Silent E, Silent K, Silent P Rules | Learn English Silent Letters in Words | 3 Lessons

Hey, this is Bill.

嘿，这是比尔。

And I've got a nice basic English video for you here today.

我今天在这里为您准备了一个不错的基础英语视频。

Now, I'm going to talk to you about silent ‘e’.

现在，我要和你谈谈沉默的“e”。

Now, a silent letter is a letter  in a word that we don't say.

现在，无声字母是我们不说的单词中的字母。

It's just there. We write the word. 

它就在那里。我们写这个词。

We write the letter. But when we read the word,  

我们写信。但是当我们读这个词时，

we don't say that letter. Now silent ‘e’, kind of a tricky one here. 

我们不会说那个字母。现在沉默'e'，这里有点棘手。

And I've got some examples to help you. Now, if you can remember your vowels:  

我有一些例子可以帮助你。现在，如果你能记住你的元音：

a, e, I, o , u

a, e, I, o , u

Now each vowel has two different sounds.

现在每个元音都有两个不同的发音。

The short sound and the long sound. Well, silent ‘e’ is the letter ‘e’  

短音长音。 好吧，不发音的“e”是 单词末尾的

that comes at the end of a word. But we don't say the ‘e’. 

字母“e” 。 但是我们不说'e'。

The ‘e’ is just there to change the vowel sound. 

'e' 只是用来改变元音的发音。

Let's take a look here and I'll show you. All right, now, I have this first word here. 

让我们来看看这里，我会告诉你。好吧，现在，我在这里有了第一个词。

plan Okay, that's like ‘I have a plan for tomorrow’. 

计划好吧，这就像“我有明天的计划”。

Okay, so we know that a plan you make a plan, then if I do this, 

好吧，所以我们知道你制定计划，然后如果我这样做，

now it's not ‘planee’, no. Now it becomes, before it was short ‘a’, plan,  

现在就不是'plane'，不。现在它变成了，之前是短“a”，计划，

now, long ‘a’, ‘plane’. Okay like an airplane, all right. 

现在是长“a”，“飞机”。好吧，就像飞机一样，好吧。

Look at the plane in the sky. Not plane. 

看看天上的飞机。不是飞机。

Now, it's long ‘a’, ‘plane’. Okay. 

现在，它是长“a”，“平面”。好的。

Next thing going down here. We know this this is a man's name, ‘Tim’. 

接下来的事情在这里。我们知道这是一个男人的名字，'蒂姆'。

Maybe you have a friend named Tim. Okay, but, and again, that is sound,  

也许你有一个朋友叫蒂姆。好的，但是，再说一遍，这是声音，

that's short ‘i’. But if we go ahead,  

是短的“i”。但是如果我们继续，

and if we put silent ‘e’ there, that means now ‘time’. 

如果我们在那里放置不发音的“e”，那意味着现在是“时间”。

Okay. What time is it? 

好的。现在是几奌？

Alright. Not ‘Timee’. 

好吧。不是'Timee'。

Again, silent ‘e’. Don't say it. 

再次，沉默的'e'。别说了。

But now you have the long ‘i' sound, ‘time’. Alright. 

但是现在你有长长的“我”音，“时间”。好吧。

If you remember, ‘plan’  had the ‘a’ with short ‘a'. 

如果您还记得，“计划”的“a”是短字母“a”。

So does ‘cap’ with the /æ/ sound. Alright. 

/æ/ 发音的 'cap' 也是如此。好吧。

So if we have ‘cap’ right now, let's go ahead and make ‘cape’. 

所以如果我们现在有'cap'，让我们继续做'cape'。

Alright. Now, we go to long ‘a’ with the ‘cape’ sound. 

好吧。现在，我们用“cape”的声音进入长“a”。

Alright. Keep it going here. 

好吧。继续这里。

‘hop’ That's short vowel ‘o’. 

'hop' 这是短元音 'o'。

The /ɒ/ sound. Alright. 

