Weird Butterfly Ceremony

課文：

Some urban adventures offer more than simply heart-racing thrills and excitement. Perhaps you prefer challenging your intellect during the adventure. You may be interested in participating in the Great Urban Race, an organized competition held in many U.S. cities. In this competition, it is impossible to feel gloomy. People race through a city wearing silly costumes and looking for clues to solve puzzles. It’s a great way to explore a city.

heart-racing：心跳加速
prefer：更喜歡
intellect：智力
during the：在…期間
competition：競爭、競賽
gloomy：憂鬱的、無望的
costume：服裝
clue：線索

Interested in soaring through the air? Why not try being an acrobat? The flying trapeze has become an option for the public. In five American cities, you can attend a trapeze school and learn the skills of a flying acrobat.

soaring：高飛、翱翔
acrobat：特技演員
flying trapeze：空中飛人
trapeze：空中鞦韆

Now imagine your urban adventure taking you through empty buildings, tunnels and even sewers. You can join the urban spelunkers on one of their trips. This may surprise you, but you can find urban spelunkers in many cities around the world. You will be amazed by the rich history that you discover on one of these expeditions beneath a city.

So go ahead. Follow your sense of adventure and go on one of these thrilling urban adventures.

sewer：下水道
spelunker：探勘洞穴者
expedition：遠征、考察
beneath：在…之下（=below、under）

文法：
S. offer more than Something1 and Somthing2.（某事物不只擁有2個特性）

特別補充：
suburban：郊區的
learn the ropes：掌握、學習訣竅