Larissa and Melanie Watson are sisters. They are also twins. They are nineteen years old, and they live in Auckland, New Zealand. Larissa and Melanie are magicians. They come from a family of magicians. Their father is a magician. His name is Alan. Their mother, Michele, is a magician, too. They have an older sister. Her name is Nicole, and she is also a magician. Their great-great-uncle, Oswald Ashton, was a magician. In 1920, he helped start the New Zealand Society of Magicians.
Larissa and Melanie are famous all over the world. They have been on television many times. They do many kinds of magic tricks. In one trick, the twins take a rabbit out of a hat.
Larissa and Melanie have been doing magic tricks since they were very young. When they were ten years old, they went to Hollywood, California. They were the youngest magicians to perform at the Magic Castle in Hollywood.
Larissa and Melanie have won several awards for their magic. In 1994, they won a Benny Award for the “Top Junior Entertainers” in New Zealand. In 1997, they won another award. It is called the Rising Star Award. They are very proud of these two awards. Their magician family is proud, too.
Judge the following sentences true (T) or false (F).
( ) 1. Larissa and Melanie Watson are magicians and they come from a magician family.
( ) 2.Nicole is a magician. She’s Larissa and Melanie’s aunt.
( ) 3.They great uncle of Larissa and Melanie helped start the New Zealand Society of Magician.
( ) 4. Larissa and Melanie went to perform in Hollywood at the age of ten.
( ) 5. The magician family is proud of the twin sister’s winning of the three awards.