Name: SILENT LETTERS with RULES | 英語口語，發音，和詞彙，美國英語。 (SILENT LETTERS with RULES | English Speaking, Pronunciation, & Vocabulary, American English)
Uploaded: 2020-09-15T19:10:44.000Z
Duration: 14 min 5 s

I'm the B in DEBT.  I'm busy being silent.

Today we're going over silent letters in English and some of the rules for them, and the many exceptions

今天我們就來介紹一下英語中的默寫字母，以及它們的一些規則，還有很多例外的情況。

Stick with us, you're going to learn a lot about correct English pronunciation.

跟著我們，你會學到很多正確的英語發音。

And it's tricky, because it looks like it should be a syllable, but it's not.

這很棘手，因為它看起來應該是一個音節，但它不是。

Typically. Logically. Typically. Radically.

通常情況下。邏輯上。典型地。徹底地。

Every time you see –ally at the end of a word, is the A silent?  No, sorry, that would be too simple.

每次看到單詞末尾的-ally，A是沉默的嗎？  不，對不起，那就太簡單了。

Vocally, is not vok-li. It is three syllables.

從聲音上看，不是伏裡。是三個音節。

So how to do you know by looking?  Well, you don't.

那怎麼通過看就知道呢？  嗯，你不知道。

This is what truly makes American English hard.

But many other words with –ally at the ending have a silent A.

但其他很多結尾有-ally的詞都有默寫A。

Now there are some clearer rules here, thankfully.

現在這裡有了一些比較明確的規則，感謝。

If I did pronounce the B, it would sound like this:  climb.

如果我真的念B，聽起來會是這樣的：爬。

Oh great!  Every time you see M followed  by B, the B in silent.

哦，太好了！  每次你看到M後面跟著B，B就沉默了。

As you get into longer words, you'll have to be a little more aware.

當你接觸到較長的文字時，你就得多加註意了。

The M is at the end of the first syllable, and the B is at the beginning of the second syllable.

M在第一個音節的末尾，B在第二個音節的開頭。

Amber.  Amber.  Say that with me.  Amber.

琥珀  琥珀。  跟我一起說  琥珀。

Amber is like a stone, but I don't think it actually is a stone, it's used a lot in jewelry.

琥珀就像一塊石頭，但我覺得它其實並不是石頭，它在珠寶上用得很多。

這也是一個詞來形容這個顏色。

Ambassador.  Akimbo.  Arms akimbo is when your arms are like this, bent. Akimbo.

大使。  Akimbo.  手臂彎曲是指你的手臂像這樣，彎曲。Akimbo.

These are all examples of B NOT silent after M because it's in a different syllable.

這些都是B在M後面不發聲的例子，因為它在不同的音節裡。

There's another case where the B is silent, when it comes before a T.

還有一種情況，當B在T前出現時，B是沉默的。

Is a B before T always silent?  No.  In longer words, you'll find lots of exceptions.

T前的B總是沉默的嗎？  不，在較長的單詞中，你會發現有很多例外。

For example a compound word, where the first word ends in B and the next word begins with T, like 'bobtail'.

例如一個複合詞，第一個詞以B結尾，下一個詞以T開頭，比如'bobtail'。

Bob, bob, bobtail.  It's not ba-tail, bobtail.  We do say that B.

鮑勃，鮑勃，鮑勃尾巴。  不是ba-tail，bobtail。  我們是說B。

Also with prefixes that end in B, like O-B and S-U-B.

也有以B結尾的前綴，如O-B和S-U-B。

B is not silent.  Subtotal.  B is not silent.

B不是沉默。  小計。  B不沉默。

The Letter C.  It's silent in the state name Connecticut.  This middle C is silent, we don't say it at all.

字母C，在康涅狄格州這個州名裡是沒有聲音的。  這個中間的C是沉默的，我們根本不說。

Connecticut.  It can be silent after S, like in 'muscle', 'scissors', 'scent, ' 'fascinating', or 'scene'.

康涅狄格州。  它可以在S後沉默，如 "肌肉"、"剪刀"、"氣味"、"迷人 "或 "場景"。

But it's not always silent like in 'scatter' or 'script'.

但它並不像 "散佈 "或 "腳本 "那樣總是沉默。

And sometimes it goes in a different direction and becomes an SH after S, like in 'conscience' or 'luscious'.

