for them and yes! We even found a word where the R is silent

對他們來說，是的！我們甚至找到了一個R是無聲的單詞。我們甚至找到了一個R是無聲的單詞。

stick with me you're going to learn a lot about correct English pronunciation

跟著我，你會學到很多正確的英語發音。

We're starting with I. Why? Because this is the second video in a two-part series

我們從 "一 "開始，為什麼？因為這是兩部分系列中的第二段視頻。

if you didn't know that you must have missed last week's video get it here or

如果你不知道，你一定錯過了上週的視頻，在這裡得到它或

in the video description below. Okay the letter I. I can only think of one

在下面的視頻描述中。好吧，字母I，我只能想到一個。

word where it's silent but it's a very common word and I've definitely heard

詞的地方，它是沉默的，但它是一個非常常見的詞，我肯定聽到了

lots of non-native speakers mispronounce this word. It's business. No extra sound

很多非本地人都會念錯這個詞。這是生意。沒有額外的聲音

between Z and N. Business. Just two syllables. Business. The letter J. I can't

在Z和N之間，生意。只有兩個音節。生意。字母J，我不能

think of any examples where the letter J is silent. Well done Jay you're always

想一想有什麼例子能讓字母J保持沉默。幹得好，傑伊，你總是

pronounced! K. I definitely think you already know the rule. K before N is

宣告！K，我想你肯定已經知道這個規則了。N前的K是

silent. Nice, knit, knock, knee, know. This rule doesn't apply if there's a syllable

無聲無息。好、糹、敲、跪、知。如果有一個音節，這條規則就不適用。

break in a compound word for example break neck. Have you heard this term it's

斷在一個複合詞中，例如斷脖子。你聽說過這個詞嗎？

used with speed and it means extremely fast. The horse ran at a breakneck speed.

用的是速度，而且是極快的意思。馬兒以極快的速度奔跑著。

it's not brain Eck. It's not silent. Breakneck. L. We have quite a few examples

這不是大腦埃克。它不是沉默的。突破性的。L. 我們有不少例子

of a silent L. Should, would, could. No L sound there. Walk, talk, stock, yoke,

沉默的L，應該，會，可以。那裡沒有L的聲音。走路，說話，股票，枷鎖。

half, calf and like we said in last week's video, salmon. So what's the rule here? No

半，小牛，就像我們在上週的視頻中說的，三文魚。那麼這裡的規則是什麼？規矩是什麼？

there isn't really one. Just know these words. I've heard the rule L is silent

其實並沒有一個。只要知道這幾個字。我聽說過L是無聲的規則。

after A, O or U but there are just too many exceptions to that rule for it to

在A、O或U之後，但有太多的例外情況，使其不能成為

make sense. Bolt, bald, salt, cold, solve, pulp, bulb, rule for example. M. This letter

有意義。栓、禿、鹽、冷、解、漿、球、規為例。M.這個字母

is silent only at the beginning of a word that begins with M N and these

只有在以M N開頭的詞的開頭才是無聲的，而這些

words are very uncommon. The most common is mnemonic. Mnemonic. Notice I'm starting

詞是很不常見的。最常見的是記憶術。記憶法。注意，我開始

that with an N sound not M. M is silent. Mnemonic mnemonic. This

那用N音不M，M是無聲的。萌萌噠。此

means something used to help you remember something. You'll hear it in the

意思是用來幫助你記住一些東西。你會聽到它在

phrase mnemonic device. For example when I was a kid taking piano lessons I used

詞組的記憶裝置。比如我小時候上鋼琴課的時候，我就會用

the phrase 'every good boy does fine' to learn the notes on the staff. E G B D F. A

'每一個好孩子都做得很好'這句話來學習員工的注意事項。E G B D F. A

mnemonic device. N. This letter is silent after M at the end of a word like

記憶裝置。N.這個字母在M後面是無聲的，在一個單詞的結尾，如

damn, him, column, autumn, solemn. But it's not always silent after M in other

該死的,他,柱子,秋天,莊嚴。但是，在其他的M後並不總是默默無聞。

places in a word like in the word alumni or chimney where it is pronounced. The

詞中的地方，比如在校友或煙囪這個詞中，它的發音。詞中的

letter O. It's silent in sophomore. Now here we have three O's there and only

字母O，在高二的時候是沒有的。現在我們這裡有三個O，而只有

one is silent it's the middle one. this is just a two syllable word. Sophomore.

一個是無聲的它是中間的一個.這只是一個兩個音節的詞。二年級的。

the middle O is silent. Sophomore. I can't think of any more words with a silent O.

中間的O是沉默的。大二的。我想不出還有什麼詞是帶靜音O的。

The letter P can be silent when it's followed by S at the beginning of the

當字母P的開頭跟著S時，可以不說話。

word. Like in the words Psalm, pseudo, and psychic. It's also silent in PN at the

字。像詩篇、偽、通靈這幾個詞中。在PN中也是默默無聞的，在。

beginning of a word like pneumonia. It's also silent in the common word receipt

肺炎等詞的開頭。在常見的收字中也是沒有的。

and in raspberry, coup and corp. The letter Q. Another letter that's never silent.

