Can you keep a secret? ⏲️ 6 Minute English

Рет қаралды 147,647

28 күн бұрын

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 👉
www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish...
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
More 6 Minute English episodes:
⭐ Bitter food, better health? 👉 • Bitter food, better he...
⭐ Talking at the table 👉 • Talking at the table ⏲...
⭐ Eating for two 👉 • Eating for two ⏲️ 6 Mi...
⭐ Why everyone loves the underdog 👉 • Why everyone loves the...
⭐ What makes a great library?👉 • What makes a great lib...
⭐ Sewing to fight period poverty👉 • Sewing to fight period...
⭐ Plastic waste eaten by enzymes 👉 • Plastic waste eaten by...
⭐ Feed your brain 👉 • Feed your brain ⏲️ 6 M...
⭐ Food for new mums 👉 • Food for new mums ⏲️ 6...
⭐ How the language of menus matters 👉 • How the language of me...
🤩🤩🤩 SUBSCRIBE to our KZfaq channel for more English videos and podcast English to help you improve your English 👉 tinyurl.com/ps3hplv
✔️ Visit our website 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish
✔️ Follow us on Instagram 👉 / bbclearningenglish
✔️ Find us on Facebook 👉 / bbclearningenglish.mul...
✔️ Join us on TikTok 👉 / bbclearningenglish
We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment 😊
#learnenglish #bbclearningenglish #secrets #6minuteenglish

Пікірлер: 129

@bbclearningenglish 27 күн бұрын

You can download the audio and a free programme transcript here 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240516

@AhsanullahMahar-gp3pn 27 күн бұрын

requirement of the day❤

@masterssattiung4828 13 күн бұрын

Who's from Uzbekistan like me😊😊😊😊

@user-wu2uy4rj8c 13 күн бұрын

I don't understand. And who's from Kazakhstan?🫰 Have a great study English

@user-vz7hj7mw8t 13 күн бұрын

In Uzbekistan almost every teacher recommends this podcast his students

@user-vz7hj7mw8t 13 күн бұрын

I am 😇

@user-wu2uy4rj8c 13 күн бұрын

@@user-vz7hj7mw8t oh thanks, I will know it

@user-lb1tu4to9u 13 күн бұрын

Hello im from Kz

@miguelangelperez2849 26 күн бұрын

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

@pulse4503 14 сағат бұрын

How about the cat Is out of the bag?

@tammytsang3487 2 күн бұрын

The whole point of spending time on your learning channel is to study English in a relaxing manner. Thank you ❤

@bbclearningenglish 27 күн бұрын

Are you good at keeping secrets 🤫?!

@nageyyousef1757 27 күн бұрын

I think iam good at keeping secrets 🤥🤥🤣🤣😂😂

@SANA-27LM 27 күн бұрын

Yes, I am😂😂

@Ryikj 27 күн бұрын

Yes sure😏😈😈

@butterflies7351 27 күн бұрын

Yes I am

@Narrova4 27 күн бұрын

Nope 😆

@jetsaelvm 27 күн бұрын

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

@bbclearningenglish 26 күн бұрын

Ha! Even if it's really interesting?! A couple of small corrections: I AM good at keeping secrets because I always forget what people TELL me. :)

@Abbos-yn5mq 18 күн бұрын

You've forgotten that nobody tells you their secrets 😅. Just kidding

@ilyinkonstantin 27 күн бұрын

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

@elenavasilyeva4759 27 күн бұрын

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.

@bbclearningenglish 26 күн бұрын

Great use of idioms - well done 👏 !

@mohamedwalid4172 21 күн бұрын

and me 😢

@TheodoreMorata 18 күн бұрын

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

@audreyhp4452 27 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏻😊

@gilmaark 7 күн бұрын

I adore this programme!❤

@user-zb3dh9se2r 16 күн бұрын

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

@gm1rv-ame 17 күн бұрын

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…

@marineelire 25 күн бұрын

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.

@ambrosia-kx3cp 25 күн бұрын

Thank you ✨

@user-ml2dr8wx4n 26 күн бұрын

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.

@longvuang3383 7 күн бұрын

Thanks to bbc english, thank you i’m stepping to my goal every single day

@monasobhy9992 25 күн бұрын

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.

@aghiles-------------------9043 27 күн бұрын

I encourage my friends to keep their secrets to themselves!

@ZOZOZORO981 25 күн бұрын

Tnx a million

@ChauNguyen-hy7lf 9 күн бұрын

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.

@aghiles-------------------9043 27 күн бұрын

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

@bbclearningenglish 26 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@anumijaz8025 27 күн бұрын

Nice ❤

@Ms.Kudratova 26 күн бұрын

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😇

@eseoghenetv 27 күн бұрын

I hate keeping secrets

@amiraratkovic2619 16 күн бұрын

I'm pretty good at keeping secret.❤❤❤

@ulisesbenjaminalonsorojas352 27 күн бұрын

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

@bbclearningenglish 26 күн бұрын

Good use of 'spill the beans"!

