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Come Clean
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Come Clean English, baby! Video Lesson
坦白承认

Learn the definition of the slang phrase 'come clean' in this English lesson

Date: Nov 27 2012

Themes: Soap Opera

Grammar: Present Perfect Tense

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Keeping a secret often isn’t fun. Once you finally tell someone your secret, you feel refreshed and renewed. It feels good to come clean.

When you come clean, you share information you were hiding before. This might mean confessing that you have done something wrong, or explaining why you have been acting weird.

Marni is pregnant, but hasn’t told her co-workers who the father is yet. In this English lesson video, we learn the meaning of the English idiom “come clean,” and discover that Marni isn’t the only one with a secret to tell.

保守秘密通常不太轻松。当你最终将秘密告诉他人后,会感觉精神振奋、活力焕发。坦白承认会令人心情很好。

当你坦白承认时,就是与他人分享你之前隐藏的信息。这可能意味着承认曾经做的错事,或解释为什么你最近一直表现怪异。

玛尼怀孕了,但还没有告诉同事谁是孩子的父亲。在本节英文课视频中,我们学习英语习语“come clean”的含义,并会发现玛尼并不是唯一有秘密要讲的人。

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Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Jeff

Jeff

Marni

Marni

Jason

Jason

Devan

Devan

Mason

Mason

John

John

Jeff:  So, Marni, I just thought you’d like to know that I started a college fund. I’m donating four percent of my salary to it.

Marni:  Um, that’s great. But who is it for?

Jeff:  It’s for you know who.

Marni:  What? OK. You guys. This is getting crazy. It’s time to come clean. So, you’ve been a little involved in my personal life lately, and especially one of you. So I’m just…I’m going to tell you who the father is, and, it’s John.

Jason:  Your internet boyfriend from years ago?

Marni:  Yes. He’s changed a lot and we’ve really grown close. We got together about a year ago and moved in together and things happened, and yeah, we’re ready to do this. We’re going to be a family.

Devan:  Why didn’t you tell us?

Mason:  Uh, because that’s crazy. He’s crazy. I mean, do you remember when his ex-girlfriend climbed through a window to tell you how crazy he was? Crazy!

Marni:  His ex was crazy, but John has really changed. He’s a sweetheart and I think he’s going to be a great dad.

Jeff:  It doesn’t matter if he’s sweet or crazy, that’s not the point. It’s not true. The point is he’s not the father. I think all the evidence points to…

Jason:  Let’s come back to that. While we’re coming clean about things, Devan and I have something to announce as well.

Devan:  It’s true. So you guys know Amanda bought my share of the company. So we’re going to take this opportunity to get out of the rat race.

Jason:  We’re putting in our two weeks’ notice. We’re leaving our jobs.

Mason:  What?

Marni:  Really? This is so sudden!

Devan:  It did happen very fast, but we’re just going to hit the road and see where it takes us.

Jason:  We’re really sorry to leave you when you have a baby on the way.

Marni:  It’s OK. Everything will be OK, I think.

John:  Ready to go, babe?

Marni:  Uh, let me just get my things.

John:  Did you finally come clean with them?

Marni:  I did. It felt good.

Mason:  Well, guys, I have something to come clean about too.

Devan:  What’s that?

Mason:  Well, it’s a plan I’ve been thinking about for quite a while, but I need your guys’ help, so huddle up.

 

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When Jeff approaches Marni’s desk to tell her he has started a college fund for her baby, Marni has finally had enough. She announces to the office that since they have been asking about her personal life lately, she would like to come clean. The father of her baby is John, her internet boyfriend from years ago. John and Marni moved in together a year ago and have decided to be a family.

Devan asks why Marni didn’t tell them about this, and Mason remembers that John’s ex said he is crazy. But John has changed, and Marni thinks he will be a great dad. Jeff doesn’t believe what Marni says.

Jason tells everyone that he and Devan would like to come clean about their plans for the future. They are leaving their jobs in two weeks. Marni is surprised, but says everything will be OK.

Mason is the next one to come clean about a plan he has been thinking about. He asks for everyone to help him make it happen.

Are you surprised by everyone’s secrets? Have you had a situation where it felt good to come clean?