/ɒ/ 音。好吧。

So we have ‘hop’. I just did one. 

所以我们有'跳跃'。我刚做了一个。

Alright. Now after ‘hop’, we put short ‘e’. 

好吧。现在在'hop'之后，我们放短'e'。

Don't say ‘hoppee’. We say ‘hope’. 

不要说“hoppee”。我们说“希望”。

It's like ‘I hope it does not rain tomorrow  because I'm going to the baseball game.’ 

这就像“我希望明天不要下雨，因为我要去观看棒球比赛。”

Things like that. Alright. 

像这样的东西。好吧。

Before it was ‘hop’ now ‘hope’  with the long vowel ‘o’ sound. 

之前是“hop”，现在是“hope”，长元音是“o”。

All right. Coming up here,  

好的。来到这里，

we haven't done one with ‘u’ yet. Now long ‘u’, it's a little strange. 

我们还没有用“你”做一个。现在长'u'，有点奇怪。

It's /u/ okay. But more on that. 

这是/你/好吧。但更多的是。

so here's short ‘u’, ‘tub’. The short vowel ‘u’. 

所以这里是短的“你”，“浴缸”。短元音'u'。

Alright. From ‘tub’, we put silent ‘e’. 

好吧。从'tub'，我们把'e'静音。

Again, not ‘tubee’, we say ‘tube’. Alright. 

同样，我们说的不是“tubee”，而是“tube”。好吧。

‘A tube of toothpaste.’ Okay. 

'一管牙膏。'好的。

Goes from ‘tub’ to ‘tube’. But still I'm not saying silent ‘e’. 

从“浴缸”变为“管”。但我仍然没有说无声的“e”。

Alright. After that we come down to ‘bit’. 

好吧。之后我们归结为“位”。

‘bit’ means a small piece. You know, ‘Can I have a bit of your bread?’ 

“bit”是一小块的意思。你知道，'我可以吃一点你的面包吗？

Well that's ‘bit’. Again, same as Tim. 

好吧，那是“位”。同样，和蒂姆一样。

We have the /ɪ/, short vowel ‘I’. So again, silent ‘e’ comes in. 

我们有 /ɪ/，短元音“I”。因此，再次出现无声的“e”。

‘bite’ not ‘bitee’. ‘bite’ 

“咬”而不是“咬”。 '咬'

Going on there. 

继续下去。

Now, you're probably getting a good idea  of it, so I just got two more for you. 

现在，你可能对它有了一个很好的了解，所以我又为你准备了两个。

Again, here. You know, remember, /ʌ/. The short vowel ‘u’. 

再一次，在这里。你知道，记住，/ʌ/。短元音'u'。

/ʌ/ /ʌ/ 

/ʌ/ /ʌ/

/ʌ/ Well, here is ‘cut’. 

/ʌ/ 嗯，这里是“切”。

Well, we go ‘cut’ - now ‘cute’. Okay, we have ‘cute’. 

好吧，我们去“剪”——现在“可爱”。好的，我们有'可爱'。

“Ah, look at the cute puppy.” Alright. 

“啊，看那只可爱的小狗。”好吧。

And now, last one here. I've got ‘rip’. 

现在，这里是最后一个。我有'rip'。

When you don't have scissors. All right. 

没有剪刀的时候。好的。

Well there's ‘rip’ and then there's ‘ripe’. Long vowel /eɪ/ with the silent ‘e’. 

好吧，有“撕裂”，然后有“成熟”。长元音 /eɪ/ 和不发音的 'e'。

So listen to me as I say these. We've got plane, time,  

所以听我说这些。我们有 plane、time、

cape, hope, tube, bite, cute, and ripe. Never did I say the ‘e’ because it's silent. 

cape、hope、tube、bite、cute 和 ripe。我从来没有说“e”，因为它是无声的。

It's just there to make a long vowel. Okay. I hope that was helpful. 

