Another individual has been confirmed dead following a fire at An tai Tian-Sheng Memorial Hospital in Pingtung County as the island was being battered by Typhoon Krathon, bringing the death toll to nine, eight patients and one employee. According to authority, a total of 324 patients who were staying in Block D of the hospital where the fire happened were rescued and 113 among them were transferred to other hospitals.

　　山陀兒颱風侵台期間，屏東縣安泰醫院大火又增一名死者，累計死亡人數達九人，包括一名員工及八名病人。據當局表示起火醫院D棟住院的324名患者已獲救，其中113名轉移至其他醫院。

batter：（v.）連續猛擊；搗毀
evacuate：（v.）撤退

──────────────────

　　Reportedly the blaze started in an electricity distribution room on the second floor after an air compressor caught fire while the cause is still unknown. The firefighters, police and other emergency response units arrived at about 7:40 a.m. to assist medical personnel to evacuate wheelchair-bound and bedridden patients from the hospital complex, with the rain and strong winds brought by Typhoon Krathon which just made landfall in nearby Kaohsiung, adding to the difficulty of the operation. The blaze was extinguished around 1:08 p.m. with the help by the soldiers from a nearby military base.
　　
　　起火原因尚未查明，據報導起火點是二樓配電室的一台空氣壓縮機起火。警消和其他緊急應變單位於上午7時40分左右趕到，協助醫護人員從醫院大樓內疏散坐輪椅和臥床不起的病人，而山陀兒颱風登陸鄰近高雄帶來的降雨和強風增加了行動的難度。下午1點08分左右，在附近軍事基地士兵的協助下撲滅火勢。
　　
compressor：（n.）壓縮機
complex：（n.）由許多相關的不同部分所組成構造複雜的建築群；綜合大樓
landfall：（n.）登陸；著陸
extinguish：（v.）撲滅

──────────────────

　　Pingtung County Government later announcing eight had died and two were still missing. At around 2 p.m., one of the missing staff member, identified by his last name Wang, had fallen into cardiac arrest when firefighters pulled him from staircase between the first and second-floor in the hospital building, later pronounced dead after efforts to resuscitate him failed, authorities said, adding that the other missing one, a patient, had escaped the blaze and returned home on his own.

　　屏東縣政府後來宣布八人死亡，兩人仍失蹤。下午2點左右，王姓員工被消防隊員從醫院大樓一樓和二樓樓梯之間拉出來，心臟驟停。當局稱表示由於搶救無效，宣布該員死亡，並補充另一名失蹤者病患已獨自逃離了火災返回家中。

resuscitate：（v.）使甦醒；使恢復知覺
blaze ：（n.）大火；火災
當我們要用英文表示火災發生，可以使用“a fire broke out”，一般來說“fire”是用來表示「火」最普遍的字，如果用來表示火花，火星，使用的是spark，如果冒起了火焰或火舌，就是flame，而瞬間竄起的火焰或火光，用的是flare，強調迅猛與突然，如果是熊熊大火，那就是blaze，這個字較為正式，尤其常用於新聞報導，而像是金門常發生的「火燒埔」，那就是野火wildfire。

──────────────────

　　Pingtung County Fire Department chief Lee Pin-cheng said that as the room housed many electrical appliances and high-voltage power lines, the fire quickly spread to the third and fourth floors where a large amount of medical equipment was stored, making the rescue mission more difficult. 324 patients had been evacuated safely, many of whom were treated for smoke inhalation and other minor injuries, and 113 people were transferred to other hospitals in Pingtung and Kaohsiung, Lee said. Su Ching-chyuan, the president of Antai Hospital, said Stack effect caused smoke and sparks to reach the upper floors, resulting in the deaths, and the eight deceased patients who were found on the building's 5th, 10th and 11th floors were bedridden elderly people staying in the hospital who were cared for by caregivers. He would provide assistances and financial compensation to the families of them and those who were injured, Su added.

　　屏東縣消防局長李彬正表示，由於房間內有大量電器和高壓電線，火勢很快就蔓延到存放大量醫療設備的三樓和四樓，使救援任務變得更加困難。目前已有324名病患安全疏散，其中許多人因吸入煙霧和其他輕傷而接受治療，並有113人被轉移到屏東和高雄的其他醫院。安泰醫院院長蘇清泉表示，蘇說，煙囪效應導致煙霧和火花到達高層，導致人員死亡；因吸入煙霧死亡的八名死者在大樓的五樓、十樓和十一樓被發現，皆是由護理人員照顧的臥床不起留院老人。蘇院長補充將對死者及火災傷者提供幫助與經濟賠償。

voltage：（n.）電壓；福特數
inhalation：（n.）吸入；吸氣
Stack effect：（n.）煙囪效應，是指戶內空氣沿著有垂直坡度的空間向上昇或下降，造成空氣加強對流的現象，因為熱空氣散溢而造成的氣流，將戶外的空氣抽入填補，令火爐的火更猛烈。
deceased：（a.）死的；去世的
bedridden：（a.）因病或受傷而臥床不起的
caregiver：（n.）看護者；護理員
compensation：（n.）賠償金;補償金

──────────────────

　　To determine the cause of blaze, including whether it was deliberately lit or due to negligence, and to verify legal liability and compensation, Pingtung prosecutors launched an investigation into the fire which was one of the worst in Taiwan in recent decades. Su said he suspected the fire could be linked to the typhoon currently affecting Taiwan, making the hospital's electricity supply on Wednesday night unstable. However, if the hospital were later found to be at fault, it would assume full responsibility, Su indicated.
　　
　　屏東檢方對這起台灣近幾十年來最嚴重的火災之一展開調查，以確定起火原因，包括確定火災是故意點燃還是疏忽造成，並核實法律責任和賠償。蘇院長表示，鑑於週三晚上醫院的電力供應不穩定，他懷疑火災可能與目前影響台灣的颱風有關。然而，若事後發現醫院有過失，將負起全部責任。

deliberately：(adv.）故意地
verify：（v.）核實
liability：（n.）法律上對某事物的責任
decade：（n.）十年
fault：（n.）過錯
assume：（v.）承擔