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I'm here because I've spent my entire life learning to do something incredible,
我來到這里，是因為我的整個生命都在學習做一些不可思議的事情，
and tonight I'm going to share it with you.
今晚我要和你們分享。
When I'm done, you can clap, you can boo, you can stay, you can leave—I don't care."
結束后，你們可以鼓掌，可以喝倒采，可以留下來，可以離開——我不在乎。”
This succeeds in shocking them.
這成功震驚到了他們。
Now the entire room has turned to watch.
現在整個房間的人都在觀看。
"I'm going to give this gentleman my wallet," I say.
“我要把我的錢包給這位先生，”我說。
"I'm choosing him because he's the biggest guy here and I need someone to keep the wallet safe."
“我選擇他是因為他是這里塊頭最大，我需要有人來保管錢包。”
I look down at Crew Cut. "What's your name?"
我低頭看著大漢。“你叫什么名字?”
He looks at me like he wishes he'd gone somewhere else this evening.
他看著我，好像他后悔來到了這個地方。
"Marcus."
“馬庫斯”
I hand him my wallet.
我把錢包遞給他。
"Marcus, I want you to put this on the table and put both hands on top of it.
“馬庫斯，我要你把這個放在桌子上，雙手放在上面。
Don't open it yet. But make sure that no one else opens it either. Got it?"
先別打開。但是也要確保沒有其他人打開。明白嗎?”
Marcus nods.
馬庫斯點點頭。
I know that if this works, he will remember this experience for the rest of his life.
我知道，如果成功的話，他將終生記住這段經歷。
He will tell his children about this moment.
他將告訴他的孩子們這一時刻。
I've spent six years developing this illusion, and it has been worth the effort.
我花了六年時間來培養這種錯覺是值得的。
If I had five minutes to justify my entire existence as a magician, this is what I would perform.
接下來，我將用五分鐘來證明我是一名魔術師。
I turn to the rest of the room.
我轉向房間的其他地方。
"I'm going to need six random people to help.
“我將隨機選擇六個人來幫忙。
If I just asked for volunteers, you might think that I had confederates in the audience,
如果我要求志愿者，你們可能會認為我在觀眾中有托兒，
so I'm going to take this gentleman's hat"—and here I reach down and snatch a baseball cap from someone's head—
所以我要拿起紳士頭上的這頂帽子”——然后我伸手從某人頭上抓起一頂棒球帽——
"and throw it out into the room. If you catch it, stand up."
“我把它扔到房間里，如果誰接住了帽子，就請站起來。”
Thirty seconds later, six people are standing and the man has his hat back.
三十秒后，六個人站了起來，帽子還回去了。
