Borrow a note and some coins. Balance the coins and the note on top of the bottle and explain you are going to remove the note using just one finger. When your friends take the bet, remove the note and it's yours to keep. The secret is simple. Before you start, place some saliva onto your finger, and then when you hit the note, it will stick to your finger and whip out from beneath the coins.
借一張紙鈔和一些硬幣。把硬幣和紙鈔平衡在瓶口上面並解釋你將要僅使用一支手指就把紙鈔移除。當你的朋友接受這賭局，拿下紙鈔然後它就是你的了。這個秘訣很簡單。在你開始之前，塗一點口水到手指上，然後當你擊中紙鈔的時候，它會黏到你手上然後從硬幣底下抽走。
Fill up a glass with water and challenge your friends to float a paper clip on top of the liquid. Every time they place something into the glass, it will sink to the bottom. The secret is to form one of the paper clips into an L shape. Then balance another paper clip on the arm of the L, and carefully place the entire arrangement onto the top of the water. Amazingly the paper clip will float.
用水裝滿一個玻璃杯並挑戰你的朋友們去讓一根迴紋針浮在水面上。每次他們把東西放入玻璃杯，它就會沉到底部。秘訣是把其中一根迴紋針變成L型。然後把另一根迴紋針平衡放在L型的手臂上，然後小心地把整組放置到水頂端。迴紋針會很神奇地浮起來。
Place ten coins into a triangle that points forward. The bet is to reverse the direction of the triangle by moving just three of the coins. The secret is simple. Take away these three coins. Place these two at the base of the new triangle, and this one at the top.
把十枚硬幣排放成一個指向前方的三角形。這賭局是要只移動三個硬幣來逆轉三角形的方向。這秘訣很簡單。拿開這三個硬幣。把這兩個放在新三角形的底部，然後這個在頂端。
Draw the Roman numeral nine on a piece of paper and challenge your friends to turn it into a six with one stroke of the pen. When they failed, explain it's really simple.
在紙上畫一個羅馬數字的九並挑戰你的朋友們僅用一筆畫把它變成一個六。當他們失敗了，解釋這真的很簡單。
This bet, you need two glasses of liquid and two paper balls. Place one glass in front of your friend, the other in front of you, and the same with the balls. Now, tell your friends they have to mimic your actions. Move the ball. Move the ball again. Now, take a drink from the glass but don't swallow the liquid. Move the ball. Move the ball back again. Then move forward, spit the liquid back into the glass. They won't be able to repeat your action, and you will walk away with the money.
這個賭局，你需要兩杯飲料和兩團紙球。把一杯水放在你朋友前面，另一杯在你前面，然後紙球也一樣。現在，告訴你的朋友們他們必須模仿你的動作。移動紙球。再移動紙球一次。現在，從玻璃杯喝一口飲料但是別吞下去。移動紙球。再把紙球移動回來一次。然後往前傾，把飲料吐回玻璃杯。他們沒有辦法重複你的動作，而你將贏得賭注而去。
For this, you need a Brandy glass, a small tomato and an upturned glass. Place the Brandy glass over the tomato, and the bet is to move the tomato into the upturned glass by just holding the base of the Brandy glass. It's easy when you know how.
要做這個，你需要一個白蘭地酒杯，一顆小番茄和一個開口朝上的玻璃杯。把白蘭地酒杯蓋住番茄，而賭局是要僅僅握住白蘭地酒杯的底部，把番茄移動到開口朝上的玻璃杯。當你知道如何做就很簡單了。
Place eleven match sticks in a row. Explain your friends they have to move five of them to create nine. When they give up, explain it's really easy. Just move these five match sticks, and you end up with the word nine.
把十一根火柴棒排成一排。跟你朋友們解釋他們必須移動其中五根來做出一個九。當他們放棄的時候，解釋這真的很簡單。只要移動這五根火柴，而你最後得到英文字九。
Take a napkin and make a tear that stops within about a centimeter to the base of the napkin. Do exactly the same on the other side. Now, ask your friends to hold the two corners of the napkin and to move them apart so they loosen to three separate pieces. No matter how hard they try, they will only be left with two pieces.
拿一張紙巾並撕一個直到離紙巾底部大約一公分之內的開口。在另一邊做完全一樣的動作。現在，請你的朋友們握住紙巾的兩個角落並把分開它們，如此這樣它們分成三片分離的破片。不管他們多努力嘗試，他們只會得到兩片。
Place two batteries or corks between your thumbs and fingers like this. Now, simply place your hands together, placing your thumbs and fingers on the end of the batteries or corks and remove them. It looks really simple, but when your friends try it, they'll find that trapped every time. The secret is to place your right thumb and first finger like this; your left thumb and first finger like this, and then they'll separate.
像這樣放兩顆電池或軟木塞在你的拇指和其他手指之間。現在，就把你的手放在一起，把你的拇指和其他手指放在電池或軟木塞的末端並拿開它們。它看起來真的很簡單，但是當你的朋友嘗試它，他們會發現那每次都卡住。秘密是像這樣放置你的右手拇指和食指；你的左手拇指和食指像這樣，然後他們會分開。
Borrow a note from a friend. Ask him to place the hands palm down on the table and explain the first part of this bet is all about balance. They need to balance these two glasses of liquid on their fingers. Once they are in that position, you can simply pick up the note and run.
跟一個朋友借張紙鈔。要求他把手掌朝下放在桌上並解釋這賭局的首要部份是關於平衡感。他們需要在他們的手指上平衡這兩杯飲料。一旦他們就位，你可以輕易地拿起鈔票並跑掉。
