Can you keep a secret? ⏲️ 6 Minute English

Are secrets always negative? Or can they be positive too? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.👇👇👇

❓❓❓ While travelling in Indonesia, BBC TV presenter, Joanna Lumley, believes she discovered the unknown secret ingredient in Coca Cola. But what is it?

a) cinnamon
b) nutmeg
c) ginger

Listen to the programme to hear the answer. [Cover: Getty Images]

You can download the audio and a free programme transcript here 👉

Vocabulary:
✔️spill the beans - (idiom) tell people secret information
✔️guilty pleasure - activity that you really enjoy, but which also gives you a feeling of guilt or shame for liking it
✔️marriage proposal - asking someone to marry you
✔️the whole point of (something) - the most important reason or purpose for something
✔️evil eye - superstition in which someone causes injury or bad luck through a look
✔️burdensome - worrying, troublesome, distressing

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[miguelangelperez]

Here’s the vocabulary list :
-spill the beans ( reveal a secret )
- a guilty pleasure : something you enjoy doing with a feeling of shame
-a marriage proposal: ask someone to marry you
- the whole point : the important thing, the fact of the matter
- the evil eye : bad luck through a look
-burdensome : distressing, troublesome

[ChauNguyen-hylf]

I always remind myself to never spill the beans because I totally believe that "A close mouth catches no flies". Moreover, if we share our secret, there will be a lot of evil eyes around us, which will spread a kind of negative for us.

[jetsaelvm]

I good at keeping secrets because I always forget what people tells me.

[elenavasilyeva]

I must confess I'm terrible at keeping secrets. I'd rather spill the beans or spill the tea than take a secret with me to the grave.

[ilyinkonstantin]

I completely agree that all the secrets we need to keep. Especially if it's a positive event

[tammytsang]

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Until today i am committed to listening to this wonderful podcast thank you

[marineelire]

It is so out of habit for me to spill the beans. It is a guilty pleasure for me to reveal them to someone. I cannot keep any secret, as soon as I know something I genuinely want to share it with someone. However, the whole point of it is I do not know too many secrets to tell someone about. So, when it happens, I cannot keep myself under control.

I do not believe in the evil eye as strong as you are.

[gmrv-ame]

Thanks to 6 minutes English, I could achieve my goal. Thank you sooo much! From now on, I will also continue to study English hard:) This topic was very interesting for me as usual. Keeping a secret is sometimes difficult…

[zbdhser]

I always enjoy listening to your voices and explanations. Thank you for your job, well done)))

[monasobhy]

I'm a kind of person who never spills the beans and has the ability to take secrets with me to the grave caz this is what is known as honesty.

[longvuang]

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[Ms.Kudratova]

I am good at keeping secret.In my opinion i’m reliable person. Actually my friends can share their feelings with me😋I never spill the beans😇

[mldrwxn]

Thank you for always providing great content! However, I'm troubled by the fact that the podcast transcription function is no longer working. If it's disabled in the settings, I hope it will be reactivated. This content is essential for my daily English study, so I hope you will maintain its ease of use.

[ulisesbenjaminalonsorojas]

I hardly ever spill the beans because it means the person relies on me. So, i think I'm good at keeping secrets.

[aghiles-------------------]

I encourage my friends to keep their secrets to themselves!

[aghiles-------------------]

Great job!! Interesting dialogue between respectful people thank you for these videos ❤

[TheodoreMorata]

I can only keep a secret if it is not my secret 😅