And everyone enjoys an amateur parlor magician, who is one of his friends, more than he enjoys a professional magician on the stage, and every parent enjoys the amateur dramatics of his own children much more heartily than he enjoys a Shakespearean play.

• 人人在客厅里欣赏他的朋友的业余魔术，比欣赏台上一个职业魔术家的技艺更来得有兴趣； 做父母的欣赏子女的业余演剧，比欣赏一出莎士比亚的戏剧更来得有兴趣。