美国校园情景会话 10_情景口语

10.spelling 拼写

a: you know, ralph, since i started speaking english all the time my pronunciation's getting better and even the grammar's beginning to make some sense. but i don't think i'll ever be able to spell.
b: you're not alone there. i have trouble with spelling too. when i was in grade school, i learned which words were the most frequently misspelled, but i never did learn how to spell them.
a: since it's so difficult, why is it so important to learn how to spell properly?
b: because if you spell satisfactorily, you're considered educated. if you don't, you're not.

notes
make sense - to become understandable
grade school (美国的)小学

a：拉尔夫，你知道，自从我开始所有时间都讲以来，我的发音有了进步，而且语法也开始理顺了。不过我不认为我能把字拼出来。
b：不是你一个人如此。我在拼音方面也有困难。当我上小学的时候，我知道哪些词是经常拼错的，但我没有学会如何拼这些词。
a：既然这么难，为什么学会准确拼音又如此重要呢？
b：因为如果你能准确无误地拼音，人家就会把你看作受到教育的人。否则，在别人眼里你是个缺乏的人。