【英语早间课堂】I am not one to kiss and tell.

 I am not one to kiss and tell.

Good morning, everyone. This is the morning programme on KeKe radio. I'm Juliet. I am hoping we'll spend a wonderful morning.

朋友们，也许幽默滑稽的鸡叫声把您从梦中唤醒了吧，那就来到可可电台的早间节目。我是Juliet，希望和大家在此度过一个有美好的清晨。

【口语讲解】

A saying goes ."An hour in the morning is worth two hours in the evening. " yes , dead right! This morning I would like to share a new expression with you . It usually means¹ "I keep secrets well." What's it? Let's listen to a simple situational dialogue first and I'm sure you can find it.

Mike : Who was your big date last night?

Jane : It's secret. I'm not the one to kiss and tell.

Now have you spotted² it ? It is "I am not one to kiss and tell." A person says it to indicate he can be trusted. It's like saying in Chinese: 我不是一个背信弃义的人, 或者是我不是一个泄露秘密的人。Here "to kiss and tell" is the main phrase³ which means "a secret goes around ". 这儿的关键短语是：kiss and tell, 意思是四处传播秘密。

So much for the explanations to this expression.

 

转自可可英语

1 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

2 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

3 phrase   

n.短语，词组；成语，习语

参考例句：

• The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
• That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。