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The week after I finished school, I drove to Los Angeles to begin my career as a professional magician.
畢業(yè)一周后，我開車去洛杉磯開始我的職業(yè)魔術師生涯。
I have never held another job.
我從來沒有做過別的工作。
For years I have traveled the country performing. Every crowd is different.
多年來，我在全國各地演出。每次觀眾都是不同的。
Sometimes you have to charm them or cajole them, sometimes you have to entice or fascinate,
有時候，你必須去吸引他們，或者去“勾引”他們，有時候你必須讓他們著迷，
and sometimes you have to roll up your sleeves and fight, winning the room with a careful blend of intensity and goodwill,
有時你不得不卷起袖子戰(zhàn)斗，將強硬和善意巧妙結合起來，贏得全場的喝彩。
convincing the audience that you're either a genius or a madman and that, either way,they should probably stop and listen.
讓觀眾相信你要么是個天才要么是個瘋子，不管怎樣，也許他們應該停下來聽聽。
Tonight my arrival onstage at a college in Chicago was met with a mixture of applause and disdain,
今晚，我來到芝加哥一所大學的講臺上，臺下的掌聲和輕蔑交織一起。
the audience being equal parts people who came to see a magic show and people who came to drink.
觀眾分成兩部分，一部分是來看魔術表演的，一部分是來鬧事的。
One six-foot, 250-pound bruiser with a crew cut started booing even before they finished my introduction.
還沒開始自我介紹，一個6尺，250磅，留著平頭的彪形大漢就開始發(fā)出噓聲。
Now I am standing on a table—his table—in the basement of the student union.
現(xiàn)在我正站在學生會地下室的一張桌子上——他的桌子。
"Listen," I say, scanning the room.
我掃視著房間說道：“聽著，
"In a minute, you are going to see something impossible.
一分鐘后是見證奇跡的時刻。
Some of you are going to scream.
你們中的一些人會尖叫。
Some of you are going to yell. This gentleman right here is going to soil himself.”
一些人可能會大喊。這位先生要失望了。”
Crew Cut is looking at me like he wants to fight,
那個大漢看著我，想打架的樣子，
but I have him pinned in his seat with the gaze of 300 people who are finally paying attention.
但我把他“壓制”在座位上，300人的目光集中在他身上。
For the moment, he can only glower.
眼下，他只能怒目而視。
"I'm not doing this for the money.
“我這么做不是為了錢。
I'm not doing this for the glory. If I were, I sure wouldn't be here.
不是為了榮耀，如果是，我肯定不會在這里。
