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　　Hello大家好，我是Latte。欢迎来到「习语咖啡」。我会每天与大家相约在这里，一同提高英文。

　　[今日习语]

　　今天我们继续学习跟食物有关的习语「Food Idioms」。主角是「Beans豆子」。

　　Spill the Beans

　　[Meaning]

　　Spill the beans是撒豆子的意思吗？当然不是！大家可以从下面的对话中猜猜这条习语的意思。

　　Grace: Karen，I know you overheard about my new boyfriend.

　　Karen: Oh?

　　Grace: I don't mind that you were eavesdropping, but please don't tell Will or Jack about this guy.

　　Karen: Why not? He sounded nice!

　　Grace: I'm just not ready to hear all their judgmental comments about him. I hate answering all their questions.

　　Karen: Okay. I promise I won't spill the beans. I'll keep your secret.

　　对话中Grace知道Karen无意间听到自己有了新男友。她希望Karen不要告诉Will或Jack。Karen说她会保守秘密，不会spill the beans。由此可知，spill the beans是指泄漏秘密，常常指在不小心的情况下。

　　[Examples]

　　Example#1:

　　I understand you want to tell your best friend that we're engaged. But she has a terrible habit of spilling the beans. So if we want to keep it a secret for a while, don't mention it to her. Otherwise, everyone will know before we can make an announcement.

　　我知道，你肯定想把我们订婚的消息马上告诉你最要好的朋友。但是她嘴太快。如果我们要想暂时保密，就不能告诉她，否则在我们正式宣布前，所有人就都已经知道这个消息了。

　　Example#2:

　　We had everything organized for Jimmy's surprise party, but Cathy accidentally spilled the beans to him at work.

　　我们精心为Jimmy策划了惊喜派对，结果Cathy这个家伙嘴不牢，不小心工作时说漏了嘴。

　　[Latte Believes]

　　When asked to keep a secret, if possible，I always say, “No, please don’t tell me. I’m likely to spill the beans.”

　　当被要求为他人保密时，可能的情况下，我总是说：“算了，别告诉我，我很可能会说漏嘴。”

　　I dislike keeping other people's secrets not because I am not worth trusting but because keeping secrets for others comes with extra responsibility.

　　我不喜欢为别人保守秘密并不是因为我不值得信任，而是因为为别人保密会裹挟着额外的负担和责任。

　　According to a study, the average person is holding 13 secrets right now.Holding a secret someone entrusted you to keep is near the top of the list.

　　据一项研究，人在当下平均保守的秘密是13个，而为他人保守的秘密接近最重要的位置。

　　Actually keeping secrets can detrimentally affect yourhealth.The greater thefearyou will violate their trust, the more impact the secret has on your mental state.

　　事实上保守秘密对我们的身体有害无益。你越害怕辜负别人的信任，它对你的精神状态的负面影响就越大。

　　Therefore，be conscious of your secrets and why you are holding them. Don't let them consume your mental and physical energy.

　　因此，一定要清醒地意识到自己的秘密是什么，以及你保守它们的原因是什么。不要让这些秘密消耗你的身心。

　　——Latte

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