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174.The Talent Show
174.才藝表演
It was Tonya's idea to turn the poetry reading into a talent show!
把詩歌朗誦會變成才藝表演是東尼婭的主意！
Just for one week, she said, we'll have plenty of time later to read poems.
就一個星期，她說，以后我們會有大量時間朗誦詩歌。
When the night came, more people showed up than had ever been to a poetry reading before.
夜幕降臨，這次來的人比以往任何一個詩歌朗誦會都多。
Most performers were musicians.
多數表演者都是音樂家。
There was a blind girl who played the clarinet, a four year old who played the violin blindfolded, and even a dog that could play the trumpet! The poetry people were astounded!
有一個肓人女孩吹單簧管，一個四歲的小孩可以蒙著眼睛拉小提琴，甚至還有只狗吹喇叭！這使到會的人很吃驚！
Then one of their own, Marcus came forward to do magic tricks.
接著他們自己中的一位，馬庫斯上來表演了魔術。
They all knew that he could play cards, but they had no idea he was so good at magic! They all cheered.
他們都知道他會玩牌，但不知道他魔術表演得這么好！他們都歡呼起來。
They had thought they would have to plough through the evening, but it turned out to be quite a lot of fun.
原以為得熬過那個晚上，結果卻很有意思。
It gave the poetry readers a whole new point of view about what they could accomplish at a meeting! And the best was for last!
這使詩歌朗誦者們對在聚會中能做什么形成了一種全新的觀點！而且最精彩的還在最后頭呢！
A boy and a girl stood up and coyly payed cat and mouse with each other in a hilarious comedy sketch!
一個男孩和一個女孩站起來在一出滑稽的喜劇小品中一起靦腆地玩起了貓戲老鼠的游戲！
When asked afterwards they said they had played it all by ear-it was total improvisation!
他們事后接受采訪時說，所有演出都是臨時編的一整個節目，是即興表演！
No one was in a rush to plunge into poetry reading the following week!
后面一個星期誰都不急著投入詩歌朗誦！
They wanted to play out the talent show again on the videotape!
他們想在錄相機上把這次才藝表演再放一遍！
They laughed even harder the second time through!
看第二遍時他們笑得更厲害了！
Tonya pointed out that if they played the game,
東尼婭指出如果遵守規則，
they could easily turn the poetry night into a regular comedy club, maybe even earn some money!
他們很容易把詩歌之夜變成定期的喜劇俱樂部，也許還能掙點兒錢呢！
Everyone agreed. They pointed to that evening as the birth of the best comedy club in New York!
大家都同意。他們指出那天晚上是紐約最好的喜劇俱樂部的誕生之夜！