它只是为了发出长元音。好的。我希望这对您有所帮助。

And I hope I see you again soon. Thank you very much.

我希望很快能再次见到你。非常感谢。

Hi, this is Bill. And right now I have a very  

嗨，我是比尔。现在我有一个非常

simple pronunciation video to go through with you. Now, sometimes in English, we have silent letters. 

简单的发音视频要和你一起学习。现在，有时在英语中，我们有无声字母。

Now, these are letters that appear in a word  but we don't say them when we read that word. 

现在，这些是出现在单词中的字母，但我们在阅读该单词时不会说出它们。

so it can be a little difficult when  you're trying to listen or read. 

所以当你试着听或读的时候可能会有点困难。

And I'm just going to  explain this one idea to you. 

我只想向你解释这个想法。

And that is ‘k’ before ‘n’  at the beginning of a word. 

那就是单词开头的“n”之前的“k”。

Now, you can see all the examples behind me. 

现在，你可以看到我后面的所有例子。

But of course, in this case, if you  see KN at the beginning of a word, 

但是，当然，在这种情况下，如果您在单词的开头看到 KN，

you do not say the ‘K’ sound. Okay. 

您就不会发“K”音。好的。

Just forget the K's there. Well don't forget ,but ignore it. 

只是忘记 K 在那里。好吧，不要忘记，但请忽略它。

Okay. Don't make that sound. 

好的。不要发出那种声音。

So our first one here. This word is not ‘K-now’. 

所以我们的第一个在这里。这个词不是“K-now”。

Alright. That's horrible right there. 

好吧。那里太可怕了。

What you want to do is, you  just want to think ‘no’. 

你想做的是，你只想想“不”。

And you should know this is like,  “I know how to speak English.” 

你应该知道这就像，“我知道怎么说英语。”

Alright. These are the things you ‘know’ how to d. 

好吧。这些是你“知道”如何做的事情。

It's not ‘k-now’. We just know. 

这不是'k-now'。我们只知道。

I know how to do things. Alright. 

我知道怎么做。好吧。

And then down to ‘knowledge’. Alright. 

然后是“知识”。好吧。

Again, no ‘K’ sound. We have ‘knowledge’. 

同样，没有“K”音。我们有“知识”。

Now, ‘knowledge’ is all the things you know. If you have a lot of knowledge, you're a very  

现在，“知识”就是你所知道的一切。如果你有很多知识，你就是一个非常

smart person. Alright. 

聪明的人。好吧。

Stupid people, they have no knowledge. Okay. 

愚蠢的人，他们没有知识。好的。

Or maybe you just don't  know about a certain topic. 

或者，也许您只是不了解某个主题。

It's like I have no knowledge  about the Chinese language. 

就好像我对中文一窍不通。

That's a true thing. I don't know anything. 

这是真的。我什么都不知道。

All right. Next, we have ‘knight’. 

好的。接下来，我们有“骑士”。

Now, this is not ‘night time’, like  “Oh day is finished. It's night time.” 

现在，这不是“晚上”，就像“哦，白天结束了。现在是晚上。”

Now, if there's a ‘K’ here, this  is like the old style in England. 

现在，如果这里有一个“K”，这就像英格兰的旧风格。

Like King Arthur and his knights. And they wear the armor and fight with swords.  

就像亚瑟王和他的骑士们一样。他们穿着盔甲，用剑战斗。

That sort of thing. That's what that night means. 

之类的东西。这就是那天晚上的意义。

We also have this one here. ‘knew’ 

我们这里也有这个。 '知道'

Okay Now, ‘knew’ is just the past tense of ‘know’. 

好的现在，'知道'只是'知道'的过去式。

It's okay, like “Many years  ago, I knew someone named Paul.” 

没关系，就像“很多年前，我认识一个叫保罗的人。”

Alright. That was in the past. 

好吧。那是过去了。

I don't know him anymore but  I knew him many years ago. 

我不再认识他了，但很多年前我就认识他了。

All right. We also have ‘knee’. 

