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Talking about secrets

Episode 250815 / 15 Aug 2025

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Introduction

Beth and Georgie have a real conversation in easy English about being honest and lying. Learn to talk about your secrets.

Vocabulary

secret
a piece of information that you don't tell other people

keep a secret
not share a piece of information with other people

(an) open book
refers to someone who is honest and doesn't keep secrets

lie
say something that isn't true on purpose

liar
someone who lies a lot

Transcript

Beth
Hello and welcome to Real Easy English. In this podcast, we have real conversations in easy English to help you learn. I'm Beth.

Georgie
And I'm Georgie. You can find a video version of this podcast and a worksheet to help you learn all on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.

Beth
Hi, Georgie.

Georgie
Hello, Beth.

Beth
How is your week going?

Georgie
It's going well. It's quite a busy one, isn't it?

Beth
It is. It's only Wednesday.

Georgie
Yeah.

Beth
It feels like Friday, but today we're talking about secrets.

Georgie
Secrets?

Beth
A secret is a piece of information that you don't tell other people.

Georgie
Beth, does that mean you're going to tell me all of your secrets?

Beth
No. Not now. Maybe later.

Georgie
Oo, OK.

Beth
So, Georgie, are you good at keeping secrets?

Georgie
No, I'm definitely not good at keeping secrets. I'm a bit of an open book, which means the opposite of someone who is good at keeping secrets. You're very honest and share things, maybe too much. What about you?

Beth
OK. I am probably the same as you. I think I'm not good at keeping secrets, but if it's a really important secret and I've been told, please don't tell anyone, then I won't tell anyone.

Georgie
Yes. So, Beth, what is the biggest secret you've had to keep?

Beth
I flew abroad to surprise my boyfriend at the time, his dad. And we had to keep it a secret. And we even called him in the morning on a video call and pretended we were at home, and we were actually in a different country.

Georgie
Oh my gosh.

Beth
So that was a big secret.

Georgie
So it went well. Was he surprised?

Beth
It did. He was very surprised. We were very pleased that we kept it a secret. We did well.

Georgie
Well done, well done. I've had to keep a big secret. Last year, my friend told me that she was going to propose to her girlfriend. But she told me I had to keep it a secret. And it's really, it was really difficult because we have a group of friends, and I really wanted to tell them, but I couldn't. And I managed to keep it a secret, so I was very proud of myself.

Beth
That's good. Well done. That reminds me, I had a big secret, too. My friend told me, don't tell anyone and don't tell your mum. And I told my mum by accident.

Georgie
Oh, no. Can you reveal the secret to us?

Beth
Oh, yeah. She was pregnant. She's now had the baby.

Georgie
OK.

Beth
But she said, yeah, I'm pregnant. But it's really early, so please don't tell anyone. Don't even tell your mum. And then I spoke to my mum a few weeks later and said, you don't know, she's pregnant. And then I realised, oh, no, I wasn't supposed to tell you.

Georgie
But that was kind of an accident.

Beth
It was definitely an accident.

Georgie
Yeah.

Beth
But I felt really bad.

Georgie
Well, now she's had the baby. It's OK. It's not a surprise anymore.

Beth
Sorry!

Georgie
Beth, do you think secrets are a good or a bad thing?

Beth
I think it really depends on the secret. There are good secrets, like proposing or having a baby. And then I guess a bad secret really is a lie. If you have to lie, then that's not good.

Georgie
Yeah, I agree. It's, it's not, yeah, it's not good to lie. And I think that's a reason why I'm not very good at keeping secrets. Because I'm a really bad liar. You can see it in my face if I'm holding, holding in a secret.

Beth
Yeah. I think sometimes you can look at someone's face and know what they're thinking. I'm definitely like that. If I'm annoyed or angry or something, you can tell from my face.

Georgie
Well that's good because I'll always know that you're being honest and not keeping any secrets from me.

Beth
Let's recap the vocabulary we heard during the conversation. We had a secret, which is a piece of information that you can't tell other people. And we also have the phrase keep a secret, which means to not share that piece of information.

Georgie
If someone is an open book, they don't have secrets and they're honest about their life.

Beth
And if you lie, you say something that's not true. It's usually seen as negative, but sometimes you have to lie if you want to keep a secret.

Georgie
And we call someone who lies a lot a liar.

Beth
And that's it for this episode of Real Easy English. Test what you've learned with the free worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish.com

Georgie
We'll be back next week with another conversation in easy English. Goodbye.

Beth
Bye.

 

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