How honest are we

6 Minute English

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2017-07-27

6 分钟
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  • 6.8 English From BBC Learning English Hello and welcome to Six Minute English, where we bring you an interesting topic and six items of vocabulary.

  • I'm Neil and joining me is Rob.

  • Hello there, and today we've got six minutes to talk about honesty and how honest people are,

  • particularly when it comes to spending money.

  • So Neil, what's an honesty box?

  • Well, it's where you pay for something by putting money in a box,

  • but it's up to you to put in the right amount.

  • A small business might use this method to take money for things like parking your car or buying a newspaper because it means you don't need a sales assistant.

  • But that means people could take a newspaper or park their car without paying anything.

  • An honesty box relies on people being honest.

  • The adjective honest means truthful and not trying to cheat people,

  • and the noun is honesty, the quality of being truthful.

  • Have you ever cheated an honesty box, Rob?

  • Absolutely not.

  • I never have.

  • Honestly.

  • And to cheat, by the way, means to trick or deceive someone to get something you want.

  • Honesty is the best policy, as they say.