Was it a) Sigmund Freud, b) Franz Mesmer, or c) Harry Houdini?

是 A. 西格蒙德·弗洛伊德，B.弗兰兹·麦斯默，还是 C. 哈利·胡迪尼？

This trick was designed and performed in 1912 by the brilliant escape artist Harry Houdini.

这个魔术在1912年由出色的逃脱大师哈里·胡迪尼设计和表演。

When I was starting to do magic in junior high, I thought I could be an escape artist like Harry Houdini.

我中学那会开始学的魔术嘛当时我想当个逃脱魔术师像逃脱大师胡迪尼一样。

The most famous escape artist in history is probably Harry Houdini.

罗伯特：历史上最著名的逃脱艺术家可能是哈利·胡迪尼。

Or take a look at this photo of Harry Houdini from 1912.

或者看看这张 Harry Houdini 1912 年的照片。

So what was the magic of Harry Houdini really all about?

那么 Harry Houdini 的魔力到底是什么？

A few years later, Harry Houdini got to meet the famous Orville Wright.

几年后， 哈里·胡迪尼遇到了著名的奥维尔·赖特。

People in places like India and Japan saw Harry Houdini for the first time.

印度和日本等地的人们是第一次见到哈利·胡迪尼。

There is a lot of mystery about Harry Houdini even today.

即使在今天， 关于哈里·胡迪尼的故事仍有很多谜团。

Today we're going to talk about Harry Houdini, who, as I said, was a very well-known magician.

今天我们要谈谈哈利胡迪尼， 正如我所说，他是一位非常有名的魔术师。

Harry Houdini's escape tricks made his very famous, but he was also famous for something else.

哈利胡迪尼的逃脱技巧使他非常出名，但他也因其他原因而出名。

It's almost as if this kind of moviemaking was designed with Harry Houdini in mind.

就好像这种电影制作是为哈利·胡迪尼设计的。

Well, Harry Houdini soon became a magician, but he was only moderately successful, meaning that he wasn't very successful as a magician.

好吧，哈利·胡迪尼很快就成为了一名魔术师， 但他只取得了一定的成功，这意味着他作为一名魔术师并不是很成功。

So, if you are listening to this podcast and you're in prison well, Harry Houdini is someone you might want to study!

所以， 如果你正在收听这个播客并且你在监狱里过得很好，Harry Houdini 是你可能想要学习的人！

Harry Houdini was born in Hungary, in Europe, in 1874, but his family moved to the United States when he was only four years old, so he grew up in this country.

哈利·胡迪尼 1874 年出生于欧洲的匈牙利，但他四岁时随家人移居美国， 因此他在这个国家长大。