好的。我们也有“膝盖”。

That's a, that one right there. Okay. 

那是一个，那个就在那里。好的。

It's like that middle part of  your leg, where your leg bends. 

它就像你腿的中间部分，你的腿弯曲的地方。

That's the ‘knee’. Again, not ‘k-nee'. 

那就是“膝盖”。同样，不是'k-nee'。

Remember that. Now, ‘kneel’. 

记住这一点。现在，“跪下”。

Very similar to ‘knee’. Just plus an ‘L’. 

与“膝盖”非常相似。只需加上一个“L”。

Now ‘kneel’. It's now sometimes people sit down on a chair, 

现在‘跪下’。现在有时人们坐在椅子上，

but then kneel just means  to go down on your knees. 

然后跪下就是跪下的意思。

Okay. Probably because you don't have a chair. 

好的。可能是因为你没有椅子。

So you have to kneel on the floor. Down on your knees. 

所以你必须跪在地板上。跪下。

Okay. Another one, ‘knife’. 

好的。还有一个，‘刀’。

Very simple. You have to cut something. 

很简单。你必须削减一些东西。

‘knife’ Okay. 

'刀' 好的。

If you ever cook food or prepare food you  might need a knife to cut your vegetables. 

如果您曾经烹饪或准备食物，您可能需要一把刀来切蔬菜。

So remember, not ‘K-nife’, just ‘knife’. After that, another example is ‘knit’. 

所以请记住，不是'K-nife'，只是'knife'。在那之后，另一个例子是'knit'。

Okay. You know if you have a  

好的。你知道如果你有一条

handmade scarf or maybe a handmade  sweater that means you knit the scarf. 

手工围巾或一件手工毛衣，这意味着你编织了围巾。

Okay. It's the old style - making a scarf. 

好的。这是老式的——做围巾。

You knit the scarf - handmade style. Alright. 

你编织的围巾 - 手工风格。好吧。

Then there's ‘knob’. All right. 

然后是“旋钮”。好的。

Now ‘knob’ is on some doors. Some doors have a handle,  

现在“旋钮”在一些门上。有些门有把手，

but some doors have a knob. And this is you grab it and just turn it. 

但有些门有把手。这是你抓住它然后转动它。

It's almost like a ball shape. Grab the knob. Turn the knob. 

它几乎像一个球形。抓住旋钮。转动旋钮。

It's good thing. All right. 

这是好事。好的。

Also for a door, you have ‘knock’. This is ‘knock knock’. 

同样对于一扇门，你有'敲'。这是'敲敲'。

Anybody home? Alright. 

有人在家吗？好吧。

You're going to visit your friend. Don't just open the door. 

你要去拜访你的朋友。不要只是开门。

Well maybe but it's polite - knock knock. Then someone will come and open the door for you. 

好吧，也许吧，但这是礼貌的——敲敲门。然后会有人来为你开门。

Okay. Then, we also have ‘knot’. 

好的。然后，我们还有'结'。

Okay. Now, this isn't like, “I am NOT going home.” 

好的。现在，这不像是“我不回家”。

No. with a ‘k', ‘knot’ is kind of like  

不，带“k”的“结”有点像

when you tie something like your shoes. Okay. 

系鞋带之类的东西。好的。

You take your shoe strings and you tie them into  a knot so that they don't fall down, fall apart. 

你拿起你的鞋带，把它们系成一个结，这样它们就不会掉下来，散架。

Okay. Tie your shoes in a knot. 

好的。把你的鞋子系成一个结。

All right. And then down here we have ‘knuckle’. 

好的。然后在这里我们有“关节”。

All right. ‘knuckle’ 

好的。 'knuckle'

Kind of like how ‘knee’ is on your  leg, a ‘knuckle’ is on your finger. 

有点像'膝盖'在你的腿上，'指关节'在你的手指上。

All right. Right there where your fingers bend. 

好的。就在你手指弯曲的地方。

Those are my knuckles. All right. 

