南迪帕蒂獲美國拼寫大賽第一名

Snigdha Nandipati has won the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee.

The 14-year-old eighth grader from San Diego, California, who finished second in last year's bee, won the 85th edition of the classic event by correctly spelling the French word that means ambush. Nandipat took home the $30,000 winner's purse, plus a $2,500 U.S. savings bond, a $5,000 scholarship and other awards.

Her grandparents traveled from India to attend the event, which was held at a resort outside Washington.在美國2012年全國拼寫大賽總決賽中，南迪帕蒂獲得第一名。

14歲的南迪帕蒂是中學八年級學生，來自加利福尼亞州的聖迭戈，她正確拼出法語單詞“guetapens”“埋伏”。南迪帕蒂拿回家的獎品包括三萬美元的獎金，2500美元儲蓄債券、5000美元獎學金以及其他獎品。

南迪帕蒂的祖父母專程從印度趕來觀看孫女比賽。這次比賽是在首都華盛頓郊外的一個度假勝地舉行。