Question

しふぉん

何回読んでもよく分からないので本文を和訳していただきたいです…。

Q.2 This spelling system とは具体的にどのようなことですか。
Mike: I don't know. Let's ask Mr. Smith.
elgm
(Emi is studying for an English vocabulary test.)
Emi: Late, date, but wait. Peach, teach, but speech. This
spelling system is crazy!
1
英語のつづりが覚えにくいのはなぜなのでしょうか。
Vocabulary
voukdébjplen
peach[pit|)
crazy (krétva)
struggle (stin
Mike: I know. We Americans struggle with it, too. We even
have a joke about it. What do you think this is?
5
ghoti
gee [dzi:]
Emi: G..h o t i Gee, I have no idea.
Mike: It's fish.
Emi: No kidding! How so?
Mike: The g-h in enough is f, the o in women is i, and
the t-i in nation is sh. So g-h-o-t-i can spell fish.
Emi: Amazing! Your spelling system is very confusing!
10
nation [néijan)
Mike: It is. In fact, it is so confusing that there are
confusing
[kantjú:zig)
many Americans who cant read English well. But
nothing effective has been done about the current
SG
system.
effective@
[iféktiv]
15
Emi: Why not?
current@
[ká:rant
4 struggle with ~ ~に四苦八苦する
6gee (驚きなどを表して)
もくわからない