那是我的指关节。好的。

So as you can see here, there's many words. There's more than these, but these are just  

所以正如你在这里看到的，有很多词。不止这些，但这些只是

12 of these words, where it starts with  

这些单词中的 12 个，它以

‘K’ but we can't say the ‘K’. Well can't? We just don't say the  

“K”开头，但我们不能说“K”。嗯，不能？我们只是不说

‘K’ or… it's you're going to look silly. I hope that helps you and I hope you can  

“K”，否则……你会看起来很傻。我希望这对你有帮助，我希望你能

remember it. Thank you.

记住它。谢谢你。

Hi. This is Bill. And I'm here to help you with some pronunciation. 

你好。这是比尔。我是来帮你发音的。

Okay. Sometimes in English, we have  

好的。有时在英语中，我们的

words that have letters we don't pronounce. We call them silent letters. 

单词中有我们不发音的字母。我们称它们为无声字母。

And, well, right here, I'm going to tell you  about how the letter P can sometimes be silent. 

而且，好吧，就在这里，我要告诉你字母 P 有时是如何静音的。

Now, this happens when the word begins with  the letter P but then it is followed by another  

现在，当单词以字母 P 开头但后面跟着另一个

consonant. Now, this is when we ignore the letter  P and we do not actually pronounce that letter. 

辅音时，就会发生这种情况。现在，这是我们忽略字母 P 而我们实际上并没有发音那个字母的时候。

It is only silent. So let's look right here. 

它只是沉默。所以让我们看看这里。

What I have in this word ,PN begins the  word, but I'm not going to say ‘pu-neumonia’. 

我在这个词中有什么，PN 开始这个词，但我不会说'pu-neumonia'。

Okay. The P is silent. 

好的。 P沉默了。

So all I'm going to say is ‘pneumonia’. Okay. 

所以我只想说“肺炎”。好的。

And ‘pneumonia’ is a sickness  that you get in your lungs. 

而“肺炎”是一种进入肺部的疾病。

That you know … when you're  breathing, you can get sick. 

你知道……当你呼吸时，你会生病。

It's more common in the wintertime. And it's kind of serious. 

它在冬季更常见。这有点严重。

So if you do have pneumonia, I hope you're  seeing a doctor, getting help for that. 

因此，如果您确实患有肺炎，我希望您能去看医生，寻求帮助。

But please, the help I can give  you is don't say, “pu-neumonia.” 

但是，请不要说“肺炎”，我能给你的帮助。

Just say, “pneumonia” And remember it's a lung sickness. 

只要说“肺炎”，记住这是一种肺部疾病。

When you're breathing, it's  kind of like all right here. 

当你呼吸时，就好像这里一切都好。

Okay. Now, the next one here. 

好的。现在，下一个在这里。

It's not ‘P-salm’. All right. 

这不是'P-salm'。好的。

Now, this, we just say ‘psalm’. Now, ‘psalm’ is, it's a part of the Bible. 

现在，这个，我们只是说“诗篇”。现在，“诗篇”是，它是圣经的一部分。

If you read the Bible, if you go to church, 

如果你读圣经，如果你去教堂，

there's a part of the Bible  that's known as the Psalms. 

圣经中有一部分被称为诗篇。

Like Psalm 1 Psalm 2 and it's just  you know information from the Bible  

就像诗篇 1 和诗篇 2 一样，你只知道圣经中的信息

and things like that. If you go to church,  

和诸如此类的东西。如果你去教堂，

you probably talk about that sort of thing. But what we'll talk about right now is that  

你可能会谈论这类事情。但是我们现在要讨论的是

you should pronounce it ‘psalm’. Remember, we have a silent ‘p’,  

你应该把它念成“psalm”。请记住，我们有一个不发音的“p”，

so just pronounce the ‘s’. Now, actually for the rest of these,  

所以只读“s”。现在，实际上对于其余这些，

you notice PS is getting very common. Because as you look at the next one here,  

您会注意到 PS 变得非常普遍。因为当你看下一个时，

‘psychology’. Okay. 

