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

这最后一个元音是弱读元音—— Harrods。

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

其中有一个让英文单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音，因为它从来都是弱读处理。

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

它是一个“d”音，然后是弱读音。

You don’t have to try to make the schwa, it gets absorbed by the R sound.

不必特意读成中元音，因为这里它会被R的声音吸收掉。

We pronounce both endings with a " schwa."

词尾，我们用“schwa”来发音。

Yes, the tricky thing is the schwa sound.

是的，比较复杂的是 schwa。

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

好，就是一个 th 和一个弱央元音。

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

不，不是，它其实叫做中元音。

And the R actually takes over the schwa sound.

“R”实际上取代了弱读音。

So the vowel changes to the schwa.

所以母音变成混母音 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.

中元音是英语中比较懒惰的一个发音。

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.

第二个音节强调。只是第一个音节中的分音符。

Now, we have a schwa sound here. Okay.

这里有一个弱央元音。

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

然后是另一个弱读元音，“ruh”，然后是另一个弱读元音，'b'l'。

It might not be pronounced “they’re”, but instead, “thur”, with the schwa.

它可能不会发音为 “they’re”, 而是略音为“thur”。

Just S into N sound, son, the schwa will happen on its own.

只有 S 到 N 的音，son，弱央元音就会自动出现。

It's so common that it even has its own name, schwa.

太常见了以至于都有了自己的名字，schwa音。