读者文摘:魔术改变了我的生活(9)

Marcus has been sitting at the table the entire time, holding the wallet and watching the performance.

马库斯一直坐在桌边，拿着钱包观看演出。

I point to the wallet.

我指着钱包。

"Marcus, could you stand up for a second?"

“马库斯，你能站起来一下吗?”

He stands. I ask him to hold the wallet up above his head so everyone can see, and he does.

他站了起来，我让他把钱包举过头顶，这样每个人都能看到，他照做了。

"You have been holding my wallet the entire time. Open it and look inside. You should find a lottery¹ ticket. Take it out."

“你一直拿着我的钱包，打开看看，你应该会发现有张彩票，把它拿出来。”

Marcus opens the wallet and removes the lottery ticket.

马库斯打开钱包，拿出彩票。

"This isn't a winning ticket. I'm not a millionaire. But I want you to look at the numbers.

“这不是一张中奖的彩票，我不是百万富翁，但是我想让你们看看这些数字。

I'm going to hand you the microphone². Read them out loud."

我把话筒递给你，大声读出来。”

I am watching his face now, waiting for him to see it.

我现在看着他的脸，等着他看到彩票上的数字。

"Oh," he says quietly. "Oh no." He looks at me. His eyes are very wide.He looks back at the lottery ticket.

“哦，”他平静地说。“哦，不”。他看着我，睁大了眼睛，回头看了看彩票。

"Read the numbers, Marcus."

“读出数字，马库斯。”

Marcus raises the microphone.

马库斯举起麦克风。

"Sixteen, thirty-two, nine, forty-three, eleven, and fourteen."

“16，32，9，43，11，14。”

The room explodes. People are on their feet, screaming and jumping and turning to one another.

房间里炸开了，人们都站起来，尖叫着，跳跃着，转向彼此。

Someone runs for the exit, knocking over a table. Jessica has her hands on her face, her mouth open.

有人跑向出口，撞倒了一张桌子。杰西卡把手放在脸上，张开嘴。

Marcus has dropped the microphone. He is reading the ticket over and over again, shaking his head and laughing.

马库斯的麦克风掉了。他一遍又一遍地看着彩票，边摇头边笑。

I want you to see his face. I want you to see the joy, the open, unaffected joy.

我想让你看看他的脸。我想让你看到那种敞开心扉、真挚的快乐。

It's the kind of joy that reminds you for a moment that when the weight of worry, of pain, of anxiety, of the world, has gone, the face that shines without it is extraordinary.

这种快乐会提醒你，忧虑、痛苦、焦虑和世界的重压消失时神采奕奕的脸是非凡特别的。

Magicians³ get to see people at their very best,

魔术师能看到人们最好的一面，

and in this transformation⁴ you can see through the illusion⁵ what can only be described as real, actual magic.

在这种转变中，你可以看到错觉，这种错觉只能用真实的魔法来形容。

1 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
• They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

2 microphone   

n.扩音器，麦克风，话筒

参考例句：

• He gave a tap at the microphone before speaking.他在讲话前先轻叩了一下扩音器。
• She behaved naturally before the microphone.她在话筒前表现自然。

3 magicians   

n.魔术师( magician的名词复数 )；巫师；术士；施妖术的人

参考例句：

• Like all magicians, he kept his secrets to himself. 象所有魔术师那样，他对此守口如瓶。 来自辞典例句
• The early priests were also doctors and magicians. 早期的僧侣又是医生又是巫士。 来自辞典例句

4 transformation   

n.变化；改造；转变

参考例句：

• Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
• He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。

5 illusion   

n.幻想，错误的观念，错觉，幻觉，假象

参考例句：

• The sun appears to go round the Earth,but it's an illusion.太阳看起来好像绕着地球转，但这只是个错觉。
• They were under the illusion that the company was doing well.他们误以为该公司生意很好。