而在樹莓、政變和公司。字母Q，又是一個從不沉默的字母。

well done Q! Way to stick up for yourself. The letter R. I've heard people say this

幹得好Q！為自己辯護的方式。我聽人說過這個字母R

is never silent in American English. And maybe I've even said that before myself

在美式英語中從來都是沉默的。也許我以前也說過這句話

but I did find a word. The R is silent probably because we use the British

但我確實找到了一個詞。R是無聲的，可能是因為我們用的是英式的

pronunciation it's Worcester. It's the name of a town in Massachusetts. It's

發音是伍斯特。這是馬薩諸塞州一個小鎮的名字。它的

also in the name of an amazing tasty sauce. Worcestershire sauce. And it has a

也是以一種神奇的美味醬料的名義。伍斯特郡醬。而且它有一個

silent R. Worcester. The letter S you've probably noticed this is silent in the

沉默的R.伍斯特。S這個字母你可能已經注意到了，這是在沉默。

word island, Isle, and also debris. Hey guys, popping in here to take a minute to

字島，島，也碎片。嘿，夥計們，在這裡彈出一分鐘，以

tell you about Cambly. Do you know about this? It's a website and an app that can

告訴你關於Cambly。你知道這個嗎？這是一個網站和一個應用程序，可以。

connect you to English teachers and they're offering a deal for you fans of

把你和英語老師聯繫起來，他們正在為你們這些粉絲提供一個交易。

Rachel's English 15 minutes free one on one with a

瑞秋英語15分鐘免費一對一外教課

teacher also 10% off any lessons you may choose to purchase. As you know I believe

老師也可以選擇購買任何課程的10%的折扣。如你所知，我相信

my Academy is the best place to work on pronunciation. But a lot of my students

我的學院是練習發音最好的地方。但我的很多學生

want specific test prep help and that's something I don't currently offer. With

想要具體的備考幫助，這是我目前沒有提供的。隨著

Cambly you can search for teachers who specialize in TOEFL or IELTS test prep.

Cambly你可以搜索到專門從事託福或雅思考試準備的老師。

You can see a list of teachers who are available right that minute to study

你可以看到一個老師的名單，誰可以在那一刻學習。

with. Simply click call. It will take you to their virtual classroom where you can

與。只需點擊呼叫。它將帶你到他們的虛擬課堂，在那裡你可以得到

meet one-on-one just like I did earlier this week with Dan. If you want to

就像我這周早些時候和丹見面一樣，一對一的見面。如果你想

schedule a teacher you can do that too. You can read about the teachers and see

安排老師你也可以這樣做。您可以閱讀老師的資訊，並查看

their rating. You can even send them a note via chat. What a convenient way to

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學習。你有時間你打開Cambly，找人開始工作。

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立即。使用代碼rachel-english獲得15分鐘的免費時間，或者使用

rachel-english10 to get 10% off any lessons you may choose to take. Thanks

rachel-english10可以獲得任何課程的9折優惠。謝謝你

Cambly for sponsoring this video and supporting the Rachel's English

Cambly贊助這個視頻，並支持Rachel's English。

community. Let's get back to those silent letters. The letter T now here we get

社區。讓我們回到那些沉默的字母。字母T現在在這裡我們得到

into some words that do not have a T sound and then some words that in the

成一些不發T音的單詞，然後一些單詞在

dictionary do have a T sound but the habit of Americans is to pronounce them

詞典裡確實有T音，但美國人的習慣是發T音。

without a T sound. We'll go over the words with officially no T sound

不帶T音的。下面我們就來介紹一下正式不發T音的單詞吧

according to the dictionary first. With these words the T is silent. Words that

根據字典先說。有了這些詞，T是沉默的。詞語

end in sten, ften or stle, sten. Fasten, listen, moisten.

以sten、ften或stle、sten結束。禁食、聽話，最。

Glisten. No T. There is an exception and it's the word 'tungsten.' There we do say

熠熠生輝。沒有T，有一個例外，那就是 "鎢 "這個字。那裡我們確實說

the T tungsten. Tttt tungsten. It's one of the elements on the periodic table of

鎢的T。Tttt鎢。它是元素週期表中的一種元素

elements. Thistle, whistle, wrestle, bustle, castle. No T. Often and soften. Though I

元素。哨子、哨子、摔跤、熱鬧、城堡。不T，經常和軟化。雖然我

should say saying the T and often is now accepted it's been done so many times

屢教不改

you'll see both of those pronunciations in the dictionary. Often or often. The T

你會在字典裡看到這兩種發音。經常或常常。的T

is also silent in mortgage and at the end of some words rapport, ricochet

在抵押中也是沉默的，在一些詞的結尾處也是沉默的，如：和睦、跳彈

gourmet, ballet, beret, Chevrolet. Now let's talk about when the T is unofficially

