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Spill the Beans
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Spill the Beans English, baby! Video Lesson
说漏嘴

Contractions and Abbreviations

Date: Sep 06 2011

Themes: Soap Opera

Grammar: Contractions and Abbreviations

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It’s hard to keep a secret. You have to remember not to say anything that might cause people to ask you questions. But once you say the wrong thing and start to tell the secret, there’s no going back: you’ve spilled the beans.

When you spill the beans, you tell a secret. Even if you just tell one person, the secret is likely to get out. Imagine spilling a bunch of beans on the floor and then trying to clean them up. At least one is sure to get away. Secrets are the same way. Once you’ve told the secret, it will not be contained again. It will not be a secret for long.

Mason knows something interesting about one of his friends. Watch as Marni and Ella try to get him to spill the beans.

保守秘密很难。你必须牢记不能说出任何引起别人好奇提问的话。但是,一旦你说错话,开始泄密,便再也无法回头了:你已经说漏嘴了。
你说漏嘴时,也就意味着你在泄密。即使你只告诉了一个人,秘密也很有可能被泄露出去。想象一下,如果将一堆豆子撒在地上,然后再试图捡起来,但最终你还是会至少漏掉一粒。秘密也是一样。一旦你将秘密说出口,便失去了对它的控制,它也就不再是秘密了。
梅森知道他一个朋友的一件趣闻。观看玛尼和艾拉如何尝试让他说漏嘴的。

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Marni

Marni

Mason

Mason

Ella

Ella

Marni:  OK, Mason. What’s going on?

Mason:  What do you mean, boss?

Marni:  You keep sighing. You sound like a teenage girl in love.

Mason:  What? Love? I’m not in…Well, I mean, I love Ella, but, you know it’s way too soon for us to be getting married. We haven’t even been on our first date yet, I mean technically.

Marni:  Marriage? What are you talking about? Who’s getting married?

Ella:  Oh my gosh, is someone getting married? Is it me? Is Jeff going to propose? Oh my god.

Mason:  Gross! Gross. OK, I mean, I definitely…no way. I wouldn’t be excited if Jeff was going to propose.

Marni:  OK, so you weren’t talking about Jeff. But you were talking about someone, weren’t you? So, someone’s gonna propose. You have to spill the beans, Mason. Who is it?

Mason:  No!

Marni:  We want to know.

Mason:  I don’t have to spill the beans. I won’t!

Ella:  Oh come on, Mason. You can trust me. Just whisper it in my ear. Marni won’t hear. Just let me know.

Mason:  No! I can’t! I cannot spill the beans.

Ella:  Mason, I thought we had something. I thought you could trust me. Of all people, I thought you would at least tell me your secret.

Mason:  I would tell you if it was anyone else but Jason is my best friend. I can’t spill his…

Marni:  Jason is going to propose to Devan.

Mason:  No! OK…

Ella:  Oh my God! That’s so crazy.

Mason:  No! I take it back. It’s me. Marry me?

Ella:  Yeah. No. You already spilled the beans. Sorry, Mason. We know it’s Jason.

 

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Discussion

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Mason is walking around the office in a very good mood. Marni asks him what’s on his mind. He tells her some nonsense about marriage.

Marni realizes that Mason isn’t getting married, but that someone else must be. She tries to get him to spill the beans, but he won’t do it. He says no to Ella too, but then he accidentally mentions that he’s talking about Jason.

Ella and Marni get excited. Mason tries to calm them down by saying he wants to propose to Ella. But they know the truth—Jason is going to ask Devan to marry him!

Are you good at keeping secrets? Have you ever spilled the beans?

 

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ekieen

ekieen

Malaysia

Hahhaaha…you guys are funny!

03:21 AM Sep 06 2011 |

thekingsa

thekingsa

Saudi Arabia

i  am  keeping  the  secret 

01:46 AM Sep 06 2011 |

wwongsapun

wwongsapun

Thailand

Yes! I was to keep a good secret.When someone told you with secret that it mean you are important for her/him. I realized always that should to a good keep this for her/him… If when the secret to get out on oneday that’s not me do. Sure!

01:36 AM Sep 06 2011 |

weah44

weah44

Sudan

i  am  keeping  the  secret  ..but sometimes  my  close  friend  gets  me  to  spill  the  bean  i  did it  many  times  but  i am   sure the  secret  won’t  get  out  from  my  friend 

12:46 AM Sep 06 2011 |

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