Magic Fever 魔术热  (2010-03-02 12:55)

 

Louis Liu, a magician from Taiwan became one of the hottest celebrities by giving a close-up magic performance on CCTV Spring Festival gala of 2009. Now the magical fever is still sweeping through China since his new magic show on Spring Festival gala of 2010 made another success. However, these days someone is challenging him by publishing the secret of his magic on line.

 

 

 

 

 

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Stacy: 那边有一家魔术道具店，我们去看一看吧？

There is a magical prop store. How about we go and have a look?

Lisa: 你喜欢魔术？

You like magic?

Stacy: 是的，自从看到去年春节晚会上魔术师刘谦的精彩表演，我就爱上了魔术。

Yes, after watching the wonderful performance of the magician Louis Liu on last year's Spring Festival gala, I fell in love with magic.

Lisa: 去年有很多人都是由于这个原因开始对魔术感到有兴趣。

Last year there are a good many people started to feel interested in magic for this reason.

Stacy: 没错，这股魔术热潮就是刘谦为我们带来的。

Right, this magic fever is brought by Louis Liu.

Lisa: 那你有没有看今年春节晚会上他的新魔术？

Well, did you watch his new magic show on this year's Spring Festival gala?

Stacy: 我当然看了！简直无懈可击！

Of course I watched it! It's nearly perfect!

Lisa: 可是，最近我在网上看到有网友破解了他的魔术奥秘。

But recently I found someone on line figured out the secret of his magic.

Stacy: 真的？

 Really?

Lisa: 你不相信？一会儿我可以把网址发给你。

You don't believe me? After a while I can send you the website.

Stacy: 其实破解了也是正常的。魔术本来就是一种骗人的艺术。

Actually it's quite normal that someone figured it out. Magic is in fact a kind of art of cheating.

Lisa: 我同意你的看法。那你还喜欢刘谦和他的魔术吗？

I agreed to your opinion.Then do you still like Louis and his magic?

Stacy: 喜欢呀！虽然每次了解到魔术的真相之后都会失望，但是我还是喜欢看魔术。

Yes, I do! Although the truth of a magical always let me down, I still enjoy watching magic.

Lisa: 这就是魔术的魅力！

This is the charm of magic!


Vocabulary

 

mó shù

magic; conjuring; sleight of hand
dào jù

stage property; prop
qù nián

last year
jīn nián

this year
wǎn huì

gala; an evening of entertainment; soirée; social evening; evening party
jīnɡ cǎi

wonderful; brilliant; splendid
biáo yǎn

perform, act, play, acting; demonstrate; performance; reveal (one’s character)
ài shànɡ 　

fall in love with; fall for; be sweet on
yóu yú

owing to; thanks to; as a result of; due to; because of; since
yuán yīn

cause; reason; account
rè cháo

fever; upsurge
wú xiè kě jī

perfect
pò jiě

figure out
ào mì

secret; mystery
yì shù

art; skill, craft; conforming to good taste
shī wànɡ

despair; despond; despondency; disappointment; let down
mèi lì

charm; enchantment; fascination; loveliness; spell; witchery

Expression

表演

她表演得很好。

She performed very well.

这些年轻人的表演很成功。

The performances of these young people succeeded.

艺术

广告设计并不等同于艺术。

Advertising design cannot be equated with art.

他很懂领导艺术。

He knows a lot about the art of leadership.

这座建筑装饰得很艺术。

The building is tastefully furnished.

 

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