Scene一A grade one classroom on a warm summer afternoon.

场景:夏天一个炎热的下午，一年级的教室里。

Teacher: We are going to have a spelling competition this afternoon. Anyone who can spell a word correctly can go home early. We’11 start with Mary. What did you do at lunchtime?

老师问:“今天下午我们来进行一场拼词比赛。谁能准确无误地拼出一个单词就可以早回家了。我们先从玛莉开始，你午饭时间去干什么了?”

Mary: I played in the sandpit.

玛莉回答:“我在沙坑里玩。”

Teacher: Mary, can you spell "pit¹?"

老师说:“玛莉你可以拼写‘沙坑’这个词吗?”

Mary: P …I … T?

玛莉: "P. . . I. . . T?"

Teacher: Very good，you may go. Now Tommy , what did you do at lunch?

老师:“非常好，你可以走了。现在轮到汤米了，你午饭时间都干什么了?”

Tommy: I was playing with my toy car.

汤米:“我在玩我的玩具车。”

Teacher: Tommy，can you spell "car"?

老师:“那你会拼‘车’这个词吗?”

Tommy: C…A …R

汤米:"C. . . A. . . R"

Teacher: Very good，you may go. Now Johnny, why are you crying?

老师:“非常好，你也可以走了。下一个，约翰尼，你为什么哭呀?”

Johnny(sniff): Because Tommy and Mary wouldn’t play with me at lunchtime， just because I'm black.

约翰尼(抽泣):“汤米和玛莉都不和我玩，就因为我是个黑人。”

Teacher: My God. That's racial prejudice. Johnny，can you spell "racial prejudice?"

老师:“上帝呀，这简直就是种族歧视，好了约翰尼，你能把‘种族歧视’拼出来吗?”