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智课网TOEFL备考资料 新托福机经背景回忆：女性更容易泄密   The average woman cannot keep a secret for longer than 47 hours, a new study suggests.  Researchers found that women are overcome by a burning desire to share gossip as soon as they hear it.  They will typically spill the beans to at least one other person in 47 hours and 15 minutes.  Depending on who the gossip is about, their boyfriend, husband, best friend or mother are most likely to be the initial recipients of the information.  The study of 3,000 women aged between 18 and 65 also found that four out of ten admitted they were unable to keep a secret – no matter how personal or confidential the news was.  It also found that alcohol usually gives us a helping hand to blurt out secrets – with more than half admitting a glass or two of wine could prompt them to dish the dirt.  Michael Cox, UK Director of Wines of Chile, which commissioned the research to mark Chiles National Day on Friday, said: Its official – women cant keep secrets.  We were really keen to find out with this survey how many secrets people are told. What we didnt bank on was how quickly these are passed on by those we confide in.  No matter how precious the piece of information, its often out in the public domain within 48 hours.  The study found the nations ladies hear three nuggets of gossip a week, but end up passing it on to at least one other person.  Six in 10 end up telling someone completely uninvolved so the person the secret belongs to wont know.  Three in 10 admitted having the urge to reveal someones secret. Nearly half (45 per cent) disclose secrets just for the weight to be lifted from their shoulders.  However, two thirds end up feeling guilty after passing on secrets.  Three quarters say they are capable of keeping quiet about a secret, and 83 per cent consider themselves 100 per cent trustworthy within each group of friends.