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。核心问题： 这个故事告诉我们什么道理呢？

Jasmine was sure she was going to win the class spelling bee. Only she and one other speller were left.

贾思敏笃定自己会赢下班级拼字比赛。 场上只剩下她和另一名参赛选手了。

Mr. Russo said, Finn, your next word is apology. Finn spelled it wrong.

拉索老师说： 芬恩，你要拼的下一个单词是apology（道歉）。 芬恩拼错了。

Jasmine smiled. Then she spelled it the right way. She spelled one more word. Then Mr. Russo said, You won!

贾思敏笑了。 她正确拼出了这个单词， 又拼对了另一个词。 这时拉索老师说：你赢啦！

at lunch." Lily said, "'Tomorrow you will be in the school -wide spelling bee. It should be easy,' Jasmine said. "'I will probably have to spell baby words like the ones today,' she added. Finn looked sad. "'I guess so,' he said.

午饭的时候，莉莉说： “明天你就要参加全校的拼字比赛啦， 应该不难的。”贾思敏说。 “我要拼的估计都是今天这种很简单的词吧。”她补充道。 芬恩看起来很难过。 “可能是吧。”他说。

The next day, Jasmine met with the other class spelling bee winners and principal Lopez. She had not thought about the older students she would have to spell against.

第二天，贾思敏和其他班级的拼字比赛获胜者一起面见了洛佩兹校长。 她之前完全没有想到自己要和高年级的学生比拼拼字。