重現台灣之光
Kevin and Karen are talking about magic shows.
凱文和凱倫正在聊魔術秀。
show(n.)節目、演出
Karen: Hey, what video are you watching?
凱倫：嘿，你正在看什麼影片呢？
Kevin: It’s a magic show.
凱文：這是一個魔術秀。
Karen: A magic show? Why are you watching it?
凱倫：魔術秀？你為什麼要看這個？
Kevin: This young magician, Eric Chien, comes from Taiwan. He’s the winner of the Micromagic and Grand Prix Close-up in the 2018 World Championship of Magic held by the International Federation of Magic Societies (FISM).
凱文：這位年輕的魔術師—簡綸廷—來自台灣。他是國際魔術組織聯盟（FISM）所舉辦的2018年國際魔術大賽中微型魔術部門冠軍與近距離領域總冠軍！
winner(n.)獲勝者、冠軍micro- 小的、微小的close-up特寫照片championship(n.)冠軍、冠軍地位hold(v.)舉行、舉辦international(adj.)國際的federation(n.)聯盟、聯邦society(n.)組織、社團、協會
Karen: Is this the video he performed during the competition?
凱倫：這是他在比賽期間表演的影片嗎？
perform(v.)演出、表演during(prep.)在…期間competition(n.)比賽、競賽
Kevin: Yup! This mind-blowing magic trick “Ribbon” won him the Grand Prix prize.
凱文：是啊！這項令人驚奇的魔術「緞帶」幫他贏得總冠軍這個獎項。
mind-blowing(adj.)令人印象深刻的、令人驚奇的trick(n.)秘訣、技巧、訣竅ribbon(n.)緞帶prize(n.)獎、獎項、獎金
Karen: Wow! It’s as if the magic trick is happening to him, rather than him being the one who’s making it happen!
凱倫：哇！這彷彿魔術是發生在他身上，而不是他是表演魔術的人耶！
as if彷彿、好像happen(v.)發生rather than而不是make(v.)造成、引起、導致
Kevin: He’s the first Taiwanese and also the first Asian magician who claimed the honor in the competition dubbed the “Oscars of the Magic Circle”.
凱文：他是在被稱為「魔術界奧運」的比賽中，贏得這項榮譽的第一位台灣同時也是第一位亞洲魔術師。
claim(v.)獲得honor(n.)榮譽、獎勵dub(v.)稱…為、將…冠以
Karen: I’m totally speechless – He changes both the color of the cards and of his vest several times with only the snap of his fingers!
凱倫：我完全說不出話了！他只利用手指的彈指，就改變了好幾次撲克牌和他背心的顏色。
totally(adv.)完全、徹底speechless(adj.)說不出話的、無語的、啞口無言的change(v.)改變、變化card(n.)紙牌vest(n.)背心several(det.)一些、幾個time(n.)回、次snap(n.)喀嚓聲finger(n.)手指
Kevin: Cool, right? He said that he’s been behind the scenes for most of his magic career, and it’s finally time for him to be on stage performing.
凱文：很酷，對吧？他說他魔術生涯的大部分時間都待在幕後，而現在終於是他上場表演的時刻了！
scene(n.)場景、場面most(pron.)大多數、大部分career(n.)生涯、職業、事業finally(adv.)最後、終於stage(n.)舞台