Guy Fawkes Day
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents What Is Bonfire Night?
内容表 什么是Bonfire之夜?
4 Who Was Guy Fawkes?
盖伊・福克斯是谁?
5 The Gunpowder Plot.
5"火药地块".
6 Caught!
6号夹克!
9 Another Conspiracy?
9个阴谋?
12 The Legacy of the Plot.
12 Plot的遗产.
13 Conclusion.
13 结论。
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 What Is Bonfire Night?
16号是"Bonfire之夜"?
“Remember, remember the fifth of November.
“记住,记住11月5日。
Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot, We know no reason why Gunpowder Treason Should ever be forgot.”
火药、叛国和地铁 我们不知道为什么应该忘记火药叛国 “
On November 5 every year, people in the United Kingdom watch fireworks and attend bonfires.
每年11月5日,英国民众会观看烟花并参加篝火.
People cheer when a dummy, called a “Guy,” on top of the fire goes up in flames.
人们欢呼的是,一个叫做“家伙”的假人在火上起火。
This is Guy Fawkes Day, or Bonfire Night.
今天是盖伊·福克斯节 或邦佛克之夜
It celebrates a day in 1605 when the king of England and his government survived a plot to kill them.
它庆祝了1605年的一天,英格兰国王和他的政府幸免于一场杀害他们的阴谋.
The Lewes, England, Bonfire Night celebration is the biggest in the world.
英国利韦斯人 Bonfire之夜庆祝活动是世界上最大的.
Who Was Guy Fawkes?
盖伊·福克斯是谁?
Guy Fawkes was born in 1570 in England.
盖伊·福克斯于1570年生于英国.
Queen Elizabeth I was the ruler then.
伊丽莎白女王 当时我是统治者。
At that time in Europe, many Catholic and Protestant countries were at war.
当时在欧洲,许多天主教和新教国家处于战争中.
The Catholic religion was illegal in England in those days.
当时天主教在英国是非法的.
Catholics who were caught practicing their religion were punished.
被抓到信奉宗教的天主教徒受到惩罚。
Guy’s grandparents were Catholic, but his parents were Protestant.
盖伊的外祖父母是天主教徒,但他的父母是新教徒.
Guy’s father died, and his mother remarried a Catholic.
盖伊的父亲去世了,他的母亲再娶了一位天主教徒.
At school, he made friends with people who were Catholic.
在学校里,他与天主教徒结为朋友.
When he was a teenager, Guy became a Catholic.
少年时代,盖伊成为了天主教徒.
He became angry about how badly Catholics were treated in England.
他对天主教徒在英国受到的待遇有多糟糕而变得愤怒.
When Guy was old enough, he left England to join the Catholic Spanish army.
盖伊成年后从英国出走,加入天主教西班牙军队.
He was a soldier for twelve years.
他当了十二年兵
He learned how to use gunpowder to make explosives.
他学会了如何用火药来制造炸药.
Guy Fawkes went by the nickname Guido.
盖伊·福克斯取了绰号"圭多".
The Gunpowder Plot In 1603, Queen Elizabeth I died and King James I took her place.
1603年的"火药地" 伊丽莎白女王 我死了 詹姆斯国王取代了她的位子
He was a Protestant king who passed tough laws against the Catholic religion.
他是一位新教国王,他通过了反对天主教的严厉法律.
Many English Catholics were still loyal to the king of England.
许多英语 天主教徒仍然忠于英格兰国王.
However, Fawkes met other Englishmen in the Spanish army who were also angry about the king’s treatment of Catholics.
然而,法克斯在西班牙军队中遇到了其他英国人,他们也因国王对待天主教徒而愤怒.
In April 1604, Robert Catesby led a group of men in a plot to kill King James I.
1604年4月,罗伯特·凯茨比率领一行人密谋杀死国王詹姆斯一世.
The plotters asked Fawkes to join them.
策划者要求法克斯加入他们.
They needed him to make the explosives.
他们需要他做炸药。
Fawkes agreed.
Fawkes同意了。
In May 1604, Fawkes met with Catesby and other plotters in London.
1604年5月,福克斯在伦敦与凯茨比等阴谋家相会.
They swore never to reveal their plan.
他们发誓绝不透露他们的计划。
Their plot was to blow up the Parliament buildings.
他们的阴谋是炸毁议会大楼。
The king and all of his government would be there.
