Silent letters 不发音的字母
There are a lot of silent letters in English. This is because although the pronunciation of some words has changed over the last two or three hundred years the spelling has stayed the same. （英语里有很多不发音的字母。这是因为，尽管一些单词的发音在过去两、三百年里发生了变化，但其拼写却是相同的。）
There aren't many hard and fast rules, it's more a matter of learning which letters are silent in certain combinations of letters. Here are some of the most common silent letters. （这些不发音的字母没有很多一成不变的规则可循，但得知道，当某些字母与另一些字母组合的时候，一些字母就不发音。下面列出的是一些最常见的不发音的字 母。）
In the following examples, all silent letters are given in brackets.
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不发音的 'b'
The 'b' is silent in the combination 'mb' at the end of a word. For example:
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| The 'b' is silent in the combination 'bt'. For example: | |
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but not in some words, e.g. obtain, unobtrusive
不发音的 'd' |
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| The 'd' is silent in the combination 'dg'. For example: | |
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| The 'k' is silent in the combination 'kn'. For example: | |
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| The 'n' is silent in the combination 'mn' at the end of a word. For example: | |
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| The 'h' is silent at the end of word when it follows a vowel. For example: | |
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| The 'h' is silent between two vowels. For example: | |
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| The 'h' is silent after the letter 'r'. For example: | |
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| The 'h' is silent after the letters 'ex' For example: | |
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| but not in some words, e.g. exhale, exhume |
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