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On October 14, a fire broke out in the Cheng Chung Cheng Building in Yancheng District, Kaohsiung.
高雄鹽埕區「城中城」大樓於10月14日發生火災，
break out=爆發
The incident claimed 46 lives and injured another 41, marking the deadliest fire disaster in the city’s history.
該事故奪走46人的性命，另外造成41人受傷，是高雄史上最嚴重的火災。
claim one’s life=奪走性命injure(v.)使~受傷deadly(adj.)致死的
The 12-story complex building was built in 1981, with the lower section for commercial use and the upper section for housing.
該12層樓高的住商複合式大樓於1981年完工，低樓層用作商場，而高樓層則為住家。
commercial(adj.)商業相關的
There have been no businesses on the first six floors since 2002.
一至六樓自2002年之後便不再運作，
Around 120 households resided on the upper floors after the block was turned into a residential building.
大樓內較高樓層約有120個住戶。
reside(v.)居住turn A into B=將A改為B
When the fire occurred in the early hours of October 14, the blaze spread upward from the first floor where it started.
10月14日當天的凌晨時分發生火災，火勢由一樓向上延燒，
spread(v.)(n.)蔓延;擴散downward(adj.)(adv.)向下的;向下地
Plumes of thick smoke were swirling up and many sections of the block were burnt down.
滾滾濃煙灌入較高樓層，多個樓層嚴重燒毀。
plume(n.)羽毛狀的東西swirl(v.)打轉;轉圈burn down=燒毀
Piles of unused items on the building’s lower floors made rescue efforts more difficult.
大樓內低樓層處堆放許多雜物阻礙了當天的救援行動。
a pile of sth.=一疊~;一堆~rescue(n.)(v.)救援;拯救;營救
An investigation has been carried out to look into the cause of the incident.
警方針對火災肇因進行調查，
investigation(n.)調查look into=調查…
The police have found a burnt-out tin can in a small room on the first floor.
他們在一樓的小房間內找到燒焦的鐵罐，
burn out=燒盡
A couple, a man surnamed Guo and his girlfriend surnamed Huang, who had been accessing the room have been identified.
並鎖定先前經常進去房間的郭姓男子與其黃姓女友。
access(v.)進入identify(v.)認出;辨識
It is reported that they were both in the room with another man that night.
據了解，當晚兩人與另一名男子都曾待在那個小房間內。
Guo left after having a quarrel with Huang.
郭姓男子跟黃姓女子發生爭吵後便先離去。
quarrel(v.)(n.)爭吵
Huang was the last person to leave, saying that she used the tin can as an incense burner while she was in the room, which is suspected to be the cause of the fire.
黃姓女子是最後離開房間的人，期間曾用鐵罐充當香爐焚香，此舉疑似是引起火災的肇因。
suspect(v.)懷疑;猜想(n.)嫌犯