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David Kwong - Cruciverbalist
David Kwong creates illusions for films and TV, and makes verbal magic as a crossword puzzle maker for the New York Times.

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As a magician and crossword puzzle constructor, David Kwong mixes puzzles and prestidigitation. With a background in film (and a Harvard degree in the history of magic), he's the founder of the Misdirectors Guild, an elite group of magicians that specialize in illusion for film, television and theater (they're working right now on Marvel's upcoming Ant-Man). Kwong created the illusions for the 2013 hit film Now You See Me, about a gang of street magicians caught up in a crime caper.
 
He is a frequent crossword writer for the New York Times, often collaborating with his friend Kevan Choset. His puzzles are marked by clever, outside-the-grid thinking -- and sometimes a dash of magic. He also produces Deception on ABC, a crime drama about a magician who joins the FBI. Check out his talk on the science of illusion.

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David Kwong: Two nerdy obsessions meet -- and it's magic

邝大卫: 两种书呆子气的痴迷相遇——这是神奇的

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邝大卫是一个创作纵横字谜的魔术师——换句话说,一个非常书呆气的家伙。至于他的下一个花招……
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Puzzles拼图
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谜语,
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and magic魔法.
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和魔术,
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I work in what most people think
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我的工作就在这两个大部分人认为
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are two distinct不同 fields领域,
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明显不同的领域中,
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but I believe they are the same相同.
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但我相信它们是一样的。
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I am both a magician魔术师 and
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我既是一个魔术师,
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a New York纽约 Times crossword填字游戏 puzzle难题 constructor构造函数,
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也是纽约时报的谜语创作人,
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which哪一个 basically基本上 means手段 I've taken采取
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这基本上意味着我已经有了
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the world's世界 two nerdiestnerdiest hobbies爱好
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世界上两个最书呆子的嗜好,
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and combined结合 them into one career事业.
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还把它们结合成一个职业。
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And I believe that magic魔法 and puzzles谜题 are the same相同
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我相信魔术和谜语是一样的,
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because they both key into one of
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因为这两者都是钥匙,
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the most important重要 human人的 drives驱动器:
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通往人类最重要的内驱力之一:
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the urge敦促 to solve解决.
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想要解决的渴望。
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Human人的 beings众生 are wired有线 to solve解决,
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人类对于解决问题是很兴奋的,
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to make order订购 out of chaos混沌.
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喜欢从混乱中创造秩序。
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It's certainly当然 true真正 for me.
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这对我是绝对成立的。
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I've been solving my whole整个 life.
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我的一生都在解谜。
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High school学校 consisted of epic史诗
Scrabble乱涂 matches火柴 in the cafeteria自助餐馆
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高中时在自助餐厅玩庞杂的拼字游戏比赛,
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and not really talking to girls女孩,
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没怎么和女孩们说话,
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and then at about that time
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也就大约在那个时候,
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I started开始 learning学习 magic魔法 tricks技巧
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我开始学习魔术招式,
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and definitely无疑 not talking to girls女孩.
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完全没有和女孩们聊天。
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There's nothing like starting开始 a conversation会话 with,
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没有什么对话会像这样开始的,
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"Hey, did you know that 'prestidigitation'“变戏法” is worth价值
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“嘿,你知道‘变戏法’在拼字游戏里
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20 points in Scrabble乱涂?"
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值20分吗?“
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But back then, I noticed注意到 an intersection路口
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再说回来,我注意到谜语和错觉
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between之间 puzzles谜题 and illusion错觉.
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之间有个交集。
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When you do the crossword填字游戏 puzzle难题
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当你解一个纵横字谜,
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or when you watch a magic魔法 show显示,
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或者观看一场魔术表演,
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you become成为 a solver求解,
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你就成为解谜者了,
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and your goal目标 is to try to find the order订购 in the chaos混沌,
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你的目标就是努力找到混乱中的秩序,
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the chaos混沌 of, say, a black-and-white黑与白 puzzle难题 grid,
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这些混乱,在黑白相间的谜语格子间,
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a mixed-up混合 bag of Scrabble乱涂 tiles瓷砖,
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在拼字游戏碎片的混合包中,
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or a shuffled洗牌 pack of playing播放 cards.
