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Today is 5th November. That day in England, there is a bonfire where the effigies of Guy Fawkes are burnt and there are fireworks ! It's a very special evening called Bonfire Night, Fireworks Night or Guy Fawkes Night. But what is the origin of this festivity ?
Well, it all goes back to November, 5th 1605, that is 410 years ago. A man, Guy Fawkes, and other people wanted to assassinate the king James I to defend Catholicism. They planned to kill the king by blowing up (or exploding) the Houses of Parliament with gunpowder, so they dug a tunnel into the Houses of Parliament. However, the King received an anonymous letter telling him all the plan, so he had Guy Fawkes and the other men arrested, they sentenced them to death and they were executed. The king declared this as a festivity so that everyone remembered to be good to the king and from that day on, there are fireworks and a bonfire night. There is also a famous song to commemorate this day. Here you have it.
The Fifth of November
Remember, remember!
The fifth of November,
The Gunpowder treason and plot;
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!
Guy Fawkes and his companions
Did the scheme contrive,
To blow the King and Parliament
All up alive.
Threescore barrels, laid below,
To prove old England's overthrow.
But, by God's providence, him they catch,
With a dark lantern, lighting a match!
A stick and a stake
For King James's sake!
If you won't give me one,
I'll take two,
The better for me,
And the worse for you.
A rope, a rope, to hang the Pope,
A penn'orth of cheese to choke him,
A pint of beer to wash it down,
And a jolly good fire to burn him.
Holloa, boys! holloa, boys! make the bells ring!
Holloa, boys! holloa boys! God save the King!
Hip, hip, hooor-r-r-ray!
Anyway, here you have two videos explaining Bonfire Night with questions:
Video 1
Questions :
1) When is Bonfire Night ?
a) 5th November
b) 25th December
c) 31st December
2) How do people celebrate Bonfire Night ?
a) With bonfires
b) With fireworks
c) With bonfires and fireworks
3) How many people went to the Bonfire Night in the video ?
a) Over 2,000
b) Over 20,000
c) Over 200,000
4) What time did the procession start ?
a) 16.00
b) 18.00
c) 19.45
5) What did Guy Fawkes try to do 400 years ago ?
a) Blow up the Houses of Parliament
b) Became a politician
c) Rob the Houses of Parliament
6) What do people put on the bonfire ?
a) Rubbish
b) Potatoes
c) Rag dolls named 'Guys'
7) What does Leon do ?
a) He researches the History of Bonfire Night
b) He organises Bonfire Night processions
c) He organises firework displays
8) What did the people think about Bonfire Night ?
a) They didn't like it
b) Some of them liked it
c) All of them liked it
Anyway, here you have two videos explaining Bonfire Night with questions:
Video 1
Questions :
1) When is Bonfire Night ?
a) 5th November
b) 25th December
c) 31st December
2) How do people celebrate Bonfire Night ?
a) With bonfires
b) With fireworks
c) With bonfires and fireworks
3) How many people went to the Bonfire Night in the video ?
a) Over 2,000
b) Over 20,000
c) Over 200,000
4) What time did the procession start ?
a) 16.00
b) 18.00
c) 19.45
5) What did Guy Fawkes try to do 400 years ago ?
a) Blow up the Houses of Parliament
b) Became a politician
c) Rob the Houses of Parliament
6) What do people put on the bonfire ?
a) Rubbish
b) Potatoes
c) Rag dolls named 'Guys'
7) What does Leon do ?
a) He researches the History of Bonfire Night
b) He organises Bonfire Night processions
c) He organises firework displays
8) What did the people think about Bonfire Night ?
a) They didn't like it
b) Some of them liked it
c) All of them liked it
Video 2
Vocabulary of the second video
Fireworks = Fuegos artificiales
Gunpowder = Pólvora
Plot = Conspiración
He caught the eye of a man = Un hombre llamó su atención
Cellar = Bodega
Plotters = Conspiradores
Gruesome = Espantoso, horripilante
Crows = Cuervos
Effigy = Efigie, (el modelo de una persona)
True or false ?
True or false ?
1. King
James I lived in 1800s.
2. Guy
Fawkes was born in York, America
3. He
was a soldier fighting the Dutch reformers.
4.
Thomas, Robert and Guy Fawkes loved the king.
5. They
wanted a catholic king.
6.
There were 36 barrels of gunpowder.
7. The
king found out about the plot because he discovered the gunpowder.
8. Guy
Fawkes escaped.
9. The
first time this day was celebrated was in 1706.
10. Every year an effigy of Guy Fawkes is burned in a bonfire.
Answers :
Video 1
1a, 2c, 3b, 4b, 5a, 6c, 7, 8c
Video 2
1. False (He lived in the 1600s, that is, the seventeenth century)
2. False. He was born in York, England.
3. True
4. False. They hated the king. They wanted a Catholic king.
5. True.
6. True.
7. False. Someone wrote a letter to him.
8. False. He died escaping.
9. False. It started to be celebrated in 1606.
10. True.
10. Every year an effigy of Guy Fawkes is burned in a bonfire.
Answers :
Video 1
1a, 2c, 3b, 4b, 5a, 6c, 7, 8c
Video 2
1. False (He lived in the 1600s, that is, the seventeenth century)
2. False. He was born in York, England.
3. True
4. False. They hated the king. They wanted a Catholic king.
5. True.
6. True.
7. False. Someone wrote a letter to him.
8. False. He died escaping.
9. False. It started to be celebrated in 1606.
10. True.
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