Weird Butterfly Ceremony

課文：

Some time later, Blaise and Iris heard a news report on the car radio. A downtown bank had caught fire. Blaise asked Iris to drive him there. He intended to use his power to help.

Iris burned rubber to get downtown. Drivers shouted, “Where’s the fire?” But she didn’t slow down.

When they arrived, the bank was going up in flames, and police and firefighters were standing nearby.

downtown：城市商業區
catch fire：起火燃燒、失火
intend：想要、打算、計劃
burn rubber：火速駛離、火速駛往
rubber：橡膠製品、麻煩、障礙
shouted：喊叫（= yell）
where’s the fire：急什麼
go up in flames：被大火吞噬、燒毀
nearby：在附近

Blaise couldn’t use his power to put out such a big fire. But he pushed the flames aside to let people out. He wasn’t content to wait outside. He worried that someone trapped inside might be burned to a crisp. So he sneaked past the firefighters and went inside.

aside：到旁邊、向旁邊
content：滿足的、甘願的
trap：陷入困境的
burn to a crisp：燒傷、燒焦
crisp：酥脆的、鬆脆之物
sneak：偷偷地走、偷偷地溜

Blaise didn’t mind heat, but he had to crawl so he wouldn’t breathe in too much smoke. Then he saw someone running toward him.

As the man got nearer, Blaise realized it was Mr. Golden. And he was carrying a bag of money.

heat：高溫
crawl：爬行、蠕動、緩慢艱難的前進

文法：
S + didn’t mind + something, but…（不介意某事，但…）

特別補充：
some time：一段時間
sometime：有時候
toward：朝、接近（美式）
towards：朝、接近（英式）
where there is smoke, there is fire：事出有因（無風不起浪）
butter：黃油、牛油
charter：租（車）、包（船）
road rage：駕駛人因不耐前車或不滿搶道而引起的憤怒
metal：金屬