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或者在一副洗好的扑克牌中。
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And today今天, as a cruciverbalistcruciverbalist
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今天,作为一个纵横字谜高手——
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23 points
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23分——
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and an illusion错觉 designer设计师, I create创建 that chaos混沌.
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和一个错觉设计师,我创造了混乱。
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I test测试 your ability能力 to solve解决.
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我会测试你解谜的能力。
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Now, it turns out research研究 tells告诉 us
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现在,研究结果告诉我们,
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that solving is as primal原始 as eating and sleeping睡眠.
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解决问题和吃饭睡觉一样重要。
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From birth分娩, we are wired有线 to solve解决.
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从出生开始,我们就喜欢解决问题。
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In one UCLA加州大学洛杉矶分校 study研究, newborns新生儿 still in the hospital醫院
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在加利福利亚大学的一个研究中,给还在医院的新生儿
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were shown显示 patterns模式, patterns模式 like this:
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看像这样的图案:
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circle, cross交叉, circle, cross交叉.
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圆、叉、圆、叉。
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And then the pattern模式 was changed: triangle三角形, square广场.
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然后图案变了:三角形、正方形。
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And by tracking追踪 an infant's婴儿 gaze凝视,
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在这过程中,通过追踪婴儿的目光,
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we know that newborns新生儿 as young年轻 as a day old
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我们发现才出生一天的新生儿
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can notice注意 and respond响应 to disruptions中断 in order订购.
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可以注意和回应秩序的破环。
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It's remarkable卓越.
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这真是值得注意的。
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So from infancy婴儿期 through通过 old age年龄,
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所以从幼年到老年,
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the urge敦促 to solve解决 unites联信 us all,
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解决问题的渴望把我们大家团结在一起,
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and I even found发现 this photo照片 on InstagramInstagram的
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我甚至在Instagram上找到这张照片,
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of pop流行的 star Katy凯蒂 Perry佩里 solving a crossword填字游戏 puzzle难题
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流行歌手凯蒂·派瑞正在解一道纵横字谜,
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with her morning早上 coffee咖啡.
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陪伴她的是早安咖啡。
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Like.
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赞。
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑)
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Now, solving exists存在 across横过 all cultures文化.
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解谜跨越了所有文化存在着。
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The American美国 invention发明 is the crossword填字游戏 puzzle难题,
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and this year we are celebrating庆祝
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今年正是我们庆祝
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the 100th anniversary周年 of the crossword填字游戏 puzzle难题,
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纵横字谜100周年的日子,
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first published发表 in The New York纽约 World世界.
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它最早发表于纽约世界报。
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But many许多 other cultures文化 have
their signature签名 puzzles谜题 as well.
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但许多其他的文明也有他们独特的谜语。
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China中国 gives us tangrams七巧板,
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中国有七巧板,
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which哪一个 would test测试 solvers'求解 abilities能力
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它可以测试解题者
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to form形成 shapes形状 from the jumbled错杂 pieces.
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从打乱的碎片中拼出形状的能力。
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Chaos混沌. Order订购.
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混乱,秩序。
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Order订购.
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秩序,
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And order订购.
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秩序,
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That one's那些 my favorite喜爱, let's hear it again.
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这是我特别喜欢的,让我们再听一次。
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Okay.
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好的。
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And how about this puzzle难题
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再来说说发明于
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invented发明 in 18th-centuryTH-世纪 England英国:
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18世纪英国的谜语:
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the jigsaw拼图 puzzle难题.
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拼图。
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Is this not making制造 order订购 out of chaos混沌?
