He shrank from showing his physical imperfections onstage, but later he decided to have a go.

一位在当地脱口秀俱乐部工作的女士鼓励张佳鑫写点段子并到开放麦试一试他的稿子。虽然一开始他不愿在舞台上展示自己的生理缺陷，但最后他还是决定试一把。

It was as if some transcendent musician should draw a soul-thrilling sweetness out of a cracked instrument, which makes its physical imperfection heard in the midst of ethereal harmony, —so deep was the sensibility that found an organ in Hepzibah's voice!

就好像一些超凡的音乐家应该从一个破裂的乐器中汲取一种激动人心的甜美，这使得它的身体缺陷在空灵的和谐中被听到——如此深的感性在赫普兹巴的声音中找到了一个器官！