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Well hey there I‘m Emma from mmmEnglish。 In today’s lesson， we‘re gonna have a little bit of fun。
大家好，我是 Emma，歡迎來到美味英語頻道、今天的課程我們肯定會玩得很開心的。
We are going to perfect your pronunciation of over fifty English words with silent letters in them。 Silent letters are pains， aren’t they？
我們將提高你50多個英語單詞的發音，這些單詞裡面有不發音的字母。不發音的字母可太難了，對吧？
A few weeks ago I shared a lesson of over a hundred words， all with silent consonant letters in them but today we‘re going to focus on silent vowel letters。 Now I’m not going to lie， English vowels and vowel sounds are definitely tricky。
幾周前，我分享了一節一百多個單詞的課程，所有單詞中都帶有不發音的子音字母，但今天我們將重點關注不發音的母音字母。我不會說謊的，英語的母音和母音發音確實不簡單。
We have five vowel letters A， E， I， O and U and the letter Y， the consonant Y， can sometimes represent a vowel sound too but we‘ve got many more vowel sounds in English right？ And of course， the same letter can represent different sounds。
我們有五個母音字母A，E，I，O和U，而字母Y，也就是子音Y，有時也可以表示母音，但是英語中還有更多的母音發音，對吧？當然，相同的字母可以表示不同的發音。
Often you see vowel letters together in words even though it only makes one sound。 It’s very confusing and as you‘ll see today sometimes vowel letters can be completely silent as well。
你經常會在單詞中同時看到多個母音字母，儘管它只發一個音。這非常令人困惑，正如你今天將看到的，有時母音字母也可以是完全不發言的。
So please， please get ready to practise out loud with me， it will do you absolutely no good watching。 You need to get your tongue and your mouth comfortable with the sounds that we’re making today and familiar with what you see on screen。
所以，請準備好和我一起大聲練習，只是看一看絕對是沒有什麼用的。你需要讓舌頭和嘴巴適應我們今天要發的音，也熟悉你在螢幕上看到的內容。
Something that you may not know about me is that February is my favourite month of the whole year。 I love February because I was born in February so I get to celebrate my birthday in February and by the way thank you to all of you who sent lovely birthday wishes from all around the world this year。
你可能不瞭解我的一件事是2月是我全年最喜歡的月份。我超愛2月，因為我出生於2月份，所以我要在2月慶祝我的生日，順便我要感謝一下所有的從世界各地給我送來超棒的生日祝福的人。
You absolutely made my day。 February is also home to Valentine‘s Day which has just passed us by。
你們讓我非常開心。2月份也是剛剛結束的情人節之月。
If you do celebrate Valentine’s Day， I hope that you received something special from someone who loves or admires you this year or at least had some excuse and reason to eat chocolate and drink wine。
And if you don‘t celebrate， well that’s okay because the February love continues through our beautiful friends at Lingoda who are kindly offering anyone who watches mmmEnglish a twenty per cent discount on their monthly subscriptions and marathon courses。
如果你慶祝情人節的話，我希望你今年有從愛你的人那裡收到特別的禮物，或者至少有一些藉口和理由吃點巧克力，喝點葡萄酒。如果不慶祝的話，那也沒什麼問題，因為二月的愛還在我們的好朋友 Lingoda 這裡延續，他們為觀看 mmmEnglish 的所有人提供每月訂閱和馬拉松課程20％的折扣。
Thanks guys！ That‘s so nice！
謝謝你們！那太好了！
As you know， Lingoda is an online language school offering classes in English， business English， Spanish， French and German and all their classes run twenty-four hours a day， seven days a week。 They have a really well-structured curriculum to help you get certified and to reach your language goals fast。
