They all sound the same when spoken out loud, a speller's nightmare.

如果大声说出，它们听起都一样，这简直是字游戏者噩梦。

Jacques was a competitive speller and in 1980, he found himself in the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Jacques曾经作为选手参赛1980年他成功闯入斯克利普斯全美字大赛决赛。

Another study says Latinate words trip up spellers most often – not surprising, since Latin is the source for much of our technical language and elevated diction.

另一项研究表明，拉丁语单词最容易让写者犯错误——这并不奇怪，因为拉丁语是我们技术语言和高级用语。

Then he took out his speller and copy book, and the words of their visitor were soon forgotten.

然后他拿出字课本和抄写本，很快就忘人话。

And I'm going home right now to tell him that today, I met the best speller in Seattle.

我要马上回家和他讲今天事，我碰到西雅图最棒写家。

Some of Speller's family members think she is crazy for trusting the government for information about COVID-19.

斯佩勒一些家庭成员认为她信任政府发布新冠肺炎些信息是很疯狂。

Jacques was a competitive speller and in 1980, he found himself in the finals of the Scripts National Spelling Bee.

Jacques是个字好手，1980年，他就挺进全国字比赛决赛。

The Y in syringe, the A in balloon, the O in freedom, they all sound the same spoken out loud, a speller's nightmare.

" syringe" （注射器）里" Y" ，" balloon" （气球）里" A" ，" freedom" （自由）里" O" ，它们读音念出都一样，对写者说简直是噩梦。

Speller is not the only one who may be having disagreements with her family.

斯佩勒并不是唯一一个可能和家人有分歧人。

Spellers can ask what part of speech the word is, and about its definition, alternate pronunciations, and language of origin.

写者可以询问单词词性、定义、不同发音和词。

It's okay if you are not a good speller.

如果你写不好也没关系。

Each speller stands when it is his or her turn.

每个写者在轮到他或她时站立。

What if I'm the world's greatest Rubik's cube solver but a terrible speller?

如果我是世界上最伟大魔方解算者但却是一个糟糕写者怎么办？

So you're a very good speller, right?

所以你写很厉害，对吧？

I'm such a bad football player and speller.

我真是个糟糕足球选手和写者。

You can find out whether you're a good speller or not.

你可以知道自己是不是一个好写者。

I do, I mean, I consider myself a pretty good speller, but honestly, sometimes I write it and then I think, is that right?

我确实会，我是说，我自认为写还不错，但老实说，有时候写完后我会想，这样写对吗？

If you can draw a circle around the word spell, and then speller, and draw a circle around the word speller in your mind.

如果你能在“spell” 这个词周围画一个圈，然后再在“speller” 这个词周围画一个圈， 在你脑海中。

Yeah, believe it or not, we've been the expert spellers, and we're both looking at each other like, what are we doing up here?

是，信不信由你，我们曾是字比赛专家，现在却面面相觑，心想：我们在这儿干什么呢？

Many good speakers are found being a horrible speller of the word.

许多优秀演讲者被认为是这个词一个可怕写者。