This Mar, the 90th annual National Spelling Bee will feature its youngest contestant in history, 5|year|old Edith Fuller of Oklahoma.
这个3月，第90届国家级拼写小蜜蜂比赛迎来了史上最年轻的冠军——来自俄克拉荷马州年仅5岁的参赛者艾迪思·福勒。
Edith qualified for the national competition when she won her regional competition on Saturday, beating more than 50 other elementary and middle school students.She correctly spelled 37 words, including “perestroika,” “nisei,” and her final winning word, “jnana.”Edith’s mom, Annie Fuller, told Tulsa World she only learned of her daughter’s spelling skills last summer, when she correctly spelled “restaurant” despite having never been taught how.
周六她在区域级比赛中胜出，打败了其他50名来自小学和初中的学生晋级到全国赛。她正确拼写出了37个单词，包含“perestroika”“nisei”，她的最后取胜词为“jnana”。安妮·福勒——艾迪斯的妈妈告诉《塔赛尔世界报》，直到去年夏季，在没事先教授的状况下，女儿可以正确拼写“饭店”，她才发现女儿在拼词方面的天分。
“We knew there was something special there,” Fuller said. After that, Edith and her mom began practicing for the bee, looking up words she misspelled along the way to learn their spellings and meanings.“Learning the words was so educational. She was able to learn about different countries and cultures and different kinds of food,” Fuller said.
“大家就感觉她有点独一无二”福勒女性如是说。从那次将来，艾迪斯和她的妈妈就有意识为参加小蜜蜂拼词比赛做筹备。复习她拼错词的同时还另外学习这类词的拼写和意思。福勒说，“学习单词非常有教育意义，她通过这类学习到不一样的国家、文化与食物”
Despite her daughter’s spelling genius, Fuller said she was simply impressed that Edith was able to stick out the four|hour competition.“She likes to move around,” Fuller said. “I’m surprised she satstill for so long.”“It’s fun to share her with everyone. I knew she’d be a novelty, so I’m proud she held her own,” Fuller said.
除去在女儿拼词方面的才能，她对于女儿可以坚持完成4小时的比赛也印象深刻。“由于她生性好动，所以我对于她可以坐这么长的时间感到不可思议。可以把女儿这方面的才能展示给大伙让我非常高兴，我就了解她十分出色，同时我也为她可以达成自我而骄傲”
And the 5|year|old champion is feeling pretty great about the upcoming competition, too.[/en][cn]同时这个5岁的小冠军对于即将来临的比赛也自信满满。
（编辑：何莹莹）
