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Are secrets always negative? Or can they be positive too? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.????????????

❓❓❓ While travelling in Indonesia, BBC TV presenter, Joanna Lumley, believes she discovered the unknown secret ingredient in Coca Cola. But what is it?

a) cinnamon
b) nutmeg
c) ginger

Listen to the programme to hear the answer. [Cover: Getty Images]

You can download the audio and a free programme transcript here ????
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240516

Vocabulary:
✔️spill the beans - (idiom) tell people secret information
✔️guilty pleasure - activity that you really enjoy, but which also gives you a feeling of guilt or shame for liking it
✔️marriage proposal - asking someone to marry you
✔️the whole point of (something) - the most important reason or purpose for something
✔️evil eye - superstition in which someone causes injury or bad luck through a look
✔️burdensome - worrying, troublesome, distressing

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