美食、芭蕾、貝雷帽、雪佛蘭。現在讓我們來談談當T是非官方的。

silent. This is if you look these words up in the dictionary they would probably

沉默不語。這是如果你在字典裡查這些詞，它們可能會是

still show a T sound but that's not the habit of most Americans. It's really

依然顯示出T音，但這不是大多數美國人的習慣。這真的是

common for Americans to drop the T between two other consonant sounds and

美國人常見的是在兩個輔音之間去掉T音，然後

make it silent. For example Christmas and exactly. It's also quite common to make

使之沉默。比如聖誕節和究竟。也很常見，使

it silent after an N like Internet or center or international or wanted. It's

它沉默後的N，如互聯網或中心或國際或通緝。它是

also really common to make a T silent when it's part of an ending consonant

也很常見的是，當它是尾聲母的一部分時，就把T變成無聲的。

cluster and the next word begins with a consonant. Let's take an example the word

簇和下一個詞以輔音開頭。讓我們舉個例子，這個詞

'just.' It ends in the st cluster. When that word is followed by a word that begins

'只是'。它的結尾是st群。當這個詞後面跟著一個以

with a consonant it's very common for Americans to drop that T just thought,

帶輔音的，美國人很常見的就是丟掉剛才想的那個T。

just one, just hope, just need, for example. No T sound. The letter U. This is often

比如說，只是一個，只是希望，只是需要。沒有T音。字母U，這通常是

silent after G. It's a clue how to pronounce the G rather than a letter

G後面的silent，這是一個線索，怎麼讀G，而不是一個字母

that is itself pronounced. Look at these words: guide, guitar, guess

這本身就是發音。看看這些詞：指南、吉他、猜測

tongue, baguette, colleague the letter V again another sound in American English

舌頭，長棍麵包，同事字母V又是美式英語中的另一個音

that's never silent. Well done V you did it! W. W is silent in some common words. two,

那是永遠不會沉默的。幹得好V你做到了!W.W在一些常用詞中是沉默的，二。

who, answer, whole and sword. It's also silent at the beginning of a word with

誰、答、整、劍。在一個詞的開頭也是沉默的，與

R. Right, wrong, wreck, wrist, wreath, wrinkle, wrestle. Whoo that one has a

R.對、錯、殘、腕、花圈、皺、摔。喔，那個人有一個

silent T too. Wrestle. X. The X is silent in the word faux. This word means fake. You

沉默的T也。摔跤。X，假字中的X是沉默的。這個字的意思是假的。汝

could use it with fur. This is a faux fur jacket. It's also silent in the phrase

可以用皮草。這是一件仿皮草外套。這句話中也是默默無聞的。

'faux pas' which is an embarrassing mistake in a social situation. For

失誤"，是指在社交場合中出現的令人尷尬的錯誤。對於

example: He showed up to the party in jeans. It was a dressy event so it was a

例子："他穿著牛仔褲出現在派對上他穿著牛仔褲出現在派對上。這是一個盛裝的活動，所以這是一個。

faux pas. The letter Y. Wow!

失誤。字母Y，哇！

again here we are almost at the end of the alphabet and we found another letter

我們又到了字母表的末尾，我們發現了另一個字母。

that's never silent good job Y.

那是永遠不會沉默的好工作Y。

Z.

Z.

Silent in rendezvous.

默默地在會合。

Now if you're French and you're hearing me say this word

如果你是法國人，你聽到我說這個詞的時候

and all the words here today that we've borrowed from French

而今天在這裡的所有詞語，我們都是從法語中借來的。

you probably think this woman has horrible pronunciation

你可能覺得這個女人的發音很難聽呢

please know I totally agree with you.

請知道我完全同意你的觀點。

I have horrible French pronunciation

我的法語發音很難聽

But when a language adopts the word from another language

但當一種語言採用另一種語言的詞時

they do their own thing with it and this is what we've done.

他們用它做自己的事情，這就是我們所做的。

We've Americanized the pronunciation somewhat but we did keep that silent Z.

我們已經把發音美化了一些，但我們還是保留了那個沉默的Z。

Rendezvous.

約會。

Wow! We made it A through Z. So many cases of silent letters in English

哇！我們從A到Z，英語裡有那麼多無聲字母的例子

What words did you learn today that have silent letters that you didn't know before?

今天你學會了哪些以前不知道的有默字的單詞？

Let me know in the comments below.

請在下面的評論中告訴我。

The next video to watch is this one which is the one that YouTube has chosen especially for you.

下一個要看的視頻就是這個，這是YouTube特別為你選擇的視頻。

I don't even know what they're choosing but I do trust

我甚至不知道他們在選擇什麼，但我相信。

so do continue your learning with that video.

所以做繼續你的學習與該視頻。

Also please subscribe if you haven't already. Make sure to come back here

如果您還沒有訂閱，也請您訂閱。請一定要回到這裡

every Tuesday for a new video.

每週二的新視頻。

That's it guys I love teaching the English

就這樣吧，夥計們，我喜歡教英語了

thank you for spending your time with me.

謝謝你花你的時間和我在一起。

That's it and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.

就這樣，非常感謝大家使用瑞秋英語。