如你所知，Lingoda 是一所線上語言學校，提供英語、商務英語、西班牙語、法語和德語的課程，所有課程每週7天每天24小時都有。他們的課程結構非常合理，可幫助你獲得認證，並快速達到你的語言目標。
And of course， you can do it all from the comfort of your own home which makes Lingoda one hundred per cent pyjama friendly。 You’ve got to love that part too， right？
當然，你完全可以在自己舒適的家中中完成所有課程，所以 Lingoda 是完全睡衣友好的。你肯定喜歡這樣，對吧？
So this special twenty per cent discount offer is available only until the 1st of March so if you‘re keen to get involved， I’ll put the link down in the description below and if you use this code at the checkout， you can share the love too。 Thank you！
只有在3月1日之前，才能享受20％的特價優惠，所以如果你很想參與的話，我將把連結放在下方的描述區，如果你在付款時使用這個兌換碼的話，你就也可以分享這份愛了。謝謝你！
Let‘s start with the letter A。 Of course， we start with the letter A， we always do， don’t we？
讓我們從字母A開始。當然了，我們總是以字母A開頭，不是嗎？
Basically， we‘d like bread to be rolled down the aisle。 Despite the fact that that was a ridiculous sentence there are three examples of a silent letter A in that sentence。
總的來說，我們希望麵包沿著過道滾下來。儘管這是一個很荒謬的句子，但這個句子中有三個不發音的字母A的例子。
Can you see them？ Basically， we’d like bread to be rolled down the aisle。
你能發現嗎？總的來說，我們希望麵包沿著過道滾下來。
Basically。 Bread。 Aisle。 There are lots of times like in the word bread and aisle where A doesn‘t really need to be there at all because it doesn’t affect the sound that we make。
基本上。麵包。走道。在很多情況下，像麵包和過道這種詞根本不需要字母 A，因為它不會影響我們的發音。
Bread may as well be written as /bred/， right， and aisle may as well be /ail/。 Aesthetic doesn‘t need that A either。 Aesthetic。
麵包也可以寫為/bred/，過道也可以寫為/ail/。Asthetic 也不需要一個 A。審美的。
The thing is， there’s no real way of knowing until you hear that word spoken out loud or perhaps you check the phonemic script in any good dictionary。 If you‘ve watched this lesson up here about English vowel sound pronunciation then you’ll be able to recognise exactly which English sounds are being shown here。
關鍵是，只有在聽到別人大聲說出這個單詞，或者檢視詞典裡面的音標的時候，才會知道這件事情。如果你觀看了這節有關英語母音發音的課程，那麼你將能夠準確知道我們要看的是哪些英語發音。
Then you can feel certain that you‘re correct in your pronunciation， that bread is pronounced bread and not braid or breed or bre-ad。 There is one silent A that you can definitely rely on and that is words that end in -ically， of which there are many just like basically。
然後你就可以確定自己的發音是正確的，麵包的發音是/bred/，而不是 braid，breed 或bre-ad。你可以確定的是，以-ically結尾的單詞的A是不發音的，有很多類似的單詞，比如說 basically。
The A is always silent in those endings so when it’s spoken naturally it sounds like /ikli/ rather than /ikali/。 Listen。
A在這些結尾中總是保持不發音的，因此當它自然地說出來時，聽起來像/ikli/，而不是/ikali/。好好聽。
You‘ve got basically， logically， politically， automatically， specifically。 Now I want you to try a few with me okay。
基本上，邏輯上，政治上，自動地，特別地，現在我想讓你和我一起嘗試一下。
Musically， frantically， chaotically。 You got it？
從音樂上來說，瘋狂地，混亂地。唸對了嗎？
Fabulous！ Now the letter E is an interesting one。
太棒了！字母E是非常有趣的。
It’s definitely the most common silent vowel letter in English and there are some useful not rules but let‘s say guidelines to help you pronounce words with silent E’s in them correctly。 The letter E is usually silent when it‘s at the end of a word and one of the key exceptions there is if the E is the only vowel sound in the word so for example he she we be me。
