Peter loved to shop used articles. Almost a month ago, he bought popular word game that used little pieces of wood with different letters on them. As he was purchasing it, the salesgirl said, “Uh, look, the game box haven’t even been opened yet. That might be worth some money. ”
彼得喜欢买二手物品。差不多一个月前，他买了一款使用不同字母小木块的热门文字游戏。当他购买时，女售货员说：“嗯，看，游戏盒还没打开。这可能值点钱。”
Peter examined the box, and, sure enough, it was completely covered in factory-sealed plastic. And he saw a date of 1973 on the back of the box.
彼得检查了箱子，果然，箱子完全被工厂密封的塑料覆盖。他在盒子的背面看到了日期1973。
“You should put that up for auction on the Internet, and see what happens.” the salesgirl said.
“你应该把它拿去网上拍卖，看看情况。”售货员说。
“Yes, you’re right. People like something rare.” Peter agreed, “I can’t imagine there being very many unopened boxes of this game still around 40 years later.”
“你说的对。人们喜欢稀有的东西。”彼得同意，“我无法想象40年后还有很多未开封的盒子。”
“Don’t forget to tell me if you sell it.” the salesgirl smiled.
“如果你卖了，别忘了告诉我。”售货员笑了。
“No problem.” Peter said.
“没问题。”彼得说。
After he got home, Peter went online to several auction websites looking for his game. But he couldn’t find it. Then he typed in the name of the word game and hit Search. The search result was 543 websites containing information about the changes of the game. Over the years, the game had been produced using letters in different sizes and game boards in different colors. He also found some lists of game fans looking for various versions of the game. Peter emailed some of them, telling them what he had.
回到家后，彼得上网去几个拍卖网站寻找他的游戏，但他没有找到。然后，他输入文字游戏的名称，点击搜索，搜索结果是543个包含游戏变化信息的网站。多年来，这款游戏一直使用不同大小的字母和不同颜色的游戏板制作。他还找到了一些寻找各种游戏版本的游戏迷名单。彼得给他们中的一些人发了电子邮件，告诉他们他有什么。
Two weeks later, Peter went back to the shop.
两周后，彼得回到商店。
“Hello. Do you still remember the unopened word game?”
“你好。你还记得那个未打开的文字游戏盒吗？”
The salesgirl looked at him for a second, then recognized him and said, “Oh, hi!”
女售货员看了他一会儿，然后认出了他，说：“哦，你好！”
“I’ve got something for you,” Peter said. “I sold the game and made 100 bills.
“我有东西给你，”彼得说，“我卖掉了游戏，赚了1000美元。谢谢你的建议。”他递给她三张100美元的钞票。
“Wow!” the salesgirl cried out. “Thank you, I never expected it.”
“哇！”女售货员大叫一声，“谢谢你，真是出人意料。”