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

这最后一个元是弱读元—— Harrods。

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

其中有一个让英文词真的很难拼写出来的，是schwa。

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

很难听到schwa，从来都是弱读处理。

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

是一个“d”，然后是弱读。

We pronounce both endings with a " schwa."

词尾，我们用“schwa”来发。

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，这里会被R的声吸收掉。

Almost all weak forms have a schwa sound.

几乎所有的轻读都有一个schwa。

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

这个，schwa在轻读里很常见。

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

好，就是一个 th 和一个弱央元。

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

不，不是，其实叫做中元。

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就像是黄油里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个发。

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

虽然写了 o，但我们发 schwa ，镜子。

But for the schwa, you do nothing.

但对于 schwa 就不用。

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

第二个节强调。只是第一个节中的分符。

So you pronounce the r, but it comes after the schwa.

所以你会发 r ，但是在 schwa 后面。

Now, we have a schwa sound here. Okay.

这里有一个弱央元。

And then another schwa, 'ruh', and then another schwa, 'b'l'.

然后是另一个弱读元，“ruh”，然后是另一个弱读元，'b'l'。