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Activity 2a Listen and circle "T" (for true) or "F" (for false).
活动2a 听短文，在对的地方圈“T”，错的地方圈“F”。
Hey, did you know that potato chips were invented by mistake?
你知道薯条是因为错误而发明出来的吗？
Really? What do you mean?
真的吗，什么意思？
Well, here on the bag it says that they were invented by a chef called George Crum.
看这个袋子上说的，薯条是由乔治·克勒姆厨师发明的。
When was that?
什么时间发明的？
Oh, it was back in 1853.
1853年。
So, why was it an accident?
什么样的错误？
Well, one day a customer in the restaurant where George worked sent back his plate of fried potatoes because he said they were cut too thick.
一天，在乔治工作的饭店中，有顾客抱怨说炸的薯条太粗了。
So what happened?
之后呢？
Well, George was in a bad mood, so he cut the potatoes really, really thin, and he cooked them for a long time until they were crispy.
乔治非常生气，所以他把薯条切得非常细，之后他把薯条炸得很酥脆。
And he sprinkled lots of salt on them so they were really salty.
他在薯条上撒了一些盐，让薯条变得更咸。
He thought the customer would hate them.
他认为顾客一定非常厌恶这些薯条。
And?
之后呢？
And the customer loved them and asked for more.
顾客非常喜欢，还要求再来一些。
He told the other customers about them,and soon everyone was ordering thinly-sliced,crispy, salty potato chips.
他告诉其他顾客这里的薯条，所有的顾客都点了这个又细，又酥的薯条。
And we're still eating them today.
直至今日我们仍在食用。
What a cool story!
这故事真酷。
Yeah.
是的。
译文属可可英语原创，未经允许，不得转载。
