Sunday was supposed to be the first day in a wild week of contests, culminating in a stirring awards ceremony at the 2020 Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship.

周日本來應該是為期一周的瘋狂競賽的第一天,，2020年微軟Office專家世界錦標賽將在激動人心的頒獎典禮上達到高潮,。

But the pandemic has put this year's competition on hold.

但是，新冠疫情使得今年的比賽暫停了,。

Every year, people aged 13 to 22 show off their wizardry with Excel, PowerPoint, Word and the rest of the Microsoft Office suite. 

每年,，13歲到22歲的年輕人都會用Excel、PowerPoint,、Word和其他微軟辦公軟件來展示他們的才能,。

Last year, Ashlyn Dumaw, a rising senior at Green Hope High School in North Carolina, took bronze in the PowerPoint contest.

去年，北卡羅來納州格林霍普高中正在升學的高三學生阿什琳·杜瑪在ppt競賽中獲得了銅獎,。

"A lot of people think that it's kind of just making a PowerPoint or some Word document about whatever you want, and then submitting it for judging, and I have actually gotten quite a few questions about it from like fellow classmates," Dumaw told NPR. 

杜馬對美國國家公共電臺說:“很多人認為,，做一個ppt或一些你想做的文檔，然后提交評審就可以了,。實際上,，我也收到了很多同學的問題,。

"But I don't think people realize, like, the complexity that goes into it and the different parts that you have to complete for the actual competition."

“但我認為人們沒有意識到,，比如，這其中的復雜性,，以及在實際競爭中必須完成的不同部分,。”

The world championship caps a long process, which in past years has involved more than a million students globally. 

世界杯是一個漫長的過程,，在過去幾年里,，全球有100多萬名學生參加了這個過程。

In order to qualify for the world championship, a competitor must first pass through the state and national level competitions, and fewer than 200 people end up at the world championships.

為了有資格參加世界錦標賽,，選手必須首先通過州一級和國家級的比賽,，而最終參加世界錦標賽的人數(shù)不超過200人,。

"I guess my favorite part of the competition itself, it would just be seeing just all the people from so many different countries there," said Seth Maddox, who took gold in the PowerPoint contest last year. 

去年獲得ppt大賽金獎的塞思·馬多克斯說:“我想我最喜歡的部分就是能看到來自不同國家的人們齊聚一堂?！?/p>

Maddox is currently studying computer engineering at Auburn University.

馬多克斯目前在奧本大學學習計算機工程,。

Maddox and Dumaw shared last year's stage with students from Greece, Macau, Romania and Taiwan. 

去年，馬多克斯和杜馬與來自希臘,、中國澳門,、羅馬尼亞和中國臺灣的學生同臺競技。

While Maddox said he is probably done competing, Dumaw is hopeful that she might have the opportunity to go for gold next year.

雖然馬多克斯說他可能不會參加比賽,，但杜馬希望她明年有機會去爭取金牌,。

"This was my junior year of high school and so I had a lot of difficult classes that I needed to concentrate on for college applications," Dumaw said. 

杜馬說:“那是我上高三的時候，所以我有很多困難的課程,，我需要集中精力準備大學申請,。”

"So I decided to take a step back this year, but I was potentially planning on doing it next year, depending on what my course load looks like then. So I guess we'll have to see for next year."

“所以我當時決定今年退一步,，但我可能明年還得再退一步,，這要取決于我當時的課程負擔。所以我想我們得看明年的情況了,?！?/p>

If all goes well, there will be another round of medalists in 2021 — when the 2021 Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship moves to Orlando.

如果一切順利，2021年將會有另一輪的獎牌爭奪賽——2021年的微軟Office專家世界錦標賽將移師奧蘭多,。

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