week 3-Shanghai, new year, stampede

Shanghai New Year crush kills 36

A crush at New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai has killed 36 people and injured some 47 others, Chinese officials say.

The crush happened in Chenyi Square in Shanghai's historic Bund district overlooking the Huangpu River. Thousands of people had gathered to see in 2015.

Social media reports suggest the stampede was triggered by people stopping to pick up fake money thrown from the balcony of a nightclub. The Shanghai City government said the situation began to deteriorate at 23:35 local time (15:35 GMT) and that a "working group" had been set up to handle the incident.

Photos posted on social media showed people receiving first aid on the road and large numbers of police securing the area. Many of the dead are believed to be students, with 25 of them women, state media report.

President Xi Jinping has told the Shanghai government to find the causes of the crush as soon as possible, according to state TV.A traditional new year fireworks display on the Bund had already been cancelled due to official fears of overcrowding, the Shanghai Daily reports.

The BBC's John Sudworth in Shanghai says the investigation may focus on why so many people turned out despite the cancellation and whether there were enough police resources in place to look after them.

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30646918

 Structure of the Lead：

   WHO-36people, some 47 others

   WHEN-New Year’s Eve

   WHAT-crush

   WHY-not given

   WHERE-Shanghai

   HOW-not given

Keywords：

1.      crush : 極度擁擠

2.      gather : 聚集

3.      stampede : 蜂擁

4.      trigger : 引發

5.      pick up : 撿

6.      fake : 假

7.      incident : 意外

8.      overcrowd : 過度擁擠

9.      turn out : 出現