Weird Butterfly Ceremony

課文：

As the taxi rumbled down the road, Leo became increasingly aware of his surroundings. It felt like time was slowing down, and the road seemed to stretch before his eyes. He repeatedly checked his rearview mirror to see how many police cars were still in pursuit. He didn’t see as many as he got farther away. Pressing the gas pedal harder, he hoped to squeeze a little more speed out of the engine. Freedom was just over the ridge – if only he could reach it in time. “Almost there,” he kept repeating to himself. He could sense Erica’s nervous energy as they got closer to the ridge.

rumble：轆轆地行駛、隆隆作響
aware：察覺
surrounding：周圍的事物、環境
stretch：延長、伸直
repeatedly：一再、再三、多次
rearview mirror：後視鏡、後照鏡
pursuit：追蹤、追擊
pedal：踏板
squeeze：擠、壓、榨
ridge：山脊、山脈

Leo held his breath as they flew over the edge. Then he choked. Right in front of them was a police roadblock that stretched across the entire road. A spike strip was set up from one side of the road to the other with numerous police vehicles behind it.

“Brace yourself!” Leo yelled just before the tires hit the spike strip. The taxi started spinning out of control as the tires burst. Leo had to gather all his strength to keep it from flipping over.

edge：邊緣
choked：生氣的、憤怒的
roadblock：路障
spike strip：釘刺帶
numerous：很多的、眾多的
brace：支柱、支撐、激勵
spin out：拖長
burst：爆炸、衝、闖
gather：收集
strength：力量
flip over：翻車、翻轉
flip：快速的翻

文法：
As … became increasingly adj.…（當…時，越來越…）

特別補充：
farther：實際的、空間上的遠距離
further：抽象的遠距離
chill：寒冷、寒顫、冷淡