hi there welcome back to ingot today's
lesson is a conversational English one
we are looking at vocabulary to do with
secrets sharing secrets maybe hearing a
secret so that you understand what the
other person is saying not saying that
sharing secret is a brilliant thing that
you need to be doing but it's still
worth building your vocabulary so stay
tuned and let's listen first phrase I've
heard obviously we have the abbreviation
for I have heard I've heard that
Leonel called Cristiano big-headed would
you believe it I've heard that this is
our introduction then we have the secret
following after or if you wanted to ask
it as a question have you heard that
then put your secret have you heard that
Leonel called Cristiano egocentric
another way of saying they say they
meaning sort of an unquantified amount
of people they whoever they are they say
that Leonel said this they say that it's
quite a good way of putting blame on
other people rather than saying that
it's actually you saying it just between
you and me what you're doing with this
phrase is setting up a kind of a secret
relationship just between you and me it
kind of invites the other person to lean
in a little bit closer so that they're
really listening and no one else can
hear this secret just between okay so we
don't want anyone else to hear just
between you and me I heard it on the
grapevine I'm sure you've all heard that
classic song but we can actually use
that as a conversational phrase I heard
on the grapevine that the grapevine is
just this unknown place where we hear
secrets
rumors okay rumor something that is not
fact it's an idea that something might
be let's just write that down
so we'll put rumor in rumor
oh you are we love our oh use in British
English
this shouldn't be passed around but okay
we're not passing a bucket round we're
not passing a charity hat round which we
don't want the secret to go any further
this shouldn't be passed around but
Leonel Dadda Dadda
this isn't common knowledge but your
notice with a few of these that we are
using abbreviations now abbreviations
are fine in conversational English just
make sure that if you are doing an IELTS
writing paper that you're writing in
full English so you'd be saying this is
not this should not again it's something
that will impress an examiner this isn't
common knowledge but so common knowledge
would be what everybody knows so not
everybody knows this maybe I shouldn't
say this but so I the person saying the
secret knows that it is bad to say this
but then they say it anyway so there's
an enjoyment of ooh we're doing
something naughty but okay another way
of drawing the other person into a
conversation so you say their name
for example Pedro and then they listen
to me you know and then whoever my rumor
is about Pedro you know that Leonel were
you know Leah no well he did this he
said this okay so I say the name of the
person I'm speaking to and then I share
the information
at the end you don't particularly want
to get in trouble by that person then
sharing this news with everybody so
you're guessing them just to keep it to
themselves do you swear you won't tell
anyone else do you swear
do you promise you won't tell anyone
else tell anyone else okay so what I'm
doing there is I'm getting that person
the secret ends here okay
let's have a go at you guys using these
yourself so I want you to think of
something that might have happened at
work or with your college okay and
you're going to practice talking to
someone else about something that has
happened okay so try and think of
something that's happened and you're
going to share a secret a secret to one
of your friends okay I've heard practice
that now I've heard and you'll complete
your sentence very good have you heard
using it as a question give it a go have
you heard that well done they say give
this one a go they say they say that
just between you and me give that one a
go just between you and me hope you got
that one right I heard on the grapevine
that give that one a go about your
situation at work or at college I
on the grapevine that this shouldn't be
passed around but this shouldn't be
passed around but okay next one this
isn't common knowledge but this isn't
common knowledge but maybe I shouldn't
say this but give it a go and then come
up with an another of your friends names
and imagine that you're talking to them
then put what your rumor is in here let
you put the name of the person you're
telling the rumor about here and then
you put the rumor itself here and then
get them to swear to secrecy hand on
heart I promise to keep a secret thank
you for watching today's lesson on
rumors and secrets
let's make not make up any secrets or
stories about other people but let's
keep expanding our English and keep the
focus well done see you next time