We have silent letters, we have confusing letter combinations.

我们有字母，有令人摸着头脑字母组合。

Okay. The first thing is the b is silent. It's climb not climb.

好了。首先，b 。读时 b 。

Secondly, the pronunciation of the 'd contraction is different in she'd and anything'd.

其次，'d在she'd和anything'd里是一样。

So, a useful tip. If you see 'W-R', the 'W' is silent.

给大家一个有用提示。如果你看到“W-R”，“W”是。

And the answer is two. Wrong and wrist both begin with a silent W.

答案是两个。Wrong 和 wrist 都是以 W 开头。

Excellent, right. Now, Nick also said a word with a silent letter at the end.

很棒。最后一句话，尼克也说了一个带有字母单词。

It can be a vowel sound, a consonant sound, a whole syllable.

可以是元，也可以是辅或是整个节。

But for British English, these two have completely different vowel sounds, two different vowel sounds.

但对英式英语而言，这俩词有完全一样元，两个同元。

Again, we've got an extra vowel here that we don't need to pronounce.

我们又遇到了一个额外需元。

But have you ever heard a sound that wasn't there?

但是你听到过存在吗？

Next, honestly, honestly, that T is silent.

下一个，honestly，诚实，t是。

So obviously there is the k that is not pronounced.

很明显，k 是。

As in S, a high E, and a held T at the end.

有“S”，然后是一个高“E”，最后是“T”。

Another reason for silent letters is that English has borrowed words from many other languages.

出现字母另外一个原因就是英语曾经从其他多种语言中借用词语。

I don't like the way it hits my ear.

我喜欢西语方式。

This words tricky because that g in the middle is a silent letter.

这个单词很难，因为中间那个 g 是。

This has a voiceless TH at the end.

这个末尾有一个 TH 。

" That is " wring" beginning with a silent " w.

那是“wring”，以“w”开头。

" Your voice is hoarse" , same pronunciation, different spelling.

Your voice is hoarse，一样，一样拼写。

As with so many things, good things that we get in life don't come easily.

接下来，看challenge这个字，它可以当名词或是动词。 当名词是指挑战，比如， It's a challenge to get small children to eat their vegetables. 让年幼小孩吃蔬菜是一项挑战。challenge 当动词则是指像什么来挑战 女孩们向男孩们挑战比赛排球 并以25比0击败他们形容词是challenging， 意思是巨挑战性或困难。 譬如， here's a challenging question for you. Why does English have so many silent letters？ 我问你一个很难问题， 为什么英语中有那么多字母？