英语听力精选进阶版 6721
时间：2019-02-19 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力精选进阶版
William: Hello, I'm William Kremer and this is Authentic 1 Real English.
Wang Fei: 大家好，我是王飞。William, can I choose the word for today's programme?
William: Well, actually, Wang Fei, I've got lots of really good words to talk about.
Wang Fei: Oh go on, please!
William: OK, go on then.
Wang Fei: Thanks. I was reading a newspaper and I found this word: Climategate. Climate 意思是气候，那 Climategate 是什么意思呢？
William: Ah. That's a little bit complicated 2. Basically 3, the word gate is used after another word to indicate that something is a scandal 4.
Wang Fei: A scandal 丑闻。
William: And possibly the biggest scandal in American history was the Watergate scandal.
Wang Fei: Watergate… that was why President Nixon had to resign wasn't it?
William: Yes, you know your history!
Wang Fei: Yes. Was it a scandal about water?
William: No, no. The word Watergate was actually the name of a building but it came to be used to refer to the whole scandal. And it is because Watergate was such a big scandal that nowadays, whenever there is any kind of scandal, the media likes to use the word –gate as a suffix 5.
Wang Fei: A suffix 后缀。So Climategate is a scandal about the climate?
William: That's right! It happened a couple of years ago now. It was when some emails and other documents from a university in England led to people asking questions about the way that scientists researched climate change.
Wang Fei: Climategate 也就是气候门事件，那是几年前的一个新闻事件。当时一些泄漏的电子邮件和文件，导致了人们对那些研究气候变化科学家们的质疑。
William: Let me give you another example from last year. Gordon Brown, who was Prime 6 Minister at the time, was overheard 7 calling an old lady a "bigot".
Wang Fei: A bigot 老顽固。Wow, William, that's not a very good word.
William: No, it's a very strong word. Unsurprisingly this was a bit of a scandal and it came to be known in the media as 'bigotgate'.
Wang Fei: Bigotgate. 听起来很滑稽，是不是？
William: I think you're right. I think using –gate on the end of a word can make it seem a little bit humorous. And it is possible to use this word –gate in normal conversation to make a joke. Listen to this:
Example
Man A: Have you seen Mark recently?
Man B: Mark – he hasn't spoken to me since beergate!
Man A: Beergate? What do you mean?
Man B: We had a big argument because I said Mark never bought a round of beer in the pub 8! He got very upset and went home.
Wang Fei: 在刚才的例句中，说话者造了一个词，beergate 意思是说关于在酒吧买啤酒引起的争执！I wonder, could there ever be an Authentic Real Englishgate?
William: Ooh, I hope not. I can't really imagine what that could be!
Wang Fei: No, neither can I. 再见！
William: Bye bye.
- This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
- Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。
- The poem is so complicated that I cannot make out its meaning.这首诗太复杂，我理解不了它的意思。
- This is the most complicated case I have ever handled.这是我所处理过的最为复杂的案子。
- His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
- Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。
- Scandal and gossip are meat and drink to him.各种丑闻和流言蜚语是他最感兴趣的事。
- His theft from the shop caused scandal in the village.他因偷商店的东西引起全村的公愤。
- We add the suffix "ly" to make the adjective "quick" into the adverb " quickly ".我们在形容词“ quick”后加“ly” 构成副词“quickly”。
- It described the meaning of suffix array and also how to built it.它描述的含义，后缀数组以及如何建立它。
- The prime minister spoke of the general insecurity in the country.总理谈到了全国普遍存在的不安全。
- He met with the Prime Minister of Japan for an hour.他和日本首相会见了一个小时。