Weird Butterfly Ceremony

課文：

Iris was arguing with Officer Brooks, a police officer who knew about Iris’s past. She thought Iris had caused the explosion. Iris blamed a criminal named Mr. Golden. He and Iris’s father, Blaise, had acquired the power to control fire.

“Don’t’ muddy the waters,” Officer Brooks said. “You can’t fool me.”

“You’re all wet,” protested Iris. “Mr. Golden is trying to destroy the lab.”

Since Officer Brooks couldn’t prove Iris’s guilt, she let her go.

argue with：爭論、爭吵
explosion：爆炸、爆發
blame：歸因於
acquire：取得、獲得、得到、學習…技能、培養…習慣
muddy the waters：模糊焦點
muddy：泥濘的、糊塗的、渾濁的
all wet：誤會了、完全弄錯了
protest：抗議、反對
prove：證明、證實
guilt：有罪、內疚、罪（過）、罪惡感
guilty：（adj）

Harry and Iris got into Iris’s car, and Harry told her what had happened.

Iris said she had spotted Mr. Golden after the explosion. Before he drove away, she had put a tracking device on his car. He was currently driving across Deepwater Bridge. Iris called her father so he could intercept Mr. Golden and throw cold water on his plans. Then she pushed a button.

“The tracking device can shut off the car’s engine. It will be dead in the water,” she explained.

Iris and Harry found Mr. Golden and Blaise fighting on the bridge. Blaise’s attacks were rolling off Mr. Golden like water off a duck’s back.

Spotted：認出、發現、看見
track：行蹤、足跡
currently：現在、流暢地
intercept中途攔截、半路截獲
inter：中間
throw cold water on：潑冷水、阻礙
shut off：關掉、停止
dead in the water：動彈不得、停擺
attack：進攻、攻擊
like water off a duck’s back：毫無作用

文法：
to spot = to suddenly notice or to see something that is not easily noticeable（看見不容易看到的事物）

特別補充：
teacher：不能作為稱謂、僅能用來形容職業
notice：注意到
sight：突然看到遠方的事物
gaze：凝視
glimpse：瞥見