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双语学习之--橡皮筋编织游戏造就百万富翁（国外英文资料） The Rubber band - Millionaire Rubber band games make millionaires The hottest tween frenzy this summer isn t a boy band or an excessively priced American Girl doll accessory. It s, well, has. The hottest thing this summer is neither a male band nor an expensive American doll, but a knitting. About Nine - year - old girls across indicates the U.S. have apparently fallen head over up for centuries - old craft a form, threading together colorful bracelets with the aid of a makeshift loom. Okay, this time, the rubber bands are involved. Lots of them. Nine-year-old girls in the United States are fascinated by a centuries-old craft. They braided the seven colorful bracelets with the help of a makeshift loom. But this time theyre using rubber bands, lots and lots of rubber bands. Michaels Stores, the huge, private arts - and - crafts retailer, began stocking the $17 Rainbow Loom in the first week of August. The kit is now shot ten times better than the chain s next kids bestseller, says Philo Pappas, Michaels Executive Vice President of Category Management. Since the first week of August, Michaels Stores, a craft retailer, has introduced a $17 Rainbow Loom. Now, Michaels product management senior vice President ferro? Mr. Pappas said the product was 10 times as popular as the chains second best-selling product. Already, a m letters or so of the rubber band - hand looms have sold through various outlets, according to Cheong - Choon Ng, the product s 45 - year - old inventor, who until recently was a senior crash - the test engineer for Nissan Motor Co. (NSANY), in Detroit. According to wu changjun, the 45-year-old inventor of the product, the rubber band has sold more than 1 million units in several retail stores. Not long ago, Mr. Ng was a veteran crash test engineer at Nissan Motor Co. in Detroit. Three years and Ng s two daughters - Teresa, then 12, and Michelle, then 9 - were sitting in the family den making bracelets from rubber bands. The