With a fascination¹ with magic forcenturies, there is a heated debate about the disclosure of magic recently.Some people thirst for the revelation of the magic secrets so that they mayobtain some of the know-how² and perform some magic on their own. They believethat the trend of revealing magic secrets is irresistible³. But I don’t see eyeto eye with them and I insist that the secrets behind the magic should not bedisclosed.

魔术的魅力久经不衰，但是最近有一个关于是否要揭露魔术秘密的热烈争论。有些人渴望揭露魔术的秘密，这样他们就能知道怎么表演，然后自己表演魔术了。他们相信揭露魔术秘密的趋势是不可抗拒的。但是我的看法和他们不一样，我坚信魔术的秘密不该揭露出来。

I have two reasons to supportmy view. In the first place, the audience is fascinated with the magic becausethey like the feeling of being kept in suspense⁴. If the secrets behind themagic are known to them, they would fell that the magic is nothing but a pettytrick and the magicians are ridiculous clowns rather than demigods. In thesecond place, magic requiring laborious⁵ hours and considerable money are whatthe magicians live on, so revealing the magic secrets will result in a detriment⁶ to the interest of the magicians. The magicians couldnot perform the magic that happen to be known to the audience and therefore,they have less chance to earn money.

我有两个理由来支持我的观点。第一，观众之所以感受到魔术的魅力是因为他们喜欢保持悬疑的感觉。如果魔术背后的秘密被揭穿，他们就会觉得魔术只是一些小伎俩，魔术师只是个可笑的小丑，而不是大神。第二，魔术需要魔术师长久的练习和大量的资金投入，所以如果揭露魔术的秘密就会导致魔术师利益的损失。魔术师不能表演那些观众已经知道秘密的魔术，因此，他们就没什么机会赚钱了。

To sum up, the secrets behind magic shouldnot be revealed with both of the audience and the magicians taken into account.

总而言之，魔术背后的秘密不应该被揭露出来，无论是观众还是魔术师本人。