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这不也是从混乱中发现秩序吗?
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So as you can see,
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如你所见,
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we are always solving.
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我们总是在解谜。
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We are always trying to decode解码 our world世界.
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我们总在试图破译我们的世界。
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It's an eternal永恒 quest寻求.
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这是永恒的追求。
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It's just like the one Cervantes塞万提斯 wrote about
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这就像塞万提斯写下
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in "Don Quixote堂吉诃德,"
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"堂吉诃德"这个词,
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which哪一个 by the way is the root of the word "quixotryquixotry,"
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刚好是"不切实际的思想或性格"这个词的词根,
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the highest-scoring最高分 Scrabble乱涂 word of all time,
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这个词也总是拼字游戏中分值最高的词,
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365 points.
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365分。
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But anyway无论如何, "Don Quixote堂吉诃德" is an important重要 book.
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但不管怎样,《堂吉诃德》是一本重要的书。
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You guys have read "Don Quixote堂吉诃德," yes?
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你们都读过《堂吉诃德》,对吧?
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I'm seeing眼看 some heads nod点头.
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我看到有人点头了。
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Come on guys, really?
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来吧,伙计们,
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Who's谁是 read "Don Quixote堂吉诃德?" Let's do this.
Raise提高 your hands if you've read "Don Quixote堂吉诃德."
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谁读过《堂吉诃德》的?如果读过,请举起手。
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There we go. Smart聪明 audience听众.
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这就对了。聪明的观众。
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Who's谁是 read "Don Quixote堂吉诃德?" Get them up.
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谁读过《堂吉诃德》?请举手。
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Okay, good, because I need somebody smart聪明 here
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好的,很好,因为我需要一些聪明人,
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because now I'm going to demonstrate演示
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我需要你们其中一个
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with the help of one of you
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来帮助我演示,看看
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just how deeply rooted your urge敦促 to solve解决 is,
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对解谜的渴望在你心里扎根多深,
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just how wired有线 to solve解决 all of you really are,
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看看你们实际上对解谜都多么兴奋。
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so I'm going to come into the audience听众
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现在我要走到观众中,
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and find somebody to help me.
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找一个人来帮我。
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Let's see.
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让我们看看。
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Everybody's每个人都 looking away all of a sudden突然.
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每个人都突然把脸转开了。
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Can I? Would you? What is your name名称? Gwen格温.
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我可以吗?你愿意吗?你的名字是?格温。
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I'm not a mind心神 reader读者, I can see your name名称 tag标签.
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我不是一个读心者,我只是能看见你的姓名牌。
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Come with me, Gwen格温. Everyone大家 give her
a round回合 of applause掌声, make her feel welcome欢迎.
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跟我来,格温。每个人都为她鼓掌吧,让她觉得受欢迎。
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Gwen格温, after you.
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格温,你先请。
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(Applause掌声)
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(鼓掌)
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Are you so excited兴奋?
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你激动吗?
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Did you know that your name名称 is worth价值
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你知道你的名字在拼字游戏里
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eight points in Scrabble乱涂?
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值8分吗?
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Okay, stand right here, Gwen格温, right here.
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好的,站在这儿,格温,就是这里。
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Now, Gwen格温, before we begin开始,
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现在,格温,在我们开始之前,
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I'd like to point out a piece of the puzzle难题,
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我想先亮出其中一片谜语,
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which哪一个 is here in this envelope信封,
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就在这个信封里。
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and I will not go near it. Okay?
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而我不会靠近它。好吗?
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And over here we have a
drawing画画 of some farm农场 animals动物.
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在这里,有一些农场动物的画,
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You can see we have an owl猫头鹰, we have a horse,
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你可以看到有一只猫头鹰,一只马,
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a donkey, a rooster公鸡, an ox, and a sheep,
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一只驴,一只公鸡,一只牛,和一只羊,
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and then here, Gwen格温, we have
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然后,格温,我们有
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some fancy幻想 art艺术 store商店 markers标记,
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一些花俏的的艺术专用马克笔,
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colors颜色 like, can you see that word right there?
