Weird Butterfly Ceremony

課文：

“Thanks for the medicine,” Mr. Golden said. He threw a ball of fire at Blaise and ran outside.

The ball of fire missed Blaise. He ran after Mr. Golden and emerged from the building. He saw Mr. Golden throwing balls of fire at the police officers.

Blaise decided to fight fire with fire. He yelled, “Stop!”

emerge：出現、出來、展露頭角
fight fire with fire：以其人之道還治其人之身
yell：叫喊、吼叫

Blaise and Mr. Golden began to fight. Iris helped the bystanders get out of the line of fire. Finally Blaise hit Mr. Golden, and he dropped the bag. Realizing he couldn’t win, Mr. Golden ran to a car. He fired up the engine and drove away. Police officers tried to follow, but he escaped.

The police asked Blaise to help them catch Mr. Golden, and he agreed.

bystander：旁觀者
line of fire：火線、射擊範圍之內
fire up：發動（引擎）、點燃

When Blaise explained the situation to Iris, she said, “The burning question is: what will Mr. Golden do next?”

Blaise didn’t know. He realized he was playing with fire. But he was eager to do the right thing.

(To be continued…)

situation：處境、情況
burning question：十萬火急的問題、大家都迫切想知道的問題
play with fire：玩火、鋌而走險（= doing something very dangerous）
eager to：渴望的（=desirous of、anxious to）

文法：
Realizing… ，S + V = S + V because S know …（因為意識到…所以…）

特別補充：
villain：壞人、惡棍（= scoundrel）
fire fight：槍戰、交火
pick someone’s pocket：扒竊
take off：脫去（衣物）、除掉、取消、匆忙離去、休假
literally：字面上意思、名副其實