The last vowel is a schwa. It's Harrods. Harrods.

这最后一个元音是弱读元音—— Harrods。

One thing that makes English words really hard to spell is the schwa.

其中有一个让英文单词真的很难拼写出来的，是schwa。

We have a schwa here, if you can hear.

这里其实有一个弱读音。

Now, it can be difficult to hear the schwa because it's never stressed.

很难听到schwa音，为它从来都是弱读处理。

It's a 'd' sound and then a schwa.

它是一个“d”音，然后是弱读音。

So, firstly, we have a schwa sound.

首先，是一个弱央元音。

You don’t have to try to make the schwa, it gets absorbed by the R sound.

不必特意读成中元音，为这里它会被R的声音吸。

We pronounce both endings with a " schwa."

词尾，我们用“schwa”来发音。

Almost all weak forms have a schwa sound.

几乎所有的轻读音都有一个schwa音。

Now, we have a schwa sound here. Okay.

这里有一个弱央元音。

This sound, the schwa, is common in weak forms.

这个音，schwa在轻读音里很常见。

Ok, it's just a " th" and a schwa.

好，就是一个 th 和一个弱央元音。

No, not really, it's actually called schwa.

不，不是，它其实叫做中元音。

And the R actually takes over the schwa sound.

“R”实际上取代了弱读音。

So the vowel changes to the schwa.

所以母音变成混母音 了。

The schwa is that ah, like in butter or unutterable.

Schwa就像是黄油里的或者是说不出来的。

Now the schwa sound is the lazier sound in English.

中元音是英语中比较懒惰的一个发音。

But for the schwa, you do nothing.

但对于 schwa 就不用。

And we write o, but we just say schwa, mirror.

虽然写了 o，但我们发 schwa 音，镜子。

Second syllable stress. Just the schwa in the first syllable. Affect.

第二个音节强调。只是第一个音节中的分音符。