We Speak with me, Feifei...

...and me, Roy.

We may sound a little different. That's

because we are not able to record in our

normal studios during

the coronavirus outbreak.

Roy, have you heard about Rob?

No, what about Rob?

Well, you know that Rob's been wearing

a long t-shirt recently.

It's because the other night

he went out with some friends. Well,

he lost a dare and now he's got

a tattoo of panda

on a skateboard on his arm.

Feifei, he's probably really embarrassed

about that. You shouldn't gossip.

I am not! But, you always love it when

I spill the tea!

You spilt some tea? While recording!?

That's dangerous when we're

surrounded by laptops

and microphones.

No Roy, 'spilling the tea' means 'to gossip'.

I'm going to spill the tea some more right

after these examples...

I shouldn't spill the tea, but have you

heard that Bob and Susan are dating?

Come on, spill the tea. Tell me what

you know about Derek!

I'll spill the tea. There's going to be a

huge party and no one has invited Peter.

This is The English We Speak from

BBC Learning English and

we're talking about the expression

'spill the tea' which means to 'to gossip'.

So come on Feifei, spill the tea. You know

everything that happens in the office. How

did you know about Rob's tattoo?

I will never reveal my sources.

Well, OK. It was Neil.

I can't believe you told me that!

You gave up your source so easily.

Well you asked, so I told you!

I'm just really honest.

Well, Feifei. I have a surprise for you!

You know that Neil told you that

Rob has a new

tattoo?

Yes.

Well Feifei, Rob hasn't really got

a 'panda on a skateboard' tattoo - we

created the story

to see if you'd spill the tea! Rob would

never do something so silly!

That's not fair! Bye, Roy.

Bye.