The Spelling Bee

The Spelling Bee written by Jill Sherman Illustrated by Laura Zarin Focus question. What is the lesson of this story?

拼字比赛 作者：吉尔·谢尔曼 绘者：劳拉·扎林 思考问题：这个故事告诉我们什么道理？

Jasmine smiled. She was sure she was going to win the class spelling bee. Good luck! Finn, the other speller, said. She smirked at him. Mr. Russo said, Finn, your next word is apology. Apology. A -P -O L -A -G -Y Apology. He said slowly.

茉莉笑了。 她确信自己能赢下班级拼字比赛。 祝你好运！另一位参赛选手芬恩说道。 她冲他得意地笑了笑。 拉索老师说：芬恩，你要拼的下一个单词是apology（道歉）。 Apology. A -P -O L -A -G -Y Apology. 他慢悠悠地说道。

Mr. Russo said, I'm afraid that's wrong. He asked Jasmine to spell the same word. She smiled and spelled it correctly. Then she spelled another word correctly.

拉索老师说： 很遗憾你拼错了。 他让茉莉拼同一个单词。 她笑了笑，把单词拼对了。 接下来她又拼对了另一个单词。

Mr. Russo cheered, class Let's give our new spelling champ a round of applause Jasmine are you ready to represent our class tomorrow in the schoolwide be? Mr. Russo asked Yes She replied

拉索老师高兴地说， 同学们，大家给咱们的新拼字冠军鼓鼓掌！ 茉莉，你准备好明天代表咱们班参加全校拼字比赛了吗？ 拉索老师问道。当然啦。她回答道。

During lunch, everyone was talking about the spelling bee. Jasmine walked by the table where Finn sat. I can't believe you're going on stage in front of the entire school, Lily said. How hard is it to spell a few words? Jasmine asked. Not that easy. You beat all of us, Finn said. Well, you all only had to spell baby words, she replied.

午饭时间，大家都在讨论拼字比赛的事。 茉莉从芬恩坐的桌子旁边走过。 莉莉说：“真不敢相信你要上台在全校人面前比赛哎。” 茉莉问道：“拼几个单词能有多难呀？” 芬恩说：“可没那么简单哦，你可是赢了我们所有人呢。” 她回答道：“哎呀，你们要拼的都是些小宝宝才学的词嘛。”

The next day, Jasmine looked at the spelling bee winners from the other classes. She hadn't thought about how she'd have to compete against older students.

第二天，茉莉看着其他班级选出来的拼字比赛获胜者。 她之前从来没想过自己要和比自己大的学生比赛。