@user-pe7bd2bj6c Күн бұрын

Nice

@nurhiyda_blog 9 күн бұрын

I never spill the beans, i am so good at keeping people's secret)

@user-nv2yn2yc7g 27 күн бұрын

For sure I can keep a secret, it’s simple. The BBC is interesting I am Excited about this knowledge.

@eftitasusarani5865 26 күн бұрын

Yes , me too

@cactus4242 22 күн бұрын

Interesting topic. I wonder what guilty pleasure is like?🤔 Evil eye sounds scary.😨 I think every family has a bit of secret.🤫 Thanks a lot.

@RosaGlez-ls1oz 26 күн бұрын

I'm a great secrets keeper, because... knowledge is power. 😉

@jiajia4453 27 күн бұрын

I’m pretty good at keeping secrets as well

@herylisytianaranarijaona8573 22 күн бұрын

sometimes I spill the beans when I thought that somethong was not right. The whole point to say is that learning english with BBC Learning english is very important and can give you a great speeches;

@JohnROdBA 27 күн бұрын

Yes I do. And I know a secret about Neal that I"ll never reveal !😅

@user-ew8hm9cm9o 26 күн бұрын

A secret which makes me difficult to keep is that I love her 🌜

@professorchannel 27 күн бұрын

🙏🙏

@shahanakhanam8786 27 күн бұрын

0:32 I am bad at keeping secrets

@EnglishVid2 26 күн бұрын

❤

@AsifAsuu-bh4kk 27 күн бұрын

Yes I can keep secrets

@ab_ah_98 27 күн бұрын

👏

@user-jz3gi8hz1y 24 күн бұрын

I am good at keeping the secret so that no one around me will know the BBC Leaning English is the best place to learn 😅

@viridianaramirez7526 26 күн бұрын

I tought Coca Cola's secret spice was cinnamon. Hi from Mexico.

@ashasaid7324 20 күн бұрын

I am sure 100% I keep secrets 🎉

@herylisytianaranarijaona8573 22 күн бұрын

a guilting project is something that you want to do but it gives you a feeling of shame burdensom = troublesome whole point : most important reason

@nafiseh212 27 күн бұрын

Ask girls to answer it

@lopezaguilar28 27 күн бұрын

0:25 what does Give Away mean there?

@bbclearningenglish 27 күн бұрын

If you give away the ending of a movie, you tell someone - who hasn't seen it yet - how the movie ends.

@fatimahhussain5642 26 күн бұрын

👍👍👍👍

@chihiro-hx9sk 27 күн бұрын

Utada Hikaru?😂

@yh8922 25 күн бұрын

Yeah I also thought that haha by Japanese

@pulse4503 14 сағат бұрын

Nope I would give it away, right away ! 😂☹️☹️☹️

@GrimReaper-yb2cy 26 күн бұрын

I am not that type of people who always spill the beans

@kostakosta5352 27 күн бұрын

Хороший подкаст. Но никто из нас в этой жизни за Вами не угонится. Помогите пожалуйста в этой жизни…🙏🙏🙏🍺

@ssddgkvvkv 27 күн бұрын

Hello bbc

@rashidindo 27 күн бұрын

Yeah am very good in keeping secrets, let the cat out of the bag.😊

@BriantheBrick 26 күн бұрын

Jeremy: Who spilt the beans about me eating George's tuna and cucumber sandwiches? Geoff: It was me, sorry, Jeremy. I had to tell George. It's burdensome to keep such a huge secret! Jeremy: The whole point of eating the sandwich was pretending to apologise to George and secretly give him the evil eye. Giving the evil eye to random people is a guilty pleasure. By the way, Georgina told me about your marriage proposal to her. Congratulations! Geoff: Oh yeah! I completely forgot! I'm getting married!

@NgocTran-iy7cd 7 күн бұрын

spill the beans : reveal a secret guilty : have done something illegal marriage proposal : ask someone to marry you evil eye : superstition burdensome = troublesome

@HhhjjGhfffg 24 күн бұрын

Secrets

@user-rb7fo7el2f 26 күн бұрын

Dear BBC, When we pronounce the word 'often', do we need to elide 't' sound or not? If I'm not wrong, without elision 't' sound is American English. Please respond me back. Thank you.

@bbclearningenglish 26 күн бұрын

Native speaks pronounce 'often' both ways - some people pronounce the 't' and some don't, so it's really up to you which you prefer - you'll hear both versions in the UK though :)

@user-rb7fo7el2f 26 күн бұрын

@@bbclearningenglish Thank you very much for your quick response. As I am very pompous and speak with a posh British Accent, I'm taking care of the pronunciation of each and every word.

@manfenfo4947 26 күн бұрын

I am good at keeping my secrets 😏

@maria.s1326 27 күн бұрын

Is it nutmeg?

@lilianatria2877 25 күн бұрын

Personally, I can't keep a secret with my relatives. I think I would also reveal big secrets like pregnancy although in my country it is considered inappropriate because many people believe in the evil eye. However, I am able to keep other people's secrets