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　　Hello大家好，我是Latte。歡迎來到「習語咖啡」。我會每天與大家相約在這裏，一同提高英文。

　　[今日習語]

　　今天我們繼續學習跟食物有關的習語「Food Idioms」。主角是「Beans豆子」。

　　Spill the Beans

　　[Meaning]

　　Spill the beans是撒豆子的意思嗎？當然不是！大家可以從下面的對話中猜猜這條習語的意思。

　　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.

　　對話中Grace知道Karen無意間聽到自己有了新男友。她希望Karen不要告訴Will或Jack。Karen說她會保守祕密，不會spill the beans。由此可知，spill the beans是指泄漏祕密，常常指在不小心的情況下。

　　[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，你肯定想把我們訂婚的消息馬上告訴你最要好的朋友。但是她嘴太快。如果我們要想暫時保密，就不能告訴她，否則在我們正式宣佈前，所有人就都已經知道這個消息了。

　　Example#2:

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

　　我們精心爲Jimmy策劃了驚喜派對，結果Cathy這個傢伙嘴不牢，不小心工作時說漏了嘴。

　　[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.”

　　當被要求爲他人保密時，可能的情況下，我總是說：“算了，別告訴我，我很可能會說漏嘴。”

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

　　我不喜歡爲別人保守祕密並不是因爲我不值得信任，而是因爲爲別人保密會裹挾着額外的負擔和責任。

　　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.

　　據一項研究，人在當下平均保守的祕密是13個，而爲他人保守的祕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.

　　事實上保守祕密對我們的身體有害無益。你越害怕辜負別人的信任，它對你的精神狀態的負面影響就越大。

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

　　因此，一定要清醒地意識到自己的祕密是什麼，以及你保守它們的原因是什麼。不要讓這些祕密消耗你的身心。

　　——Latte

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