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像这样的彩色,你可以看见这里的字吗?
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Gwen格温: Cobalt.
David大卫 Kwong广: Cobalt, yes. Cobalt.
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格温:深蓝色。邝大卫:深蓝色,是的。深蓝色。
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But we have a silver, a red, an emerald,
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我们有一支银色的、一支红色的、一支翠绿色的、
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and an amber琥珀色 marker标记,
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和一支琥珀色的马克笔,
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and Gwen格温, you are going to color颜色 this drawing画画
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格温,你要给这些画上色,
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just like you were five years年份 old,
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就像你五岁时做的那样,
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one marker标记 at a time.
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一次用一只马克笔。
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It's going to be a lot of fun开玩笑.
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这会很好玩。
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But I'm going to go over here.
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但我会经过这里。
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I don't want to see what you're doing.
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我不想看到你正在做的事。
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Okay, so don't start开始 yet然而.
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好的,所以现在还不要开始,
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Wait for me to get over here and close my eyes眼睛.
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等我走过这里,闭上我的眼睛。
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Now Gwen格温, are you ready准备?
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格温,现在你准备好了吗?
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Pick up just one marker标记, pick up just one marker标记,
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只能拿起一支马克笔,只能拿起一支马克笔,
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and why don't you color颜色 in the horse for me?
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你能不能帮我给那只马上色呢?
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Color颜色 in the horsebig, big, big scribbles涂鸦,
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给这只马上色——大笔大笔地涂,
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broad广阔 strokes, don't worry担心 about staying in the lines线.
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粗粗的笔画,不要担心是不是在框内。
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All right. Great.
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好的,很棒。
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And why don't you take that marker标记 and recap概括 it
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你可以给这支笔盖上笔帽,
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and place地点 it on the table for me.
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帮我把它放在桌子上。
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Okay, and pick up another另一个 marker标记 out of the cup杯子
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好的,从杯子里拿另一支马克笔,
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and take off the cap
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拔下笔帽,
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and color颜色 in the donkey for me, color颜色 in the donkey.
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帮我给这只驴上色,给这只驴上色。
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Big scribbles涂鸦.
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大笔地涂,
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Okay, cool, and re-cap重新帽 that marker标记
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好的,很酷,盖上这支笔,
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and place地点 it on the table.
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然后把它放在桌子上。
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And pick up another另一个 marker标记 for me
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请拿起另一只马克笔,
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and take off the cap. Isn't this fun开玩笑?
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把笔帽拔下。这有趣吗?
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And color颜色 in the owl猫头鹰 for me.
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再帮我给这只猫头鹰上色。
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Color颜色 in the owl猫头鹰.
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给这只猫头鹰上色。
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Okay, and recap概括 that marker标记
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好的,再用这支笔上色一次,
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and pick up another另一个 marker标记 out of the cup杯子
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拿起杯子里的另一支马克笔,
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and color颜色 in the rooster公鸡 for me, color颜色 in the rooster公鸡.
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给这只公鸡上色,给这只公鸡上色。
06:18
Good, good, good, good, good.
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好, 好,好,很好,很好。
06:19
Big, big, big strokes. Good, good.
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大笔大笔地画,很好,很好。
06:20
Pick up another另一个 marker标记 out of the cup杯子
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再从杯子里拿另一只笔,
06:23
and color颜色 in the ox for me. Color颜色 in the ox.
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帮我给这只牛上色,给牛上色。
06:26
Okay, good.
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好的,很好。
06:27
A lot of color颜色 on that, and recap概括,
and place地点 it on the table,
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上面有各种颜色了,盖上笔帽,放到桌子上。
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and pick up another另一个 marker标记 out of the cup杯子.
