澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-12-20

 Let’s take a look at the satellite. A trough and embedded¹ low lingering over central and southern WA is triggering thundery showers. A broad region of low pressure over northern WA and the Northern Territory is also triggering isolated² thunderstorms. A trough over northern Queensland is maintaining the odd isolated thunderstorm.

 

Looking around the country now, and in Queensland, scattered³ showers and storms in the east and north. Hot, sunny and dry in the southwest. 

 

The New South Wales, cloudy with some light showers in the east. Sunny and dry west of the ranges.

 

In Victoria, clearing cloud and light showers in the east. Sunny and dry elsewhere. Warm in the north.

 

Westerly winds for Tasmania. Gusty⁴ in the east with rain and cloud throughout. 

 

Warm and sunny throughout South Australia with light winds. Some cloud and storms in the far northwest.

 

For Western Australia, hot and thundery showers in the north and east. Isolated showers and storms in the south.

 

And it’s another hot day in the Top End with hot showers and storms in the west and north, staying dry in much of the east of the territory.

 

Looking ahead now to tomorrow’s forecast for the capital cities. Cloudy in Brisbane, sunny in Sydney and Canberra. Light winds and sunny in Melbourne. Partly cloudy in Hobart. Mostly sunny in Adelaide with a chance of a storm. Mostly sunny in Perth, and showers and storms for Darwin.

1 embedded   

a.扎牢的

参考例句：

• an operation to remove glass that was embedded in his leg 取出扎入他腿部玻璃的手术
• He has embedded his name in the minds of millions of people. 他的名字铭刻在数百万人民心中。

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。

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？