国王和他的政府都会在那里
The plotters would start a rebellion with Catholic supporters.
策划者会发动与天主教支持者的叛乱.
They would kidnap King James’s daughter, Princess Elizabeth, and make her queen.
他们绑架了詹姆斯国王的女儿伊丽莎白公主,并立她为皇后.
Elizabeth was only nine years old.
伊丽莎白才9岁.
They believed that Catholic rulers could control her decisions.
他们相信天主教统治者可以控制她的决定.
Robert Catesby lived in a house just across the river from Parliament.
罗伯特·凯茨比住在议会对面的一栋房子里
The plotters bought thirty-six barrels of gunpowder and stored them in his house.
策划者购买了36桶火药并存放在他家里.
Princess Elizabeth One of the group, Thomas Percy, got a job as a royal bodyguard.
伊丽莎白公主 其中一个团体托马斯·珀西获得了皇家保镖的工作.
He moved into a house near Parliament.
他搬到了议会附近的一所房子.
He was also able to rent a cellar beneath the buildings of Parliament.
他还在议会大楼下方租了地窖。
The group used a rowboat to take the gunpowder across the river from Robert Catesby’s house at night.
该团体在夜间用划艇将火药从罗伯特·凯茨比家中取出过河.
They hid it in the cellar beneath Parliament.
他们把它藏在议会下面的地窖里
Guy Fawkes pretended to be Thomas Percy’s servant so he could easily enter the Parliament buildings.
盖伊·福克斯假装是托马斯·珀西的仆人,这样他就可以轻松地进入议会大楼.
His job was to guard the gunpowder hidden in the basement.
他的工作是看守隐藏在地下室的火药.
The opening of Parliament had been set for November 5, 1605.
议会的开幕定于1605年11月5日。
The plotters were ready.
策划者都准备好了
Some think that Guy Fawkes’s gunpowder was too old to cause an explosion.
有些人认为盖伊·福克斯的火药已经太老了,无法引起爆炸.
Caught!
抓起来!
A secret letter was sent to a Catholic nobleman named Lord Monteagle.
一封秘密信被寄给一位天主教贵族,他叫蒙特格尔勋爵.
He was loyal to the king.
忠于相国.
The letter warned Monteagle not to attend Parliament on November 5 because something bad would happen.
信中警告蒙泰格尔不要在11月5日出席议会,因为会出事.
Monteagle showed the letter to the king’s assistant.
Monteagle向国王的助手出示了这封信.
When the king heard this news, he ordered his men to search the Parliament buildings.
国王听到这个消息后,命令手下搜查议会建筑.
The search party found firewood in the dark cellar.
搜查队在黑暗地窖里发现了柴火.
They did another search.
他们又搜了一遍
This time they found Fawkes and the fuses and matches he was carrying.
这次他们发现了法克斯和他携带的保险丝和火柴.
They looked under the firewood and discovered the barrels of gunpowder.
他们查看了木柴下方,发现了火药桶.
Part of the letter sent to Lord Monteagle Guy Fawkes was caught.
寄给Monteagle Guy Fawkes勋爵的部分信件被抓住.
He told the king’s guards that he had wanted to blow up the king and his government.
他告诉国王的守卫,他本想炸毁国王和他的政府.
He was only sorry that the plot had failed.
他只是对阴谋失败感到遗憾.
He insisted that no one else had helped him.
他坚持说,没有人帮助他。
Fawkes was put in prison in the Tower of London.
Fawkes被囚禁在伦敦塔.
On November 9, he was forced to confess the names of the others in the group.
11月9日,他被迫供出该团体中其他人的名字.
On the morning of November 5, the plotters had heard that Fawkes was in prison.
11月5日上午,策划者听说了法克斯被关入监狱.
They left London and tried to start a revolt against the government.
他们离开伦敦,试图发动反抗政府的起义.
On November 8, a group of the king’s men caught up with them.
11月8日,一行国王手下追上他们.
Robert Catesby and three others were killed in a gunfight.
罗伯特·凯茨比等三人被枪战所杀.
The rebellion had failed.
叛乱失败了。
The English courts sentenced each of the eight surviving plotters to death for being a traitor.
英国法院以叛国罪判处8名幸存的阴谋者每人死刑.
In January 1606, Guy Fawkes and three others were executed.
1606年1月,盖伊·福克斯等三人被处决.
Their punishment was a warning to anyone who might try the same.
