The English We Speak: -gate

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🗓️ 9 May 2011

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the origin and meaning of the suffix '-gate'.

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is a download from the BBC.
0:03.0	For more information and our terms of use, go to BBCworldservice.com
0:08.0	forward slash podcasts.
0:11.0	The English We Speak
0:15.0	From BBC Learning English
0:20.0	Hello I'm William Kramer and this is the English we speak.
0:24.8	Hi there, I'm Wang Fay.
0:26.8	So, Wang Fay, today is the 3rd of May.
0:30.0	Yes.
0:31.0	And do you know what the 3rd of May is?
0:34.0	A Tuesday?
0:35.0	Yes, it's a Tuesday, but it's not just any Tuesday.
0:39.0	Today is World Press Freedom Day. This is the day that the United Nations has
0:45.7	chosen to highlight the importance of a free press around the world.
0:50.8	A free press so newspapers that are free to write anything they think the public need to know and TV
0:58.8	news that can report anything?
1:00.8	Yes, they can report anything, including things that look bad for the government.
1:07.0	Scandals.
1:09.0	Oh, a scandal! So something very bad that damages someone's reputation.
1:15.0	Exactly.
1:16.0	And one of the most famous scandals from American history is the Watergate scandal of the early 1970s.
1:24.0	Hmm, Watergate.
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