Example
Man A: Have you seen Mark recently?
你最近见过Mark吗?
Man B: Mark – he hasn't spoken to me since beergate!
Mark从啤酒门事件后就不和我说了。
Man A: Beergate? What do you mean?
啤酒门?那是什么意思?
Man B: We had a big argument because I said Mark never bought a round of beer in the pub! He got very upset and went home.
我们争吵了一场因为我说Mark从未在酒馆里请大家喝过酒。他很愤怒,就回家。
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了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!
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William: Bye bye.