After years of waiting, Blaise was finally being released from prison. His daughter Iris came to pick him up. Years earlier, they had been in a gang. But now they had both paid for their crimes. Blaise had left the gang and burned his bridges.
"Do you have everything?" Iris asked.
Blaise felt in his pocket for a small bottle of medicine. It was the cure for a rare disease he had. But when Blaise had first taken it, his hand had burst into flames.
Amazingly, the fire didn't burn him. The medicine gave Blaise the power to make and control fire. This news had spread like wildfire among the prisoners.
As Blaise was leaving, another prisoner who was being released bumped into him.
Blaise recognized him as Mr. Golden. He had been a businessman with money to burn before he became a criminal.
When Blaise reached Iris's car, he felt in his pocket again. The medicine had vanished.
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Teaching Topic: Inflammable or Flammable? (既易燃又易混淆)
flame n.
hot bright burning gas that you see when something is on fire
flammable adj.
something that is flammable burns easily
inflammable=flammable 易燃的
字首 in 在拉丁文除了表示無或沒有之外,
也可以指在裡面,
例如: inhabit 指居住在某個地方
反義詞 nonflammable 不易燃燒的
Grammar Gym
After years of waiting, Blaise was finally being released from prison.
after years of waiting = after waiting for many years
After [unit of time] of [noun]...
- After minutes of silence, Becky finally gave Albert the answer he had been waiting for.
- After months of exercising, Cassy is starting to see results.
Language Lab
trial n.
something (such as a difficult situation or task) that shows how patient, strong, or trusting you are
trial by fire
- This couple went through a trial by fire preparing for their big wedding.
release v.
to let someone go free, after having kept them somewhere [↪ free, discharge]:
- The suspect was released on bail.
release somebody from something
- Hank was released from prison after serving a two-year-sentence.
- The patient was released from the hospital yesterday.
bump v.
to hit or knock against something
- The boy bumped his head on the wall and got a big bruise on his forehead.
bump into
- Janet bumped into a little girl when she was rushing out of the door.
bump into somebody phrasal verb
to meet someone who you know when you were not expecting to [= run into]:
- I bumped into my college professor in the airport.
vanish v.
to disappear suddenly, especially in a way that cannot be easily explained:
- The thief vanished into the crowd after he took the money.
- All my worries vanished when my son returned.
- The boy vanished without a trace on his way home from school.
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