We have silent letters, we have confusing letter combinations.

我们有不发音的字母，有令人摸不着头脑的字母组合。

Well that's it for silent letters and for the silent letter series.

那么这就是不发音字母，这就是整个不发音字母系列。

But it's a silent letter in this word.

但是在这个单词里，它不发音。

Yes. Silent letters. We'll look at what they are, where they appear and how to say them...

没错。不发音字母。我们将学到什么是不发音字母，它们从何而来以及如何发音。

And there are lots of silent letters in English!

英语里有太多的不发音字母了！

We have a lot of words with silent letters in English.

英语中有很多不发音的字母。

There are a lot of English words that have silent letters in them.

很多英文单词里都有不发音的字母。

How annoying are silent letters in English words!

英语单词里的不发音字母真是太讨厌了！

He writes: Why do we have some silent letters in English?

为什么英语当中有些字母不发音呢？

They can be easier to spell by saying the silent letter—g" h" ost.

说出那个无声的字母可以让这些字更容易拼出来－－g" h" ost(鬼魂)。

About sixty percent of all English words have a silent letter!

大约百分之六十的英文单词里都有不发音的字母。

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 是不发音的。

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音字母的单词。

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

出现不发音字母的另外一个原因就是英语曾经从其他多种语言中借用词语。

This video is all about English words with silent letters in them.

本视频全部再讲有不发音字母的英语单词。

No, that's very difficult to say, so 'w' is a silent letter like lots of words in English.

对，不能那样说，这很难读，所以 w 是不发音的字母，就像英语中的很多单词一样。

So the answer is: there are two words with silent letters in this sentence.

这个句子里有两个不发音的字母。

Others, however, such as removing silent letters like the s in island, or the final e in examine, were not.

还有一些并未进行改动，例如移除island中的不发音字母“s”，或是examine中的“e”。

You need to know a few basic rules to help with the pronunciation of silent letters in English words.

你需要了解一些基本的规则来帮助你正确处理英文单词中不发音的字母发音问题。

It's true, silent letters are cheeky little buggers.

没错，无声字母是厚脸皮的小东西。