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再从杯子里拿另一支马克笔。
06:33
Oh, I'm out? Okay, I'm going to turn around.
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哦,我可以出现了吗?好的,我要再转回来。
06:35
Did I forget忘记? Oh, I forgot忘记 my purple紫色 marker标记.
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我忘了什么吗?哦,我忘了我的紫色马克笔。
06:41
This is still going to work, though虽然.
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但这还是一样可以玩下去,
06:42
I think this is still going to work, mostly大多.
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我想它肯定还是可以玩下去的。
06:44
So Gwen格温, I'm going to hand you this envelope信封.
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格温,我要把这个信封递给你。
06:47
Don't open打开 it yet然而. Do not open打开 it yet然而,
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先不要打开,还不能打开。
06:50
but I am going to write down your choices选择
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我要先写下你的选择,
06:53
so that everybody每个人 can see
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这样每个人都能看见
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the choices选择 that you made制作.
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你做的选择。
06:56
Okay, great. So we have a cobalt horse,
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好的,很好。现在我们有一只深蓝色的马,
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amber琥珀色 owl猫头鹰,
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琥珀色的猫头鹰,
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a silver ox,
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银色的牛,
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yes, okay, a red donkey,
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是的,好,一只红色的驴,
07:18
and what was the emerald color颜色? A rooster公鸡.
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翠绿色的是什么?一只公鸡。
07:22
An emerald rooster公鸡. Okay.
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一只翠绿色的公鸡,好的。
07:26
Now for the moment时刻 of truth真相, Gwen格温,
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现在是真相大白的时刻,格温,
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we're going to take a look in that envelope信封.
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我们要看看信封里是什么。
07:29
Why don't you open打开 it up and remove去掉
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你要不要打开它,
07:31
the one piece of paper from inside
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从里面拿出一张纸,
07:33
and hand it to me,
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把它递给我,
07:34
and we will see if it matches火柴 your choices选择.
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我们会看到它是不是和你的选择一样。
07:38
Yes, I think it does.
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是的,我想它是。
07:40
We have a cobalt horse, we have a red donkey,
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我们有一只深蓝色的马,一只红色的驴,
07:41
we have an amber琥珀色 owl猫头鹰, we have
an emerald rooster公鸡, a silver ox,
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我们有一只琥珀色的猫头鹰,一只翠绿色的公鸡,一只银色的牛,
07:44
I forgot忘记 my purple紫色 marker标记 so we have a blank空白 sheep,
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我忘了紫色马克笔,所以我们有一只空白的羊,
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but that's a pretty漂亮 amazing惊人
coincidence巧合, don't you think?
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但这实在是让人惊奇的巧合,你不觉得吗?
07:48
Gwen格温, well doneDONE. That's beautiful美丽. (Applause掌声)
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格温,干得好,做得漂亮。(鼓掌)
07:53
I'll take that back from you.
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我会从你这里拿回来。
07:54
So ladies女士们 and gentlemen绅士, how is this possible可能?
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现在,女士们先生们,这怎么可能呢?
07:58
How is this possible可能? Well, could it be
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这怎么可能?嗯,会不会是因为
08:01
that Gwen'sGwen的 brain is so wired有线 to solve解决
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格温的大脑太渴望去解谜,
08:05
that she decoded解码 hidden messages消息?
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所以她破译了隐藏的信息?
08:08
Well this is the puzzle难题 I present当下 to you.
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好吧,这是我送给大家的谜语。
08:10
Could there be order订购
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在我创造的这些混乱里,
08:12
in the chaos混沌 that I created创建?
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是不是存在一个秩序呢?
08:15
Let's take a closer接近 look.
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让我们靠近点看看。
08:17
Do you recall召回 when I showed显示 you these puzzle难题 pieces?
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你还记得当我向你们展示拼图碎片的时候吗?
08:21
What image图片 did it ultimately最终 become成为? A cobalt horse.