而有時會換個方向，在S後面變成SH，比如 "良心 "或 "luscious"。

You know, let's stop and think about this for a second.

你知道，讓我們停下來想一想這個問題。

Every “rule” we've studied, there's an exception.   So why study the rule?

我們研究過的每一個 "規則"，都有一個例外。   那為什麼要研究規則呢？

What we're doing here is going over fairly common words with a silent letter.

我們在這裡做的是用一個沉默的字母來複習相當常見的單詞。

American English pronunciation is not  generally rule-oriented,

美式英語的發音一般不講究規則。

so you do have to learn the pronunciation  of words individually.

所以你確實要單獨學習單詞的發音。

But it is useful to be exposed to these general rules and these common words that have a silent letter.

但接觸到這些一般規則和這些常見的默字詞，還是很有用的。

I had a student once who lived in the US and he worked at a seafood restaurant.

我曾經有一個住在美國的學生，他在一家海鮮店工作。

And he didn't know that L in 'salmon' w as silent.

他不知道 "三文魚 "中的 "L "是無聲的。

How would he if he had never learned that or been taught that before?

如果他從來沒有學過，或者以前就被教過，他怎麼會這樣？

So what we're doing here is exposing you  to these silent letters,

所以我們在這裡做的就是讓你接觸到這些無聲的信件。

and also making sure you're aware that these rules are not absolute rules that can be applied in every situation.

同時也要確保你意識到這些規則不是絕對的規則，不能適用於任何情況。

好吧，讓我們來看看D，我們有周三。

There's no rule here about why this D is  silent, it just is in this word.

這裡沒有規定為什麼這個D是沉默的，只是在這個詞裡有。

In the word 'sandwich', if you looked that up in the dictionary, you WOULD see the D sound.

在 "三明治 "這個詞裡，如果你在字典裡查到這個詞，你會發現D音。

But it's actually never pronounced that way.  So Wednesday, Handsome:  the dictionary says no D.

但其實從來沒有這樣的發音。  所以週三，帥哥：字典上說沒有D。

But 'Sandwich', the dictionary does say D but it hasn't caught up with the actual habits of how we speak.

但是'三明治'，字典上確實是說D，但是還沒有趕上我們說話的實際習慣。

It's not uncommon to drop the D after N. so that's what's happening in Sandwich.

在N後掉D的情況並不少見，所以桑梓的情況就是這樣。

Also, words with the silent D,  grandma and grandpa.

另外，帶默寫D的字，奶奶和爺爺。

Now, with Sandwich, I talked about habit.

現在，對於三明治，我談到了習慣。

In the dictionary, it says there is a D sound but that's not our habit anymore.

在字典裡，說是有D音，但這已經不是我們的習慣了。

The thing about the D between two consonants is it's really common in our habit to drop that D.

關於兩個輔音之間的D，在我們的習慣中，丟掉這個D真的很常見。

To make it silent, even if that's not what  the dictionary says.

要讓它無聲無息，即使這不是字典上說的。

This happens in words like sandpaper, soundproof, landmark, windmill.

這種情況發生在砂紙、隔音、地標、風車等詞語中。

We drop the D because it's between 2 other consonants.

我們去掉D是因為它在兩個輔音之間。

I've seen other teachers say the D is silent in a word like 'edge', 'bridge' or 'knowledge'.

我見過其他老師說D在 "緣"、"橋"、"識 "等詞中是沉默的。

Here's the thing.  In the word 'edge' the consonant sound is the J sound which is written in IPA like this:

事情是這樣的。  在 "緣 "字中，輔音是J音，在IPA中是這樣寫的。

D, dd, plus ZH, zh, zh. So the J sound  actually has a D in it.

D、dd，加上ZH、zh、zh。所以J音中其實有D。

So I don't think I would say the D is silent in these words.  The D is part of the J sound.

所以我覺得我不會說這些詞中的D是無聲的。  D是J音的一部分。

I'm going to go over a rule for this one, the ending E.

There's no vowel sound at the end of that word.

This is a great time to talk about our  sponsor for this video, Audible.

現在是一個很好的時間來談談我們這個視頻的贊助商，Audible。

There are thousands of audiobooks recorded by native speakers speaking every word you hear.

這裡有成千上萬的有聲讀物，由母語人士錄製，說出你聽到的每一個字。

So they're going to be correctly  pronounced, silent letters and all.

所以他們的發音要正確，無聲字母什麼的。

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