這絕對是英語中最常見的不發音母音字母，我這裡有一些有用的，可能算不上規則，但可以說是一些指導原則，可以幫助你正確地發出裡面有不發音字母 E 的單詞。字母E通常在單詞結尾時是不發音的，這裡有一個很重要的例外，如果E是單詞中唯一的母音，比如說他、她、我們、是、我。
Right？ If it’s the only vowel sound， it‘s the only syllable we need to pronounce it。 The rest of the time if you see an E at the end of a word， then we don’t pronounce it just like in the word taste。
對吧？如果它是唯一的母音的話，那我們就需要把它給發出來。其餘的時候，如果你在單詞的末尾看到E，那我們就不會把它給發出來，比如說在品嚐這個詞中。
You can see that there are two vowel letters in this word right？ Here and here。
你可以看到這個單詞中有兩個母音字母，對嗎？這裡。
Taste。 Clue。
品嚐。線索。
Bake。 Imagine。
烘焙。想象。
All of those words have a silent E at the end。 We don‘t hear it。
所有這些詞的末尾都有一個不發音的E。我們沒有聽到它。
But it is not completely pointless。 That silent E does often change the vowel sound that comes before it。
但這並不是完全沒有意義的。不發音的E會改變它前面的母音發音。
And I’ve got a few examples to help you think about this a little。 So if we look at the word hop， as soon as we add that E to the end， it becomes hope。
我有一些例子可以幫助你對此進行一些思考。讓我們看看跳躍這個詞，如果將E加到末尾，就立即成為希望。
So that vowel sound extends outwards， hop， hope。 The same with hid， we add that E， it becomes hide。
這樣，母音進行延伸了，跳動，希望。Hid 也是一樣的，加上一個 E，就變成了 hide。
And sit becomes site。 So that E， although we don‘t hear it specifically， it does impact the sound that comes before it。
Sit 變成了 site。因此，儘管我們聽不到E的發音，但它確實會影響到它前面的發音。
I’ve got a few more words with silent E‘s to practise with you。 Are you ready？
我還有一些詞彙和大家一起練習不發音的 E。準備好了嗎？
Try vegetable。 So can you see where that silent E is？
試一下蔬菜。那麼你能看到那個不發音的E在哪裡嗎？
You don’t hear me say veg-etable， just vegetable。 Try clothes。
你聽到我說的不是veg-etable，而是蔬菜。試一下衣服。
This is definitely a tricky one to pronounce but we don‘t want to hear clo-thes， clo-thes is incorrect。 We only want to hear clothes。
這絕對是一個很難的發音，但是我們不想聽到clo-thes，clo-thes是不對的。我們聽到的是 clothes。
Bridge。 So it’s not bridgey or bridge。
橋樑。不是 bridgey 或 bridge。
Bridge。 Bridge。 Just one syllable。 And plaque or plaque depending on which native English speaker you‘re talking to。
橋樑。只有一個音節。還有匾牌，具體怎麼發音取決於你正在與什麼英語母語者交談。
I say plaque but it’s definitely not pla-que or plaque。 Of course， and the silent E in -ed endings in English。
我說的是匾牌，但絕對不是pla-que 或 plaque。當然，英語中以-ed結尾的不發音的E。
The letter E can often be silent when it‘s a regular past tense verb。 All of those verbs end in -ed right？
如果是規則動詞過去時的話，E 一般是不發音的。所有這些動詞都以-ed結尾，對吧？
In words like fazed， sighed， played， baked， asked， wrapped。 In all of those examples， that last E is silent。
在發呆，嘆氣，玩耍，烤，問，裹這種詞裡面。在所有這些例子中，最後一個E都是不發音的。
We don’t hear it。 And I know that this can be tricky for some of you， my Spanish and my Portuguese learners in particular but luckily for you， I have a whole lesson dedicated to pronouncing past tense regular verbs correctly。
我們沒有聽到它。我知道這對於你們中的某些人，尤其是我的西班牙語和葡萄牙語學生來說可能是有些困難，但幸運的是，我出過一節課專門解決規則動詞的過去時發言。
It‘s right up here if you want to head to it。 I’ll also link to it at the end of this lesson。
如果你想去看的話，就在這裡。我也把連結放到課程的最後了。
