" Gentlemen, " Bill said, " I give you Chesterton and Walpole."

“诸位先生，”比尔说，“我提议为切斯特顿和沃尔波尔干杯。”

" That's right, " said Nick. " I guess he's a better guy than Walpole."

“一点不错，”尼克说。“我看他这人比沃尔波尔强。”

One theory is that Walpole commissioned it himself for political purposes. So tricky. So effective.

有一种说法是 沃波尔是出于政治目的委托他人写的这部戏剧 太狡猾了 不过效力强悍。

The website adds that Walpole's memory of the story may not have been correct.

沃波尔对于那个故事的记忆可能不对。

In the mid-1700s, while researching a coat of arms, Walpole discovered something interesting but unrelated to his search.

在18世纪中期，在研究盾徽时，沃波尔发现了和他的研究无关的趣事。

Walpole says he made the word after reading a Persian story called " The Three Princes of Serendip" .

沃波尔说他是在读了一个叫做《The Three Princes of Serendip（斯里兰卡的三个王子）》的波斯故事之后造了这个词。

Walpole discovered something interesting but unrelated to his search.

Walpole 发现了一些有趣但与他的搜索无关的东西。

We could be talking years at Walpole.

我们谈的可能是在Walpole监狱服刑几年。

And a bus ticket from Walpole dated November 12th.

还有一张11月12日从Walpole开出的公共汽车票。

The first recorded use of the English word " serendipity" can be found in the letters of an 18th century English writer named Horace Walpole.

英语单词" serendipity" 的第一次有记录的使用是被发现于一个18世纪的英国作家霍勒斯·沃波尔的书信里的。

" That's a real book. That's where his old man is after him all the time. Have you got any more by Walpole? "

“倒是本真实的书。那书里写他老爹一直钉住了他不放。你有沃尔波尔的其他作品吗？”