South Korea vows probe into deadly Halloween crush
韩国发誓调查万圣节致命*踏事踩**故
South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Monday promised a thorough investigation into the Halloween crush over the weekend that killed more than 150 people in the capital and plunged the country into a week of mourning.
韩国总理韩德洙周一承诺，将对上周末发生在首尔的万圣节*踏事踩**故进行彻底调查。这起*踏事踩**故导致150多人死亡，让韩国进入为期一周的全国哀悼期。
Officials said the death toll had risen overnight to 154 with 149 injured, 33 of them in serious condition. Citizens from at least two dozen countries were among the dead.
官员们表示，死亡人数一夜之间上升至154人，149人受伤，其中33人伤势严重。遇难者中有来自至少24个国家的公民。
Tens of thousands of party-goers had crowded into narrow streets and alleyways of Seoul's popular Itaewon district on Saturday for the first virtually unrestricted Halloween festivities in three years. Many of the revelers were in their teens or twenties and dressed in costume.
周六，在首尔颇受欢迎的梨泰院，数万名参加派对的人挤在狭窄的街道和小巷里，为的是庆祝三年来首个几乎不受限制的万圣节。许多狂欢者都是十几岁或二十几岁的年轻人，他们都穿着万圣节服装。
But chaos erupted when people poured into one particularly narrow and sloping alley, even after it was already packed, witnesses said.
但目击者称，当人们涌入一条特别狭窄和倾斜的巷子时，混乱爆发了，即使当时巷子里已经挤满了人。
On Monday morning, people laid white chrysanthemums, drinks and candles at a small makeshift altar off an exit of the Itaewon subway station, a few steps away from the site of the crush.
周一上午，人们在梨泰院地铁站出口外的一个小型临时祭坛上摆放了白色菊花、酒和蜡烛，那里距离*踏事踩**故的发生地只有几步之遥。
重点词汇
1. vow: to make a determined decision or promise to do something 发誓，立誓
After the awful meals we had last Christmas, I vowed to do more of the cooking myself.
2. crush: If people are crushed against other people or things, they are pressed against them.挤压；拥挤
Tragedy struck when several people were crushed to death in the crowd.
3. plunge (sb./sth.) into sth.: to suddenly experience a bad situation or unhappiness, or to make someone or something suddenly experience a bad situation or unhappiness （使）陷入；（使）经历
The country was plunged into recession.
4. alleyway: a narrow road or path between buildings 小街；小巷，胡同
The alleyway led to the railway bridge.
5. revelers: someone who dances, drinks, sings, etc. at a party or in public, especially in a noisy way *欢寻**作乐的人，狂欢者
On New Year's Eve, thousands of revellers fill Trafalgar Square.
6. sloping: (of a surface) lying at an angle to the horizontal so that some points on it are higher than others （平面）倾斜的；有坡度的
The bedroom is in the attic so it has a sloping ceiling.
7. chrysanthemum: any of several types of garden plant, including some with many small flowers and some with few but very large flowers 菊花