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普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修5 Unit 2 The United Kingd

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A PARTICULAR BRITISH CELEBRATION

          There is one celebration that happens in Britain and nowhere else in the world. It is called Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night and takes place every year on November 5th. It is particular because, unlike most festivals, it celebrates something that did not happen.

          Guy Fawkes lived in England in the 17th century. At this time in Europe there were two kinds of Christian1 and they were often at war with each other. Guy Fawkes was one kind of Christian, a Catholic2 (天主教), but the government of England usually supported the Protestant (新教) cause. When King James of Scotland became king of England in 1603, he seemed happy to be friendly to both Catholics and Protestants and let them both practise Christianity in their own ways. Later he changed his mind. This upset Guy Fawkes very much.

          On October 10th, 1605 one of Fawkes' Catholic friends, named Catesby, asked him if he would support a plan to change the government and replace it with another that supported the Catholic cause. Fawkes, disappointed at the government's behaviour, agreed. Ten days before the plan, Fawkes and Catesby arranged to buy a house close to the Houses of Parliament. This house had cellars4 (地窖) that lay under the Houses of Parliament. During the next three days Catesby and Fawkes bought large containers of gunpowder5 and stored them in the cellar3. They waited for the opening of Parliament on November 6th when the king and all his advisers6 would be there for the meeting. But, unfortunately for Fawkes and Catesby, King James heard about the plan and decided7 to search those cellars. Catesby took flight but Fawkes waited by the gunpowder to start the fire. Of course the soldiers found him before he could do anything and he was taken to the Tower of London to be killed.

         The following day there were celebrations all over England because the plan had been discovered in time. Fireworks were lit and bonfires burned. King James decided that he did not want his people "to forget how close the government had come to disaster. So he made November 5th into a yearly celebration. That is why, even today, when people can follow any religion they like, families still have firework parties and burn cloth dolls of Guy Fawkes on a bonfire. They remember a time in England when people were not as tolerant8 (容忍的) of each other's ideas as they are now.


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1 Christian KVByl     
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
参考例句:
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
2 catholic irxzd     
adj.天主教的;n.天主教徒
参考例句:
  • The Pope is the supreme leader of the Roman Catholic Church.教皇是罗马天主教的最高领袖。
  • She was a devoutly Catholic.她是一个虔诚地天主教徒。
3 cellar JXkzo     
n.地窖,地下室,酒窖
参考例句:
  • He took a bottle of wine from the cellar.他从酒窖里拿出一瓶酒。
  • The little girl hid away in the cellar.小姑娘藏在地下室里。
4 cellars 9be5b023127cefda5cbdcdbad7914f3a     
n.地下室,地窖( cellar的名词复数 );酒窖
参考例句:
  • Some families stocked their cellars with food and water. 有些家庭在地窖里储备了食品和水。 来自辞典例句
  • One day we went down to the cellars with Wilcox. 一天,我们和威尔科克斯一起下到地窖里。 来自辞典例句
5 gunpowder oerxm     
n.火药
参考例句:
  • Gunpowder was introduced into Europe during the first half of the 14th century.在14世纪上半叶,火药传入欧洲。
  • This statement has a strong smell of gunpowder.这是一篇充满火药味的声明。
6 advisers d4866a794d72d2a666da4e4803fdbf2e     
顾问,劝告者( adviser的名词复数 ); (指导大学新生学科问题等的)指导教授
参考例句:
  • a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
  • She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。
7 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
8 tolerant knAwy     
adj.容忍的,有耐力的
参考例句:
  • She's tolerant toward those impudent colleagues.她对那些无礼的同事采取容忍的态度。
  • A tolerant person usually has breadth of mind.有宽容精神的人通常胸襟开阔。
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