 

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bellaboo2422

Pakistan


i got surprised many times by different people when they pop their secrets and came clean. i got shocked and trembled at some blurts. confessions are good and bad at the same time bcoz according to situtaion it brings glum or glee. i’m not kind of person who come clean alot its a thing that rarely happen. usually i come clean only with Allah almighty and segregate it. i belive that its not fun to share a secret of someone with any other we have to respect the feelings of others and keep it under wraps. so i’m good at this. to come clean with our faults and disablities is actully a different thing and useful for our own self, it makes a person tough and realistic with deep insight of life. so it depends on situtaion wheather its good to come clean or not.

 julito

julito

Argentina

 makpal ,  :)))) InnocentCry   which one  is you ?  , my pick is  the left one. an honest person.


 

11:19 AM Nov 27 2012 |

Gentleman in Ebaby

Saudi Arabia

it is a great lesson , because ur mother had the same story in the past , i’m really sorry for what ur mother did in the past !


hey englishbaby members : who are your fathers ???

11:13 AM Nov 27 2012 |

makpal

makpal

Kazakhstan

i’ve been trying to remember to think of anything i should come clean about, but couldn’t. so either i’ve had a boring life so far, or i am a very honest and sincere personLaughing

MAHTAB RAD

MAHTAB RAD

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

Great lesson….thank you for your usefull words….never heard of some of them

kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

korhansaresimge was it fifth season? :D I had no idea that eBaby lessons of soap opera divide on five seasons :)))))))))))) it’s funny I missed the previous ones ;)

10:05 AM Nov 27 2012 |

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korhansaresimge

Turkey

will the fifth season over? ...no :(

09:26 AM Nov 27 2012 |

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knuschu

knuschu

Germany

Sometimes it’s better to come clean to prevent gossip on work or in a friendship.


So i want to come clean with you all: I like this lesson ;)

kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

Well :) up untill the moment when Mason asked to huddle up I thought this is the last serie of soap opera and  ”Finita la comedia!”  :D 


There is nothing left for Mason as to release the  last serie  and  wrap up the soap opera completely next time. ;) or leave all of us  with the task to finish this serie by our own guessing about him coming clean.


At the beginning Jeff was not looking like a future dad of the child Marni  gestates. Everything shouted out of him: “I can’t be a father!”  ;)


John was out of the spotlight  last time that’s why there was no suspicion that he can be a father. Anyhow, life is full of surprises and unexpected turns.  Let us all hope John has  really changed and they will be happy with Marni and their little child. 


Jason and Devan, I’m looking forwad to see the reportage from your  new place of living if you both are willing to share it with us of course. I hope you will find yourselves much happier there, far away of rat race. 


You all are perfect team, you performed very well with your ideas. It was interesting to follow you all.Smile 

SANG891

SANG891

Hong Kong

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06:18 AM Nov 27 2012 |

Kiroly

Kiroly

China

I’m not surprised by everyone’s secrets, especially my best friends. But I think not everyone could come clean, everyone must have something hiding in their heart. Sometime I tell my secret to my beat friend or my husband, but these are selective to tell them. Do you agree with me ?

06:18 AM Nov 27 2012 |

knil

knil

India

I would like to come clean.

05:28 AM Nov 27 2012 |

执着之间,定会晴朗

China

hello,everyone


 

04:31 AM Nov 27 2012 |

Min Min Hla

Myanmar

I think, something should not come clean in our life.

04:16 AM Nov 27 2012 |

ola33

ola33

Japan

 So, who will stay in English baby, then? :)

Avi charl

Avi charl

India

the style of exprecing the inner sense of phrase is good and it helps us to understand the real meaning.

01:45 AM Nov 27 2012 |

Gentleman in Ebaby

Saudi Arabia


i really didn’t understand this lesson , could anyone explain it to me ?


which kind of relationship they are talking about it ?


Merriage after Love and lust   or merriage before love and lust ?? 


with million thanks in advance?

01:41 AM Nov 27 2012 |

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 julito

julito

Argentina

Marni finally came clean  ,  then after all we weren´t wrong that  Jeff´s paternity  was dubious.Relax  Jeff, at least you won´t have to wake up at night  to sing a lullaby and change diapers  to the crying baby ,much  less to keep sending part of your pay check to the bank  to engross your saving account to pay future applicable tuition fees  .


Devan and Jason  are leaving , Marni will have  to take maternity leave as well, this office won´t be the same  unless Mason came up with  an idea  to  keep us  learning english.    


  I  didn´t like to feel embarrass,  so  whenever   I made a mistake   i  have tried  to hide my shortcomings  from others ,usually this attitude hasn´t worked well for me  ,most of the time is better to come clean and admit   any wrongdoing.

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