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它最后形成了什么图案?一只深蓝色的马。
08:27
The plot情节 thickens变稠.
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这张图颜色加深了。
08:28
And then we played发挥 a game游戏 of tangrams七巧板
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接着我们玩了一个七巧板游戏,
08:31
with an emerald rooster公鸡.
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是一只翠绿色的公鸡。
08:36
That one's那些 my favorite喜爱.
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这是我很喜欢的。
08:38
And then we had an experiment实验 with a silver ox.
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然后我们用银色的牛做了个实验,
08:44
And Katy凯蒂 Perry佩里 drinks饮料 her morning早上 coffee咖啡
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接着凯蒂·派瑞在琥珀色的猫头鹰杯里
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out of an amber琥珀色 owl猫头鹰.
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喝她的早安咖啡。
08:51
Thank you, Katy凯蒂, for taking服用 that photo照片 for me.
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谢谢凯蒂,把这张照片发给我。
08:52
Oh, and there's one more, there's one more.
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哦,还有一个,还有一个。
08:54
I believe you colored有色 a red donkey, Gwen格温.
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格温,我记得你画了一只红色的驴。
08:58
Ladies女士们 and gentlemen绅士, could you raise提高 your hands
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女士们先生们,如果你读过《堂吉诃德》,
08:59
for me if you've read "Don Quixote堂吉诃德?"
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能为我举起你的手吗?
09:02
Who's谁是 read "Don Quixote堂吉诃德?" (Laughter笑声)
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谁读过《堂吉诃德》?(大笑)
09:05
But wait, but wait, wait, wait, wait, there's more.
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但是,等一下,等一下,等一下,还有呢,
09:06
There's more.
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还有呢,
09:08
Gwen格温, I was so confident信心
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格温,我这么自信
09:11
that you were going to make these choices选择
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你会做出这些选择,
09:13
that I made制作 another另一个 prediction预测,
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所以我还做了一个预言,
09:15
and I put it in an even more indelible不可磨灭 place地点,
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我把它放在一个更不可消除的地方,
09:19
and it's right here.
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就在这里。
09:21
Ladies女士们 and gentlemen绅士,
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女士们先生们,
09:22
we have today's今天的 New York纽约 Times.
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这是今天的纽约时报,
09:26
The date日期 is March游行 18th, 2014.
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日期是2014年3月18日,
09:30
Many许多 of you in the first couple一对 of rows
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坐在前面几排的观众,
09:32
have it underneath your seats as well.
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你们座位下面也有。
09:34
Really dig. We hid them under there.
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需要掏一下,我们把它藏在下面了。
09:36
See if you can fish out the newspaper报纸
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如果你可以掏出报纸,
09:37
and open打开 up to the arts艺术 section部分
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就打开艺术板块看看,
09:40
and you will find the crossword填字游戏 puzzle难题,
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你会发现一个纵横字谜,
09:43
and the crossword填字游戏 puzzle难题 today今天
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今天的纵横字谜
09:45
was written书面 by yours你的 truly.
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是由我写的,
09:47
You can see my name名称 above以上 the grid.
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你可以在格子上看到我的名字。
09:48
I'm going to give this to you, Gwen格温, to take a look.
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我要把这个给你看看,格温,
09:51
And I will also put it up on the screen屏幕.
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我也会在屏幕上投出来。
09:55
Now let's take a look
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现在让我们看看
09:57
at another另一个 piece of the puzzle难题.
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另一块谜语,
10:00
If you look at the first clue线索 for 1-across-across,
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如果你看到第一横的线索,
10:03
it starts启动 with the letter C, for corrupt腐败,
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它是由字母C开始的,对应“corrupt”,
10:06
and just below下面 that we have an O, for outfielder外野手,
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就在这下面是一个O,对应“outfielder”,
10:09
and if you keep reading the
first letters of the clues线索 down,
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如果你继续把这些线索的第一个字母读下来,
10:12
you get cobalt horse,
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你会得到cobalt horse(深蓝色的马),
10:15
amber琥珀色 owl猫头鹰, silver ox,
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amber owl(琥珀色的猫头鹰),silver ox(银色的牛),
10:19
red donkey, and emerald rooster公鸡.
