The first part is called The Pledge.

第一步驟是以虛代實。先讓你親自證實一切沒有機關，一切為真。

The magician shows you something ordinary:

小丑拿出普通的東西：

a deck of cards,

一副撲克牌

a bird

鳥

a bird

鳥

or a man.

或一個男人

He shows you this object.

他會給你看他的道具

Perhaps he asks you to inspect it

也會要求你檢查它

to see if it is indeed real,

看是否被動手腳

unaltered,

未被動手腳,

normal.

正常

normal.

正常

But of course...

但是當然...

it probably isn't.

它可能不是

The second act is called The Turn.

第二步驟叫偷天換日。推翻自然定律讓你見到前所未見的事物。「偷天換日」是整個技法的實體

The magician takes the ordinary something

小丑採用普通的的東西

and makes it do something extraordinary.

並做出不可思議的魔術

Now you're looking for the secret...

現在，你要尋找的秘密......

but you won't find it,

但你找不到它

because of course you're not really looking.

因為你看得不夠仔細

You don't really want to know.

你不是真的想知道答案

You want to be fooled.

你想被愚弄。

You want to be fooled.

你將會被愚弄

But you wouldn't clap yet.

但是，你沒有掌聲。

Because making something disappear isn't enough;

因為把東西弄消失了遠遠不夠

you have to bring it back.

你必須把它帶回來。

That's why every magic trick has a third act,

這就是為什麼小丑每個魔術都有第三步驟，

the hardest part

最難的部分

the part we call

我們所說的部分

The Prestige.

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