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In the 1930s, a lot of people in the USA were out of work. Among these people was a man

named Alfred Butts. He always had an interest in word games and so, to fill his time, he

planned a game which he called‘Lexico’. However, he was not completely satisfied with the

game, so he made a number of changes to it and, in time, changed its name from ‘Lexico’to

‘Alph’ and then to ‘Criss Cross’.He wanted to make some money from his new game but he

didn‘t have any real commercial（商业性的） success. In 1939, Butts happened to meet a man

called Jim Brunot who showed an interest in the new game. The two men worked together on

developing the game and in 1948 it was offered for sale in the United States under its new

name—’Scrabble‘. At first, it didn’t sell very well. In the first year it sold just 2,250

sets and by 1951 it had only reached 8,500 sets a year. Then, in 1952 the manager of Macy‘s

In the 1930s, 在1930年，a lot of people in the USA were out of work. 在美国许多人都失业。Among these people was a man

named Alfred Butts.在这些人中有个叫 Alfred Butts的人。He always had an interest in word games 他总是对文字游戏很感兴趣, and so to fill his time, 为了充实自己的时间（生活）he

planned a game which he called‘Lexico’.他创造了一个叫“lexico”的游戏 However,然而， he was not completely satisfied with the

game, 他并不对自己的游戏感到满意，so he made a number of changes to it and 他对游戏做了一系列的修改in time changed its name from ‘Lexico’to

‘Alph’ and then to ‘Criss Cross’.在不同的时间里，他把游戏的名字从“lexico”改成“alph”再改成“criss cross”。He wanted to make some money from his new game but he

didn‘t have any real commercial（商业性的） success.他想用他的新游戏去赚钱，但是他没有任何商业上的成功。 In 1939, Butts happened to meet a man

called Jim Brunot who showed an interest in the new game.在1939年，butts碰到了一个叫jim brunot的人，他对butts的游戏感到有兴趣。 The two men worked together on

developing the game 两个人共同开发这个游戏and in 1948 it was offered for