BBC随身英语(MP3+中英字幕) 第215期:最伟大的魔术师
The Greatest Magician?
Edinburgh has been remembering one of the world's greatest magicians.
The Great Lafayette was the stage name of the German illusionist Sigmund Neuberger. At the time of his death a century ago he was the world's highest-paid performer and 250,000 people went to his funeral.
Lafayette's grand finale was a famous stunt called The Lion's Bride. A female assistant would walk into a cage containing a real lion. When the lion was about to kill her, its skin would be pulled off to reveal… The Great Lafayette.
Of course it was all done with smoke and mirrors, as well as Lafayette's great sleight of hand. But on 9 May 1911 something went horribly wrong.
Halfway through his routine, a gas lamp was knocked over and the stage scenery caught fire. The audience all thought it was part of the act and refused to leave the theatre until the band played the national anthem.
Lafayette died along with 10 other people, a horse and the famous lion. But he continued to play tricks on people even after his death.
Three days after the fire, another body was discovered in the theatre wearing Lafayette's clothes. This, it emerged, was the magician himself; the first body had been that of an assistant.
One hundred years on, the great magician continues to work his magic. Last weekend, the Edinburgh Festival Theatre hosted a series of special events in honour of the magician, including a séance
相关文章
- BBC随身英语(MP3+中英字幕) 第224期:咖啡种植业面临威胁
- BBC随身英语(MP3+中英字幕) 第223期:自主健身小贴士
- BBC随身英语(MP3+中英字幕) 第222期:应对并克服考试压力的方法
- BBC随身英语(MP3+中英字幕) 第221期:让蔬菜看起来更加美味诱人
- BBC随身英语(MP3+中英字幕) 第220期:威廉王子夫妇加拿大之旅
- BBC随身英语(MP3+中英字幕) 第219期:今天的地球
- BBC随身英语(MP3+中英字幕) 第218期:指尖陀螺
- BBC随身英语(MP3+中英字幕) 第217期:请注意
- BBC随身英语(MP3+中英字幕) 第216期:塑料带来的问题
- BBC随身英语(MP3+中英字幕) 第214期:威廉王子不戴婚戒