刚看了部新上映的美国影片“Akeelah and the Bee”,碰巧又看到了这篇题为“Spelling bee”的资讯。Bee在这里可不是“蜜蜂”,而是……打个哑谜吧,看了下面相关的资讯报道,我们再详解。
A 13-year-old New Jersey girl making her fifth straight appearance at the Scripps National Spelling Bee rattled off "ursprache" to claim the title of America's best speller on prime-time television Thursday night.
报道说,周四晚,一名13岁的新泽西州小姑娘摘取了本年度“斯克里普斯全美拼字比赛”桂冠。Bee在这里指的是美国一种很特别的“拼字比赛”——9至14岁的学龄儿童依次大声拼出难度越来越大、有时甚为滑稽可笑的英语词汇。拿资讯中的小姑娘来说,她因成功拼出了“ursprache”
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