We have silent letters, we have confusing letter combinations.

我们有不发的字母，有令人摸不着头脑的字母组合。

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

好了。首先，b 不发。读的时候 b 不要发。

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

其次，'d在she'd和anything'd里的发不一样的。

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

给大家一个有用的提示。如果你看到“W-R”，“W”不发的。

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

答案两个。Wrong 和 wrist 都以不发的 W 开头的。

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不发字母的单词。

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

不发的可以元，也可以辅整个节。

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

但对英式英语而言，这俩词有完全不一样的元发，两个不同的元发。

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的不需要发的元。

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

但你听到过不存在的发吗？

Next, honestly, honestly, that T is silent.

下一个，honestly，诚实的，t不发的。

So obviously there is the k that is not pronounced.

很明显，k 不发的。

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

有“S”，然后一个高“E”，最后不发的“T”。

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

出现不发字母的另外一个原因就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.

我不喜欢西语的发方式。

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

这个单词很难，因为中间的那个 g 不发的。

This has a voiceless TH at the end.

这个末尾有一个不发的 TH 。

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

那“wring”，以不发的“w”开头。

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

Your voice is hoarse，一样的发，不一样的拼写。

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

接下来，看challenge这个字，它可以当名词动词。 当名词指挑战，比如， It's a challenge to get small children to eat their vegetables. 要让年幼的小孩吃蔬菜一项挑战。challenge 当动词则指像什么来挑战 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challenging， 意思巨挑战性的困难的。 譬如， here's a challenging question for you. Why does English have so many silent letters？ 我问你一个很难的问题， 为什么英语中有那么多不发的字母？