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

最后一元是弱读元—— Harrods。

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

中有一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.

实有一弱读。

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

很难听到schwa，为它从来都是弱读处理。

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

它是一“d”，后是弱读。

So, firstly, we have a schwa sound.

首先，是一弱央元。

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，为它会被R的声吸收掉。

We pronounce both endings with a " schwa."

词尾，我们用“schwa”来发。

Almost all weak forms have a schwa sound.

几乎所有的轻读都有一schwa。

Now, we have a schwa sound here. Okay.

有一弱央元。

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

，schwa在轻读很常见。

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

好，就是一 th 和一弱央元。

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

不，不是，它实叫做中元。

And the R actually takes over the schwa sound.

“R”实际上取代了弱读。

So the vowel changes to the schwa.

所以母变成混母 了。

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

Schwa就像是黄油的或者是说不出来的。

Now the schwa sound is the lazier sound in English.

中元是英语中比较懒惰的一发。

But for the schwa, you do nothing.

但对于 schwa 就不用。

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

虽写了 o，但我们发 schwa ，镜子。

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

第二节强调。只是第一节中的分符。