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Hello, I'm John Russell.
大家好，我是约翰·罗素。
The regular past tense ending of American English reminds me of the Three Musketeers.
美式英语一般过去式的结尾让我想起了三个火枪手。
How could the -ed ending remind me of the famous French trio?
ed的结尾怎么会让我想起著名的法国三人组呢？
I'll explain.
我来解释一下。
In a previous episode, I talked about two different ways Americans pronounce the -ed ending of past tense verbs, as in liked, loved.
在上一集中，我谈到了两种美国人发-ed结尾的动词过去式的两种不同方式，比如liked、loved。
Notice that the -ed ending in liked sounded different than the ed ending in loved.
请注意，以like结尾的ed听起来与以Love结尾的不太一样。
These are like the first two Musketeers, but wait, there's a third way to pronounce the -ed ending.
它们就像前两个火枪手，但等等，-ed的发音还有第三种方式。
It's like the dramatic entrance of the third musketeer.
就像第三个火枪手戏剧性的登场。
In American English, if the last letter of a verb is spelled with a "d" or a "t", the -ed past tense ending is often pronounced as /id/.
在美式英语中，如果一个动词的最后一个字母是d或者t，-ed结尾的过去式发/id/的音。
Consider this example.
看一下这个示例。
I visited my friend.
我拜访了我的朋友。
Note that the verb visit ends in a -t.
注意动词visit是以字母t结尾的。
Because it ends in -t, we generally pronounce the -ed past tense ending as /id/: visited.
因为它以-t结尾，所以我们通常把过去式结尾的-ed读成/id/: visited。
Consider other common verbs that end in a -d or a -t.
想想其他以d或者t结尾的动词。
Avoid Admit Wait
避免 承认 等待
In the past tense, they sound like this: avoided, admitted, waited.
在过去式中，他们是这样发音的：avoided /id/, admitted /id/, waited /id/。
So now you are familiar with the three ways to pronounce regular past tense verbs in American English.
现在你已经熟悉了美式英语中一般过去时动词的三种发音方式。
The next time you listen to Americans speak, try to pay careful attention to how they pronounce verbs in the past tense.
下次你听美国人说话时，试着注意他们读如何动词的过去式的发音。
I bet you will hear one or more of the three endings.
我打赌你会听到三种结尾中的一个或多个。
Keep up the good work.
继续加油吧。
