(单词翻译:单击)
Hey, did you know that potato chips were invented by mistake?
嗨，你知道薯片是由于一次差错而被发明出来的吗？
Really? What do you mean?
真的么？什么意思呢？
Well, here on the bag it says that they were invented by a cook called George Crum.
袋子上说，薯片是由一位名叫乔治·克拉姆的厨师发明的。
When was that?
是什么时候？
Oh, it was back in 1853.
哦，是在1853年。
So, why was it an accident?
那么为什么说是个意外呢？
Well, one day, a customer came into the restaurant where George worked. He ordered a plate of fried potatoes. When the potatoes came, he said they were cut too thick and sent them back to the kitchen.
一天，一位顾客走进乔治·克拉姆工作的餐厅。他点了一盘炸土豆。上菜后，这位顾客说这个土豆切得太厚了并把土豆拿回了厨房。
So what happened?
然后发生什么了？
Well, George was angry, so he cut the potatoes really, really thin, and he cooked them for a long time until they were crispy. And he put lots of salt on them so they were really salty. He thought the customer would hate them.
乔治很生气，所以他把土豆切得非常非常薄，并烹饪了很长时间，直到土豆变得很脆。他还在上边撒了很多盐，让土豆很咸。他认为客户会非常讨厌这道菜的。
And?
然后呢？
And the customer loved them and asked for more. He told the other customers about them, and soon everyone was ordering thinly cut, crispy, salty potato chips.
然后客户非常喜欢还点了更多。他还告诉了其他顾客，很快每个人都来点这种薄薄脆脆的咸土豆片。
And we're still eating them today. What a cool story!
并且直到今天大家还在吃。这个故事很酷啊！
