夏天是充满活力的季节，

是万物肆意生长的季节！

在苏城外国语学校的校园里，

亦呈现夏日最佳的模样！

 活动、竞赛、荣誉，

苏城外的校园如夏日般百花齐放。

Summer is the time when everything is full of vitality. In this summertime, Soochow Foreign Language School is full of activities, competitions and honours.

为营造英语学习氛围，提高学生学习英语的积极性，近日，为期一周的苏城外国语学校中学部Spelling Bee大赛在学校中学部艺术楼报告厅圆满落幕。本次比赛密切联系学生的课堂学习以及生活实际，搭建学生的展示平台，展示学生英语拼读能力，为学生提供发展空间。

In order to create an English learning atmosphere, and to motivate students’ English learning enthusiasm, the Spelling Bee final competition was held in the Auditorium of SCFLS Secondary School. This competition was designed to have a close connection with students’ in-class learning and real life, thus building a platform for students to showcase their talents, demonstrating their English spelling ability, and providing them with development space.

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苏城外中学部Spelling Bee大赛

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本次大赛分为两个阶段：

初赛以班为单位，全员参加，随堂进行。胜出者将进入下个赛段的比赛。笔试的题目从各教研组提供的单词表中抽取形成，考察单词基本由EAP单词及英语课词组构成，单词从简单到复杂。

There were two phases for this competition. The preliminary competition was carried out with the form of in-class quiz in each classroom. The winners would enter the next phase. The written test was based on the vocabulary bank provided by each subject group, mainly consisting of the EAP and ESL vocabulary from the basic level to the advanced level.

决赛选手由初赛晋级的50名学生组成。学生根据电子屏分组形成10组，每组5人。

There were 50 students entering the final round. They were randomly grouped into 10 different groups.

▲ 台上激烈的比拼，台下小伙伴热烈助威

10个小组同时在15分钟内完成Bingo!游戏。测试纸上包括首字母提示，释义填词等。最终分数以准确率和时间决定，取前6组为第一轮晋级选手。

The 10 groups need to finish the Bingo Game within 15 minutes. The test has different types. The final score is determined by accuracy and time, and the top 6 groups would enter the next round. 

现场气氛紧张，竞争激烈。比赛进行不到3分钟的时候就有一组选手答完题目。接着陆续又有几组答完题目。此时，剩下还没有交卷的学生显得愈发焦虑和紧张。

The competition was quite intense. Within 3 minutes, one group had finished their test. With the next few groups finishing their tests, the rest of the groups became a bit nervous and anxious.

30人随机分成6个小组，每组同学给到一个橡胶球，各组在得到裁判的话题纸后，本轮开始。拿到球的同学必须在5秒内说出一个和该话题相关的词汇，并且口头拼写出来，由裁判判定是否合格。如合格，则将球顺时针传到下一个同学手中。不合格的同学则离开，根据离场顺序，参与选手分别获得1、2、4、6、8分。

The 30 students are randomly divided into 6 groups. Once the competition starts, they have to say a word related to their given topics within 5 seconds. The judges would decide whether they could pass. Those who fail have to temporarily leave the stage. According to the order in which the participants leave the stage, they would receive 1,2,4,6 and 8 points respectively. 

本轮游戏异常精彩，充分显示了学生惊人的英语词汇量。关于Jobs、Transportation、Buildings、Outdoor sports、Countries、Animals等有关的词汇，学生能做到脱口而出，信手拈来。

This round was exceptionally exciting, fully reflecting our students’ English vocabulary. Students could immediately say the vocabulary related to Jobs, Transportation, Buildings, Outdoor Sports, Countries, Animals, etc. without thinking.

30人分为15个小组，两组两组来进行猜词游戏，组员甲从裁判处得到词后，用肢体动作的形式表达词义（不能发出声音，不能直接用肢体动作等方式直接比划字母），组员乙喊出猜的词汇，如正确则得分，不正确可以继续作答，直到时间用尽（90秒）。分数如下：30秒内猜中两位组员均得3分，60秒内2分，90秒内1分。

The 30 students are divided into 15 groups to play this game. Student A has to act out the vocabulary without making any sound or giving direct implications to his/her partner, and Student B has to guess the word. The total time limit is 90 seconds. Different scores will be given based on how much time the students spent in guessing the words.

或许是出于紧张，有些学生在这一轮显得有些手足无措。当然也不乏动作描述十分形象准确的学生。

Some of the students seemed to be in the middle of nowhere in this round due to their nervousness. Of course, we also had some students very good at this round.

第二轮两场比赛的分数汇总后，取排名前12的选手晋级（分数相同的可以共同参赛），根据大屏幕上，依次出现的，对于同一个单词的三个提示进行抢答（举旗），每条提示停留6秒钟，如无人作答则进入下一条提示。作答不仅需要喊出正确的发音，同样需要拼写正确才能得分。每个单词最后一条提示显示时间是20秒。根据第一，二，三条提示正确作答的选手分别可以得到5，3，2分。20个单词之后，进行第二轮和第三轮的分数汇总，取分数前三名同学为冠军，亚军和季军。

The top 12 students will enter the final round based on their total scores of the first two rounds. There will be 20 words in this round. For each word, there will be 3 prompts shown on the screen.

或许是因为最后一轮积分赛，学生在这轮里表现得都非常兴奋。屏幕上的英文提示还没完全显示出来，就有很多学生冲到话筒前说出了相应的英文单词。此时，观众席上也响起了一阵又一阵热烈的掌声。

Students were highly motivated in this round. Many students had already reported the words even when the prompts were still incomplete, earning great applause.

▲苏城外总校长陈杰先生、常务副校长吴安平先生、副校长李方华先生为获奖学生颁奖

集思广益的团队作战，高度集中的大脑运转，有限时间内作答的紧迫感，高手云集的紧张氛围，让每位苏城外中学部学子都尽最大的努力，诠释着什么叫做“潜能无限”，这就是苏城外人精神！

Our secondary school students all tried their best both in team work and individual work. The philosophy of “unlimited potential” is fully embodied in this competition, and this is the spirit of SCFLS. 

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