Right now, all around you, plants are gossiping.

现在，你周围的植物都在八卦。

And I suppose you weren't gossiping about me with the princesses?

那我猜你也没有和公主们偷偷地说我的坏话了？

But, see, the only reason they fired him is because people were gossiping.

可你们想想，他被炒就是因为大家的八卦。

The gossiping is still going on.

大家还在闲聊着。

Just like my first friend, he doesn't want people to know he's been gossiping.

就像我的第一个朋友一样，他不想让人家知道他在背后八卦别人。

English speakers commonly use a few verbs when gossiping.

说英语的人在说长道短时通常用几个动词。

Thanks to you, my colleagues are gossiping about our sex life.

多亏了你，我的同事们都在背后八卦我们的性生活。

Nor do I go visiting and gossiping from door to door.

我也不串门子闲聊天。

I don't want to end the friendship, but I hate others gossiping.

我不想中断这段友谊，但是，我又讨厌人家背后说闲话。

So they misuse their word with harmful intent, otherwise known as gossiping.

于是他们出于恶意而滥用自己的语言，也就是到处传八卦。

And to attach ourselves to the other person that we're gossiping with.

还有把我们和正在一起聊八卦的对象连结在一起。

I don’t want to end the friendship, but I hate others gossiping.

我不想中断这段友谊，但是，我又讨厌人家背后说闲话。

She absolutely loves gossiping, so she's extremely excited about this news about Mike and Sue.

毫无疑问，她喜欢到处八卦，所以听说Mike和Sue的事情，她兴奋极了。

This is a typical way to start gossiping.

八卦聊天通常以这种方式开始。

Do you find yourself gossiping from time to time to fit in with your peers?

你是否发现自己为了和同事合得来而时不时地八卦？

Does gossiping about others make you feel good?

说别人的闲话会让你感觉良好吗？

It's not meant to justify, glorify, or to condone gossiping.

这并不是要为说闲话辩护，赞美它或宽恕它。

And the only reason they're gossiping is because of what I told Mrs. McCluskey.

大家之所以八卦是因为我跟Mccluskey太太说的那些话。

And in the book, Stephen Covey talks about this concept too like not gossiping about others.

史蒂芬·柯维在书中也提到了这个概念，就是不说别人的闲话。

They had barely sat down when Angelina came struggling towards them through the groups of gossiping students.

他们刚坐下，安吉利娜就从一堆堆聊天的学生中挤了过来。