Now the letter I is not usually silent but there are a few common English words where it is in words like fruit， suit， juice， cruise。 In all of these words， we don‘t pronounce that I sound so it’s not fru-it or su-it or ju-ice or cru-ise。
字母 I 一般都是發音的，但是有一些常見的英語單詞，例如水果，西服，果汁，郵輪。在所有這些詞中，我們都不會把 I 音給發出來，所以不是fru-it，su-it，ju-ice 或 cru-ise。
Okay we just use that /u： / vowel sound。 Fruit。
好的，我們只用/u：/這個音。水果。
Suit。 Juice。
西服。果汁。
Cruise。 Now the word parliament has a silent I as well， parliament。
遊輪。現在，議會一詞也有一個不發音的 I。
That unstressed syllable in there。 Parliament。 And business has a silent I as well。
非重讀音節。議會。商業一詞也有不發音的 I。
Business。 But what makes that word even more confusing is that there is an E sound in there though it‘s represented by the letter U。
商業。但是，讓這個詞更加令人困惑的是，裡面有一個 E 的音，儘管是用字母 U 表示的。
Practise saying it out loud with me。 Business。
練習跟我大聲說出來。商業。
All right let’s talk about the silent letter O。 We see it in words like enough， rough， tough， I mean there are several silent letters in each of those words right。
好吧，讓我們談談不發音的字母O。我們會在足夠，粗糙，艱難這些詞裡面看到它，不過這幾個詞裡面都有不止一個不發音的字幕。
The silent G， the silent H but for the vowel sound， just a simple U would suffice， wouldn‘t it？ I want you to practise out loud with me。
不發音的G，不發音的H，但對於母音來說，只要一個簡單的U就足夠了，對吧？我要你大聲練習。
Enough。 Rough。
足夠的。粗糙的。
Tough。 Now you’ve probably heard the word people enough to know just ignore that O， right？
堅硬的。你可能聽過“人”這個詞很多次，以至於會忽略了這個 O，對吧？
People。 There‘s also a silent O in leopard and jeopardy。
人。豹子和危險兩個詞中也有一個不發音的O。
We usually say that something is in jeopardy when it’s in trouble or it‘s likely to be damaged。 It was in that moment he realised his career was in jeopardy。
當某個東西遇到麻煩或可能被損壞時，我們會說其處於危險之中。就在那一刻，他意識到自己的職業生涯岌岌可危。
Was that a new word for you？ Well then， let’s see if you can use it in a sentence。
這對你來說是個新詞嗎？那麼，讓我們看看你是否可以在句子中使用它。
I want you to share that sentence down in the comments with me just to double check that you‘ve got that new word， how to use it and the meaning accurate。 The security guard and his colleague guessed whose guitar it was。
我希望你在評論中與我分享這句話，要仔細檢查一下你是否使用了這個新詞彙，你是如何使用它的以及含義是否準確。保安人員和他的同事猜測這是誰的吉他。
Don’t feel guilty if you can‘t guess this one。 You might need to be able to see it before you can guess it。
如果你猜不到這一個的話，請不要感到內疚。你可能需要先看一下它，然後才能猜到它。
The security guard and his colleague guessed whose guitar it was。 It’s that letter U and that letter U can be silent in lots of English words， really common ones especially when it‘s after G。
保安人員和他的同事猜測這是誰的吉他。就是字母U，字母U在許多英語單詞中可以不發音，這是非常常見的，尤其是當它在G之後時。
I want you to try these ones with me。 Guess。
我要你和我一起嘗試一下這些。猜測。
Guard。 Guide。
保衛。指導。
Guitar。 Guilt。
吉他。愧疚。
Tongue。 Colleague。
舌頭。同事。
Guarantee。 Okay listen up because I’ve got a little bonus pronunciation tip here for you。
保證。好好聽哦，因為我在這裡為大家提供了一些額外的發音小貼士。
She plays the guitar beautifully wonderfully carefully。 So what do you notice about all of those three words at the end there？
她吉他彈得非常優美認真。那麼，這三個詞的結尾，你有什麼注意到嗎？
Beautifully。 Wonderfully。
優美地。精彩地。
Carefully。 I‘m not pronouncing that U， am I？
