gusty² showers about southeastern South Australia. Meanwhile, moist onshore winds steered³ by ridge⁴ are generating showers over the Queensland’s coast. 

 

Looking around the country, and in Queensland, rain in the southeast. Showers in the tropics. Cloud clearing in the west. 

 

New South Wales can expect showers in the east. It will be cool throughout the state, and partly cloudy but mostly dry in the west. 

 

To Victoria, showers are expected there, heaviest in the east. 

 

It will be a chilly⁵ day in Tasmania with light showers in the south and southerly winds strongest in the northeast.

 

South Australia can expect patchy coastal⁶ showers in the south. Mostly dry about the northern and central parts.

 

In Western Australia, there will be light showers in the south. 

 

And in the Northern Territory, there’ll be light showers along the coast. Dry elsewhere.

 

Now looking ahead to tomorrow’s forecast for the capital cities. Sunny in Brisbane, cloudy in Sydney with scattered⁷ showers in afternoon. Melbourne can also expect some afternoon showers. Cloudy in Hobart and Adelaide. A cold morning for Perth. It will be sunny there. And in Darwin, it will be sunny there.

 

1 unstable   

adj.不稳定的，易变的

参考例句：

• This bookcase is too unstable to hold so many books.这书橱很不结实，装不了这么多书。
• The patient's condition was unstable.那患者的病情不稳定。

2 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？

3 steered   

v.驾驶( steer的过去式和过去分词 )；操纵；控制；引导

参考例句：

• He steered the boat into the harbour. 他把船开进港。
• The freighter steered out of Santiago Bay that evening. 那天晚上货轮驶出了圣地亚哥湾。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 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。

5 chilly   

adj.凉快的，寒冷的

参考例句：

• I feel chilly without a coat.我由于没有穿大衣而感到凉飕飕的。
• I grew chilly when the fire went out.炉火熄灭后，寒气逼人。

6 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

7 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。