“心理学”。好的。

Now, ‘psychology’ is a subject that maybe  you or someone you know studies in school. 

现在，“心理学”可能是您或您认识的人在学校学习的科目。

‘psychology’ is all about how people think. It's like the way the mind works. 

“心理学”是关于人们如何思考的。这就像头脑的运作方式。

Like why we think the way we do. That's the study of psychology. 

比如我们为什么这样想。那是心理学的研究。

Again, not ‘p-sychology’, just ‘psychology’. So then, down here on the next one, 

同样，不是“p-sychology”，只是“psychology”。那么，下面是下一个，

similar to ‘psychology’, we have ‘psychiatrist’. Now, ‘psychiatrist’ is a doctor who is an expert  

类似于“心理学”，我们有“精神病医生”。现在，“精神病医生”是“心理学”专家的医生

of ‘psychology’. Okay. 

。好的。

They've studied psychology all through university. They know psychology. 

他们整个大学都在学习心理学。他们懂心理学。

They help people who want to talk to  someone about how they're thinking. 

他们帮助那些想与某人谈论他们的想法的人。

You know, they want to see  a doctor about their mind, 

你知道，他们想看医生，

they see the psychiatrist. And he helps them with  

看心理医生。他帮助他们解决

emotional problems or things like that. But, yes, so a psychiatrist studied psychology. 

情绪问题或类似问题。但是，是的，所以精神科医生研究了心理学。

Now, also similar, we have the ‘psychic’. Now, ‘psychic’ doesn't study psychology. 

现在，也类似，我们有'通灵'。现在，“通灵”不研究心理学。

The psychic is more of a fortune-teller. If you're curious, or you want to get an idea  

通灵者更像是一个算命先生。如果你很好奇，或者你想了解

about the future, you might visit a psychic. 

未来，你可以拜访通灵师。

And maybe they check your  hand or they look at cards, 

也许他们会检查你的手牌或看牌，

but a psychic tries to tell you about your future, and that's what they do. 

但通灵者会试图告诉你你的未来，而这就是他们所做的。

So, yeah, ‘psychic’ is more of  what we say a ‘fortune-teller’. 

所以，是的，“通灵者”更像是我们所说的“算命先生”。

That's a similar term right there. And then down here at the bottom, 

那是一个类似的术语。然后在底部，

you've probably heard this before is ‘psycho’. Alright this is someone whose mind is a little  

您之前可能听说过这是“psycho”。好吧，这是一个头脑有点

broken. Okay. 

崩溃的人。好的。

Maybe they do bad things because of it. Many many scary movies have a psycho character  

也许他们因此而做坏事。许多恐怖电影

in them who's causing problems for other people. So, yeah, we have that the psycho person. 

中都有一个心理角色，会给其他人带来麻烦。所以，是的，我们有心理人。

It's kind of, maybe even a  little crazy here, but okay. 

这有点，甚至可能有点疯狂，但没关系。

So as you notice, PS very  common, but don't say the P. 

因此，正如您所注意到的，PS 很常见，但不要说 P。

Alright. So just one more time,  

好吧。所以再一次，

I'm going to pronounce these for you. So listen up. 

我要为你宣读这些。所以听好了。

We start with pneumonia, psalm, psychology,  psychiatrist, psychic, and psycho. 

我们从肺炎、诗篇、心理学、精神病医生、通灵者和心理学家开始。

So alright. If you ever see these words,  

所以好吧。如果你曾经在你正在阅读的东西中看到这些词

in something you're reading, just remember, there's a silent P, when the word begins with P,  

，请记住，当这个词以 P 开头，后面跟着

and is followed by a consonant. I hope that helps. 

一个辅音时，有一个不发音的 P。我希望这有帮助。

And I hope you remember it. Have a good day.

我希望你记住它。祝你有美好的一天。