Can you keep a secret?
你能保守秘密吗?
Of course you can -- if it's about yourself. Communication researchers say nearly everyone -- more than 95% of people -- reports having a fact or bit of information about themselves that they don't reveal to anyone. (The other 5% probably aren't being honest when they say they don't have one, experts say.) And many struggle with whether, when and how to tell.
当然可以――如果秘密是关于自己的话。传播学研究人员表示,几乎每个人――超过95%的人――都有关于自己的一件事或一点信息瞒着别人。(专家说,还有5%的人说自己没有,那可能是在说谎。)很多人都纠结于是否要把秘密告诉别人,以及何时以何种方式告诉别人。
Most of these secrets aren't worthy of tabloid headlines. Yet they aren't small trifles, either. Typically, people say their secrets relate to topics that either they themselves view as shameful or believe others will, researchers say. Financial problems, extramarital affairs, poor health habits, addictions -- these are common secrets.
大多数这种秘密连小报的头条都上不了,但也并一定就是细小的琐事。研究人员说,一般人们的秘密涉及的话题要么是自己认为不体面,要么以为别人会觉得不体面。财务问题、婚外情、不良的卫生习惯、上瘾――这些都是常见的秘密。
When I started working on this column, I was worried. Who would want to talk about a secret? A lot of people, it turns out. I asked about personal secrets and heard from readers about teenage pregnancies, 20-year-long extramarital affairs, sexual abuse, mental health issues and pornography addictions. Some people, like a self-described 'CIA operative' I heard from, kept secrets about their work life from their families for years. One man told me he had to keep his whole life a secret when he was 'a fugitive sought by the FBI for seven years (wanted for freeing mink from fur farms.)'
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