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

如果大声说出来，它们听起来都一样，是字游戏者的噩梦。

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——并不奇怪，因为拉丁语是我们技术语言和高级用语的来源。

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，很快就忘记客人的话。

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的事，我碰到西雅图最棒的写家。

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

斯佩勒的一些家庭成员认为她信任政府发布的新冠肺炎些信息是很疯狂的。

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，他就挺进字比赛的决赛。

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）里的" Y" ，" balloon" （气球）里的" A" ，" freedom" （自由）里的" O" ，它们的读音念出来都一样，对写者来说是噩梦。

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的人。

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

写者可以询问单词的词性、定义、不同的发音和词源。

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的魔方解算者但却是一个糟糕的写者怎么办？

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.

我真是个糟糕的足球选手和写者。

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的写者。

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，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” 个词周围画一个圈，然后再在“speller” 个词周围画一个圈， 在你的脑海中。

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?

是的，信不信由你，我们曾是字比赛的专家，现在却面面相觑，心想：我们在儿干什么呢？

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

许多优秀的演讲者被认为是个词的一个可怕的写者。