Did you watch the magic shows played by Liu Qian from Taiwan in the 2009 CCTV Spring Festival Gala ? They attracted great attention and wide interests of the audience . During the gala, Liu mangaged to drop a coin into a glass which was placed upside down and _ a finger ring into an egg. The two magic shows were so successful that everyone is now mad about him and all want to know how to play magic tricks. "I saw the surprise on everyone's face. It was cool, "Liu said. However, you may not believe that Liu didn't go to any magic school. He just learned by himself. When Liu was seven, he saw a coin trick in a big store. At that moment Liu decided to learn magic. He worked hard at it. He practiced hard to improve his skills. Then one day he was able to put on a show for his class. After years of hard work, now Liu is a great magician. But he isn't satisfied with what he has got and keeps on trying every day. He may spend three years working out a new show.

Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:

1. what type of show was this?
2. do people like him?
3. what was his name?
4. what insipred him?
5. how old was he then?
6. is he happy with his skills now?
7. does he do anything to improve?
8. does it take a while to work out a new show?
9. how long?
10. where has he played?
11. this year?
12. which one?
13. what did he drop into the glass?
14. was the glass upright?
15. did he do 5 shows there?
16. how many?
17. how did Liu feel about it?
18. why?
19. Did he have a lot of formal training?
20. any?

Numbered answers:
1. magic
2. yes
3. Liu Qian
4. a coin trick in a big store
5. seven
6. not yet - still improving
7. keeps on trying every day
8. yes
9. three years
10. CCTV Spring Festival Gala
11. no
12. 2009
13. coin
14. no
15. no
16. two
17. cool
18. surprise on everyone's face
19. no
20. none - by himself