他们的处罚是对任何可能这样做的人的警告。
King James I later praised Guy Fawkes for his loyalty to his cause.
詹姆斯国王 我后来称赞了盖伊·福克斯对他的事业的忠诚.
Another Conspiracy?
又一个阴谋?
Some people believe that the king’s own ministers might have helped the plotters.
有些人认为国王自己的大臣可能帮助了阴谋者.
One of the king’s ministers may have even written the warning letter.
国王的一位大臣甚至可能写了警告信.
Perhaps the government knew the plotters had rented the basement and smuggled the gunpowder inside.
也许政府知道策划者租了地下室 然后把火药偷运进去了
Stopping the plot could have been a way to make Catholics look bad and create support for the unpopular king.
阻止这一阴谋可能是让天主教徒看起来很糟并给不受欢迎的国王带来支持的一种方式.
There is no proof of this version of the story.
这个版本的故事没有证据.
However, stopping the Gunpowder Plot did give the English people relief.
然而,阻止"火药地"确实给了英国人民以宽慰.
Their king was safe.
他们的国王是安全的。
Parliament officially made November 5 a day of celebration.
议会正式将11月5日定为庆祝日.
The celebration was meant to strengthen the people’s loyalty to the king.
庆祝活动意在加强人民对国王的忠诚.
The Legacy of the Plot The holiday was first known as Gunpowder Treason Day.
地图的后遗症 节日最早取名"火药叛国日".
In the seventeenth century, people rang church bells and lit bonfires to mark the day.
在17世纪,人们敲响了教堂的钟并点燃了篝火来纪念这一天.
In England then, people already burned dummies on bonfires.
在当时的英国,人们已经在篝火上焚烧了哑弹.
They believed that doing this would drive away evil spirits.
他们相信这样做会驱走邪恶的灵魂。
On November 5, people began to burn a dummy of Guy Fawkes on the bonfire.
11月5日,人们开始将盖伊·福克斯的假人活活活活活烧死.
Modern artwork celebrates Guy Fawkes Day.
现代艺术的庆祝 盖·福克日.
Bonfire Parties Some parts of Britain have special traditions for Bonfire Night.
交火派对 英国部分地区有"邦佛尔之夜"的特殊传统.
In the town of Lewes (in the south of England), people wear costumes and carry torches through the streets.
在莱韦斯镇(英格兰南部),人们会穿戴服装并携带火炬穿过街道.
Some towns burn dummies of famous people who are unpopular with the public today, instead of Guy Fawkes.
一些城镇烧掉今天不受公众欢迎的名人,而不是盖伊·福克斯.
In the nineteenth century, big firework displays and parades began.
19世纪,大烟花会展和游行开始.
People marched to where the bonfire and firework displays were held.
人们游行到举行篝火和烟火展示会的地方.
Now, the bonfires are put on by local organizations.
现在,篝火是由当地组织设置的.
Conclusion Guy Fawkes Day celebrates the failure of the Gunpowder Plot to kill the king of England.
盖伊·福克斯 日庆"火药亭"杀英王失败.
These events happened over four hundred years ago.
这些事件发生在400多年前。
Today, people around the United Kingdom look forward to bonfires and fireworks on November 5.
今天,英国周围的人们期待着11月5日的篝火和烟花.
Guy Fawkes Day has become a day to celebrate and have fun with friends and family.
盖伊·福克斯日已经成为庆祝和与朋友和家人一起玩乐的日子.
Some Fiery Facts Once a year, Parliament’s guards search the houses of Parliament before the official opening.
一些狂热的事实 每年一次,议会警卫在正式开幕前搜查议会的房屋。
They make sure there are no plotters hiding in the basements.
他们确保没有阴谋者躲在地下室。
This is a traditional ceremony.
这是一个传统的仪式。
The 2,500 kilograms (5,512 lb.)
2 500公斤(5 512磅)
of gunpowder hidden by Guy Fawkes would have exploded out about 490 meters (536 yd.)
盖伊·福克斯藏有火药的火药 大约爆炸了490公尺(536公分)
Guy Fawkes has an island in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, named after him, called Isla Guy Fawkes.
盖伊·福克(英语:Guy Fawkes)在厄瓜多尔加拉帕戈斯群岛有一座岛屿,以他的名字取名"盖伊·福克"(Isla Guy Fawkes).
The guards prepare for their annual search of Parliament.
卫所为每年搜寻议会做准备.