2. Spelling Can Be Tricky

2 Spelling Can Be Tricky "Okay, let's start with spelling," Miss Banks announced after we pledged the allegiance. "You kids are going to become great spellers in fourth grade." "I love spelling!" said Andrea, who loves anything to do with school. "Me too!" said Emily, who loves everything Andrea loves.

“好吧，让我们从拼写开始，”班克斯小姐在我们宣誓效忠后宣布。 “你们这些孩子在四年级的时候会成为优秀的拼写者。” “我喜欢拼写！”安德里亚说，她喜欢任何与学校有关的事情。 “我也是！”爱米丽说，她喜欢安德里亚喜欢的一切。

"That's great," said Miss Banks, "because spelling is very important. If you want to get ahead in the world, you need to know how to spell. But spelling can also be tricky. For instance, who can spell the word 'spell'?" "Oooooh... oooooh... ooooh!" Andrea looked like she was going to pop a lung if Miss Banks didn't call on her. "'Spell' is spelled S-P-E-L-L," Andrea said proudly. As if that was hard! Any dumbhead knows how to spell the word "spell." "Very good, Andrea," said Miss Banks. "Now, can you spell the word 'misspell'?" "M-I-S-P-E-L-L," said Andrea. "No, sorry," said Miss Banks. "There are two s's in 'misspell.' You spelled 'spell' correctly, but you misspelled 'misspell.' See what I mean about spelling being tricky?" Andrea looked mad, like it was Miss Banks's fault that she misspelled "misspell." It may have been the first time

“太好了，”班克斯小姐说，“因为拼写是非常重要的。 如果你想出人头地，你需要知道如何拼写。 但是拼写也很棘手。 比如，谁会拼‘spell’这个词？”“嗡嗡…… 嗡嗡……唔!”如果班克斯小姐不叫她的话，安德里亚看起来就要爆肺了。 “拼写是S-P-E-L-L，”安德里亚自豪地说。 好像那很困难似的！傻子都知道怎么拼“咒语”这个词 “很好，安德烈，”班克斯小姐说。 “现在，你会拼‘misspell’这个词吗？”“M-I-S-P-E-L-L，”安德烈说。 “不，对不起，”班克斯小姐说。 “‘misspell ’里有两个s。你拼对了‘spell’，但你拼错了‘misspell ’。明白我说的拼写很棘手的意思了吧？”安德里亚看起来很生气，好像是班克斯小姐拼错了“misspell”。 这可能是第一次

in her life that Little Miss Perfect made a mistake. "Let's try another one," said Miss Banks. "Who can spell the word 'wrong'? A.J., how about you?" "Sure," I said. "I can spell any word wrong." Everybody laughed even though I didn't say anything funny. "Go ahead, A.J.," said Miss Banks. "Spell it." "I-T," I said. "It." "No," said Miss Banks. "Spell the word 'wrong.'" "What word?" I asked. "'Wrong,'" said Miss Banks. "How can I be wrong?" I complained. "I didn't even spell the word yet!" "I mean spell the word 'wrong,' A.J.," said Miss Banks. "Like when you do something wrong." "Oh," I said. "That's different. R-O-NG."

完美的小女孩犯了一个错误。 “我们再试一个，”班克斯小姐说。 “谁能把‘错’字拼错？” aj，你呢？”“当然，”我说。 “我什么字都能拼错。” 大家都笑了，尽管我没说什么好笑的话。 “说吧，a.j.，”班克斯小姐说。 “拼”。“I- t，”我说。 “它”。“不，”班克斯小姐说。 “拼写‘错误’这个词。“什么字？”我问。 “‘不对，’”班克斯小姐说。 “我怎么会错呢？”我抱怨道。 “我还没拼这个词呢！”“我是说拼写‘错误’这个词，a.j.，”班克斯小姐说。 “比如当你做错事的时候。” “哦，”我说。“那是不同的。 R-O-NG。”

"I'm sorry," said Miss Banks. "That's wrong." "But you told me to spell the word 'wrong'!" I complained. "I mean you spelled 'wrong' wrong," said Miss Banks. "I can spell 'wrong'!" shouted Andrea. "'Wrong' is spelled W-R-O-N-G." "That's right, Andrea," said Miss Banks. "No," I said. "'Right' is R-I-G-H-T. Andrea's wrong." "Well, you spelled 'right' right, A.J.," said Miss Banks. "But you spelled 'wrong' wrong. Andrea spelled 'wrong' right, and—" Miss Banks stopped for a moment, took a handkerchief out of her pocket, and wiped her forehead with it. "Okay, I'm going to pass out—" "She's gonna pass out!" Michael shouted. "Call an ambulance!" "Give her air!" shouted Alexia.

“对不起，”班克斯小姐说。 “这是错误的。”“但是你告诉我拼写‘错误’这个词！”我抱怨道。 “我是说你把‘wrong’拼错了，”班克斯小姐说。 “我能拼写‘错误’！”安德里亚喊道。 “‘错误’的拼写是W-R-O-N-G。” “没错，安德烈，”班克斯小姐说。 “不，”我说。“‘对’是R-I-G-H-T。 安德里亚是错的。”“嗯，你把‘right’拼对了，a.j.，”班克斯小姐说。 “但是你把‘wrong’拼错了。 安德烈把‘错误’拼对了，而且——”班克斯小姐停了一会儿，从口袋里掏出一块手帕，擦了擦额头。 “好吧，我要晕过去了——”“她要晕过去了！”迈克尔喊道。 “叫救护车！”“给她空气！”

"I'm going to pass out sheets of paper," continued Miss Banks. Ohhhhhhhhh. They should definitely have different ways to say "pass out." "We're going to have a little spelling test," said Miss Banks, "to see how well you

“我要发几张纸，”班克斯小姐继续说。 Ohhhhhhhhh。他们应该有不同的方式来表达“晕过去” “我们要做一个小小的拼写测试，”班克斯小姐说，“看看你的拼写有多好

spell." Ugh. I hate tests. We all took out pencils as Miss Banks passed around the papers. "I'm going to say ten words," said Miss Banks. "You try to spell them. Ready?" It seemed simple enough. "Is there a prize for the winner?" asked Andrea, who loves winning prizes. She probably has a trophy room at home with all the prizes she's won. "No," said Miss Banks. "This is just for fun. Your first word is... 'burf.'" What? "What's a burf?" whispered Neil. I never heard of a burf. But teachers always tell us that if we can't spell a word, we should try to sound it out. I wrote B-UR-F on my paper. "The next word is 'spinkheimer,'" said Miss Banks. That's a tough one. I tried to sound it out. It wasn't easy.

法术。”啊。我讨厌考试。 班克斯小姐分发试卷时，我们都拿出了铅笔。 “我要说十个字，”班克斯小姐说。 “你试着拼写它们。准备好了吗?”这似乎很简单。 “获胜者有奖品吗？”喜欢得奖的安德里亚问。 她家里可能有个纪念品陈列室，里面放着她赢得的所有奖品。 “不，”班克斯小姐说。“这只是为了好玩。 你的第一个词是……“burf。”“什么? “什么是烫伤？”尼尔小声问。 我从没听说过烧伤。但是老师总是告诉我们，如果我们不会拼写一个单词，我们应该试着把它读出来。 我在纸上写的是B-UR- F。 “下一个词是‘斯宾克海默’，”班克斯小姐说。 这是一个棘手的问题。我试着试探一下。 这并不容易。