ESL Podcast 577 – Magic and Illusions
时间：2019-02-02 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
Patricia: This is the best magic show I’ve ever seen. Have you ever seen so many amazing magic tricks in your life? They’re blowing my mind!
Sergio: They’re all just illusions. It’s nothing but smoke and mirrors.
Patricia: I don’t know how you can say that. We’ve seen some really impressive sleight 1 of hand tricks and that escape artist seemed to do the impossible.
Sergio: Couldn’t you see that it was just misdirection? While you weren’t looking, the magician left through the trap door.
Patricia: Maybe that’s how that trick was done, but how do you explain the mind reader? How did he know what I was thinking if he couldn’t really read my mind?
Sergio: I’m sure any supernatural powers these magicians and entertainers claim to have have been debunked 2 by somebody. Maybe he used the power of suggestion. Who knows?
Patricia: And maybe you’re just jaded 3.
Sergio: And maybe you’re the most gullible 4 person who ever lived!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- With a little statistical sleight of hand they could make things look all right.只要在统计上耍些小小的花招，他们就能瞒天过海。
- In the theater of the media there is an economic sleight of hand.传播媒介在经济上耍了一个大花招。
- His theories have been debunked by recent research. 最近的研究揭穿了他的理论的真相。
- Some advertising slogans should be debunked. 某些夸大的广告用语应予揭露。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I felt terribly jaded after working all weekend. 整个周末工作之后我感到疲惫不堪。
- Here is a dish that will revive jaded palates. 这道菜简直可以恢复迟钝的味觉。 来自《简明英汉词典》