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UnitNinePre-readingActivitiesPre-readingActivitieswords&expressionsSummaryfillingWritingexerciseBackgroundInformationWarm-upQuestionsBackOneofthemostfamousandspectaculartricksinmodernmagic—sawingawomaninhalf—wascreatedin1920bytheBritishmagicianP.T.Selbit.HecausedasensationinLondonwithhisdramaticperformance—inwhichhisglamorousgirlassistantwasplacedinawoodenboxandthenapparentlysawnintwo.Afewmomentslatershewasmade“whole”again.Duringthetrick,onlythegirl’sheadcouldbeseenprotrudingfromaholeatoneendofthebox.Allshehadtodowastodrawherkneesunderherchinwhilethesawingtookplace.AnAmericanmagician,HoraceGoldin,introducedanimprovedversionofthetrickinNewYorkin1921.Thegirl’shead,handsandfeetwereclearlyvisible,pokingthroughholesintheendsandsidesofthebox.However,heusednotonegirlbuttwo.Tobeginwith,Goldintoldthefirstgirltoliedowninsidethebox,whichrestedonadeepwoodentable.Oncethelidwasclosedandlocked,Goldinspuntheboxandtableonaturntablesothatthegirl’sfeetwerebrieflyoutoftheaudience’ssight.Immediately,shepulledupherlegsandplacedherfeetagainstafootrestinsidethelid.Inthemeantime,thesecondgirl,concealedinsidethehollowtabletop,thrustherlegsthroughtwotrapdoors:oneinthetabletopandtheotherinthebox.Shethenpushedherfeetthroughtheholesattheendofthebox.Whentheturntablestopped,theaudiencewaslookingattheheadandhandsofgirlNo.1andthefeetofgirlNo.2.Goldin,withthehelpofanassistant,thencutthroughthecenteroftheboxwithalargesaw.Assoonasthesawwaswithdrawn,twometalplateswereinsertedontoeithersideofthecut.Themagicianpulledthehalvesoftheboxapart—andthemetalplateskepttheaudiencefromseeinginside.The“victim”,apparentlycutintwo,smiledandwavedherhandsandmovedherfeet.Next,Goldinpushedtheboxtogetheragain,removedthemetalplatesandopenedthelocks.Hetouchedtheoriginalgirlbyhandandsheemergedfromtheboxunharmed.TheAmericanmagicianHarryBlackstonedevelopedthebuzz-sawtrickin1932,usingonlyonegirl.Thegirlisaskedtoliefacedowninasleep-likestateonaflattablecontainingabody-shapedhollow30in(760mm)long,15in(380mm)wideand8in(200mm)deep
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