Name: 學習英語：關於祕密的20種表達方式 (Learn English: 20 Expressions about Secrets)
Uploaded: 2022-12-06T19:00:34.000Z
Duration: 11 min 50 s

I want you to come in closer when I want to let you in on a little secret.

當我想讓你知道一個小祕密時，我希望你能走近一點。

Okay, so a couple of new expressions there for you.

好的，所以有幾個新的表達方式給你。

Everybody wants to share a secret with somebody.

每個人都想和別人分享一個祕密。

So there are certain expressions for sharing secrets and for keeping secrets and for telling somebody you're prepared to keep a secret.

是以，對於分享祕密和保守祕密以及告訴別人你準備保守祕密，都有一定的表達方式。

And then there are expressions when that secret has been uh you know, shared with other people.

然後，當這個祕密被呃......你知道的，與其他人分享的時候，也會有一些表達。

So first we're gonna talk about keeping secrets and then I'm gonna talk to you about revealing secrets.

是以，首先我們要談談保守祕密的問題，然後我再和你談談揭開祕密的問題。

The expressions that we use in english for all these things.

我們在英語中用來表示所有這些事情的表達方式。

So let's start with telling somebody you want them to keep the information secret.

是以，讓我們從告訴某人你希望他們對資訊保密開始。

So if you're gonna let someone in on something to let in on means to share some piece of information that is not generally known, other people don't know about it.

所以，如果你要讓別人知道一些事情，讓別人知道意味著分享一些不為人知的資訊，其他人不知道的事情。

So, I'm gonna let you in on this little circle of information that only a few people know or maybe only I know and now only you will know.

所以，我要讓你知道這個只有少數人知道或也許只有我知道的小圈子資訊，現在只有你會知道。

So, I'm gonna share a secret with you now.

所以，我現在要和你分享一個祕密。

If somebody ever tells you, okay, between you and me or between us, that means they want you to keep this information secret.

如果有人告訴你，好吧，你和我之間或我們之間，這意味著他們希望你對這個資訊保密。

They don't want you to tell other people.

Whatever this information or this story or this piece of thing we found doesn't leave this room.

無論這個資訊或這個故事或我們找到的這塊東西，都不會離開這個房間。

So this conversation doesn't leave this room.

所以這個談話不會離開這個房間。

It means it's only the people in the room can hear it and can know about it.

這意味著只有房間裡的人可以聽到，可以知道它。

Okay so whatever it is you're doing doesn't leave this room.

好的，所以不管你在做什麼，都不會離開這個房間。

Doesn't leave, this office doesn't leave this hotel doesn't leave wherever you are.

不離開，這個辦公室不離開這個酒店不離開，無論你在哪裡。

If it's something doesn't leave it means it's not to be shared.

如果是東西不離開就意味著不可以分享。

Okay now this is a very good expression and it's very specific but it's become quite common and used in other situations.

好了，現在這是一個非常好的表達方式，它非常具體，但它已經變得相當普遍，並用於其他情況。

When people talk about Vegas, they're talking about Las Vegas and the U.

當人們談及拉斯維加斯時，他們談論的是拉斯維加斯和美國。

You know the place in all the movies with all the casinos and the gambling people go to Vegas and they do crazy things.

你知道所有電影中的那個地方，所有的賭場和賭博的人都去拉斯維加斯，他們做了瘋狂的事情。

A lot of people especially guys like to go there for like a bachelor party before they get married.

很多人尤其是男人喜歡在結婚前去那裡參加單身派對。

All the guys go together and they have some fun etcetera.

所有的人一起去，他們有一些樂趣等等。

拉斯維加斯也被稱為罪惡之城。

Sin a sin is something bad like against the bible against religion.

罪，是指一些不好的事情，如違反《聖經》，反對宗教。

So a lot of people do a lot of bad things in Vegas.

所以很多人在拉斯維加斯做了很多壞事。

But everybody understands that what happens in Las Vegas, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas you don't take it home with you.

但每個人都明白，在拉斯維加斯發生的事情，在拉斯維加斯發生的事情都會留在拉斯維加斯，你不會把它帶回家。

Only the group you're with knows what happened.

只有你所在的小組知道發生了什麼。

But this expression has become so popular that people just automatically switch Vegas to wherever it is they are.

但這種表達方式已經變得如此流行，以至於人們只是自動將拉斯維加斯切換到他們所在的地方。

What happens in Toronto stays in Toronto?

在多倫多發生的事情會一直留在多倫多嗎？

Or what happens in this place stays in this place?

或者說在這個地方發生的事情就留在這個地方？

發生在露營的事情，就一直在露營？

Any situation you're in, just use this expression and take out the Vegas.

你在任何情況下，只要使用這種表達方式，就可以把拉斯維加斯拿出來。

Put in the new situation means don't share this information.

放在新形勢下意味著不要分享這些資訊。

Only for your eyes only if somebody tells you that this is for your ears only means they're sharing a secret with you.

只給你看，如果有人告訴你這是隻給你聽的，意味著他們在和你分享一個祕密。

You're not supposed to tell anybody else.

If they're showing you something like a document, for example, it's for your eyes only means you can see it.

比如說，如果他們給你看的是一份文件之類的東西，只給你看的意思是你可以看到。

不要告訴其他人你看到了什麼。

Now, if you say Mum's the word now, we're talking about keeping a secret.

現在，如果你說媽媽這個詞了，我們說的是保守祕密。

Somebody wants to tell you a secret, but they want to make sure that you can keep it that you're not going to share it.

有人想告訴你一個祕密，但他們想確保你能保守這個祕密，你不會分享這個祕密。

So how do you how do you tell them that you're prepared to keep the secret?

那麼，你如何如何告訴他們，你準備保守這個祕密？

For example, I say I want to tell you something, but it's between between us between you and me or mum's the word.

例如，我說我想告訴你一些事情，但這是我們之間的事情，是你和我之間的事情，或者是媽媽說的。

Mum's the word means I will keep it quiet.

媽媽的話意味著我將保持沉默。

I will not say a mom, I will not say anything to anybody.

我不會說一個媽媽，我不會對任何人說什麼。

They want you to make sure you understand it's a secret.

他們想讓你確保你明白這是個祕密。

他們可能會說，要保密，保密，保密。

And then you will say oh mom's the word or you will say my lips are sealed.

然後你會說哦，媽媽的話，或者你會說我的嘴脣是密封的。

I'm gonna get back to this one in a second.

If you tell somebody that the information is in the vault.

如果你告訴別人，資訊在保險庫裡。

Now if you think about a vault, a vault is a very protected room.

現在，如果你想一想金庫，金庫是一個非常受保護的房間。

For example in a bank, all the money is kept in a room there's like a metal a big metal or steel door.

例如，在銀行裡，所有的錢都放在一個房間裡，有一個金屬的大金屬或鋼鐵門。

So if you can keep something in the vault means you can keep it a secret and nobody will be able to get it out of you.

是以，如果你能把一些東西放在金庫裡，意味著你可以把它作為一個祕密，沒有人能夠從你那裡得到它。

現在，記錄外可以有兩種方式。

Can I speak to you off the record Or somebody says something you said.

And I said don't worry this is off the record.

It can go both ways to keep a secret or to tell somebody.

保守祕密或告訴別人，可以有兩種方式。

This is especially used by journalists when they are interviewing someone and that person wants to tell the journalists something but he or she doesn't want that.

當記者在採訪某人時，這個人想告訴記者一些事情，但他或她不願意這樣做，這一點特別適用於記者。

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