認真地。我沒有發U的音，對吧？
And this is really common for native English speakers to just drop that little vowel syllable out of there。 When we’re using words， adverbs that are exactly like this that end in -fully， we usually drop that U。
對於以英語為母語的人來說，把那個小母音音節省略是很常見的。當我們使用單詞時，類似於這樣以-fully 結尾的副詞，我們通常會不發U的音。
Beautifully。 Wonderfully。
優美地。精彩地。
Carefully。 Now it‘s not wrong to pronounce that syllable。
認真地。不過把那個音節發出來也沒錯。
It’s unstressed anyway but it‘s definitely more natural and relaxed to drop that extra little syllable out。 Forget that U。
它是不發音的，但是把那個額外的小音節的音給省掉個更加自然的，發音起來也更加舒服。把那個 U 給忘了吧。
All right so now we’ve been through lots of examples of silent vowel letters in common English words。 Now it‘s time for some practice。
好的，現在我們已經學習了許多常見英語單詞中的不發音的字母的例子。是時候進行練習了。
So I’ve got some sentences ready and I want you to practise out loud with me okay？ He wrapped his mother‘s present carefully so she couldn’t guess what was inside。
我已經準備好一些句子，我希望你能和我一起大聲練習，好嗎？他非常仔細地包好了給媽媽的禮物，以至於她根本無法猜測裡面是什麼東西。
You try it。 He wrapped his mother‘s present carefully so she couldn’t guess what was inside。
你來試一下。他非常仔細地包好了給媽媽的禮物，以至於她根本無法猜測裡面是什麼東西。
They spilled vegetable juice all over their new clothes。 Try it。
他們把蔬菜汁灑在新衣服上了。試一下。
They spilled vegetable juice all over their new clothes。 My colleague hasn‘t worn a suit since she worked in parliament four years ago。
他們把蔬菜汁灑在新衣服上了。自從她四年前在國會工作以來，我的同事就沒有穿過西裝。
Try it。 My colleague hasn’t worn a suit since she worked in parliament four years ago。
試一下。自從她四年前在國會工作以來，我的同事就沒有穿西裝。
They hadn‘t a clue that he basically tried to claim the cruise as a business trip。 Your turn。
他們根本不知道，他其實是想把這次旅行當作是商務旅行。到你了。
They hadn’t a clue that he basically tried to claim the cruise as a business trip。 We‘re guilty because our laws weren’t tough enough and now the leopards are in jeopardy。
他們根本不知道，他其實是想把這次旅行當作是商務旅行。我們有罪是因為我們的法律還不夠嚴厲，豹子正處於危險之中。
Try it。 We‘re guilty because our laws weren’t tough enough and now the leopards are in jeopardy。
試一下。我們有罪是因為我們的法律還不夠嚴厲，豹子正處於危險之中。
Yeah！ Nice work！ We went through over fifty words with silent vowel letters in it just then。
耶！太棒了！我們已經學習了五十多個內含不發音字母的單詞了。
Not a complete list by any stretch at all but we definitely ticked off lots of the most common ones and this is specifically to help you sound more natural and relaxed as you‘re speaking in English。 Get that pronunciation right。
這絕對不是完整的清單，但我們選出的的都是一些最常見的單詞，這是專門用來幫助你在說英語時聽起來更加自然和輕鬆。把發音給發對。
Now if you enjoyed the lesson， make sure you let me know by hitting the subscribe button， giving the lesson a like。 I always love to hear your comments down below。
如果你喜歡這節課程的話，一定要點選訂閱按鈕讓我知道哦，給這節課點個贊。我很想在下面看到大家的評論。
Make sure you drop one down there and if you happen to miss my lesson on silent consonant letters or maybe you want to go back and you want to review it again now that you’ve watched this one， you can get that right here and you can also find my past tense verb pronunciation lesson as well just down there。
一定要留下自己的評論哦，如果你碰巧錯過了我關於不發音子音字母的課程，或者你想回去看看，想再次複習一下的話，你可以在這裡找到， 也可以在這裡找到我關於動詞過去式的發音課程。