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red donkey(红色的驴),和emerald rooster(翠绿色的公鸡)。
10:22
(Applause掌声)
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(鼓掌)
10:24
That's pretty漂亮 cool, right?
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这实在很酷,对吧?
10:29
It's The New York纽约 Times.
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这是纽约时报。
10:31
But wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait.
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但是等等等等,
10:33
Oh, Gwen格温,
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哦,格温,
10:34
do you recall召回 how I forgot忘记 my purple紫色 marker标记,
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你还记得我忘了我的紫色马克笔吗?
10:37
and you were unable无法 to color颜色 the sheep?
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所以你没办法给羊上色。
10:40
Well, if you keep reading
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好的,如果你继续
10:41
starting开始 with 25-down-下,
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从25行往下开始读,
10:43
it says,
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它说,
10:44
"Oh, by the way,
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“哦,顺便说一下,
10:45
the sheep can be left blank空白."
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羊可以留白。”
10:50
(Laughter笑声) (Applause掌声)
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(大笑)(鼓掌)
10:54
But wait, wait, wait, there's one more thing,
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但等等等等,还有一件事,
10:56
there's one more thing,
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还有一件事,
10:57
there's one final最后 piece of the puzzle难题.
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还有最后一片谜语。
11:00
Gwen格温, I am so grateful感激 for your choices选择
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格温,我非常感谢你的选择,
11:04
because if we take a look
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如果我们把这些词的
11:06
at the first letters of your combinations组合,
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首字母组合起来看看,
11:08
we get "C-H-A-O-S混沌" for chaos混沌
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我们得到“C-H-A-O-S”,对应“混乱”,
11:11
and "O-R-D-E-R订购" for order订购.
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和“O-R-D-E-R”,对应“秩序”。
11:14
That's chaos混沌 and order订购.
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就是混乱和秩序。
11:16
We've我们已经 all made制作 order订购 out of chaos混沌.
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我们都在混乱中创造秩序。
11:17
So ladies女士们 and gentlemen绅士, the next下一个 time
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所以,女士们先生们,下次
11:19
you find yourself你自己 with a puzzle难题,
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当你发现自己陷入一个谜题,
11:21
whether是否 it's in your life or in your work,
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不管是在你的生活中,还是在工作中,
11:24
or maybe it's at the Sunday星期日 morning早上
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或者可能是一个周日的早晨,
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breakfast早餐 table with The New York纽约 Times,
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在早餐桌上看着纽约时报,
11:28
remember记得, you are all wired有线 to solve解决.
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记住,你的内心非常渴望解谜。
11:31
Thank you.
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谢谢。
11:33
(Applause掌声)
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(鼓掌)
Translated by Xuying Wu
Reviewed by Michael Ge 葛叔

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Kwong - Cruciverbalist
David Kwong creates illusions for films and TV, and makes verbal magic as a crossword puzzle maker for the New York Times.

Why you should listen

As a magician and crossword puzzle constructor, David Kwong mixes puzzles and prestidigitation. With a background in film (and a Harvard degree in the history of magic), he's the founder of the Misdirectors Guild, an elite group of magicians that specialize in illusion for film, television and theater (they're working right now on Marvel's upcoming Ant-Man). Kwong created the illusions for the 2013 hit film Now You See Me, about a gang of street magicians caught up in a crime caper.
 
He is a frequent crossword writer for the New York Times, often collaborating with his friend Kevan Choset. His puzzles are marked by clever, outside-the-grid thinking -- and sometimes a dash of magic. He also produces Deception on ABC, a crime drama about a magician who joins the FBI. Check out his talk on the science of illusion.

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