Bonfire Night / 篝火之夜

Bonfire Night on November 5th is a famous annual event in the U.K.

11 月 5 号的篝火之夜是英国著名的年度活动。

 

It is also known as Guy Fawkes Night.

它也被称为盖伊福克斯之夜。

 

It celebrates the failure of an attempt in 1605 by 12 Catholics to kill the British Protestant king, James I,  in the Houses of Parliament.

它庆祝 1605 年 12 名天主教徒在议会大厦杀死英国新教徒国王詹姆斯一世的企图失败。

 

Guy Fawkes was one of these Catholics and he placed barrels of gun powder in the cellars underneath the Houses of Parliament with the intention of blowing up the king and parliament.

 盖伊·福克斯就是其中之一，他在议会大厦下面的地窖里放置了几桶火药，打算炸毁国王和议会。

 

 

However, the plot was discovered before Guy Fawkes could ignite the gunpowder.

然而，这个阴谋在盖伊·福克斯点燃火药之前就被发现了。

 

All the members of the plot were arrested, tortured, and then executed in public.

阴谋的所有成员都被逮捕、折磨，然后被公开处决。

 

Since that time, the British people have celebrated this event by lighting bonfires and having firework displays.

从那时起，英国人民通过点燃篝火和烟火表演来庆祝这一活动。

 

In addition, some children collect money to buy sweets by making an effigy of Guy Fawkes and displaying it on the streets

此外，一些孩子通过制作盖伊·福克斯 （Guy Fawkes） 的假人象并在街上展示来筹集资金购买糖果

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This tradition is called ‘Penny for the Guy’.

这个传统被称为“Penny for the Guy”。

 

The ‘Guy’ is made from old clothes stuffed with hay or crumpled newspaper.

“Guy”是用塞满干草或皱巴巴的报纸的旧衣服制成的。

 

Afterwards, the effigy is usually burnt on a bonfire.

之后，雕像通常在篝火上燃烧。

 

Some people buy fireworks and have a firework display in their garden.

有些人购买烟花并在他们的花园里举行烟花表演。

 

Many other people, however, prefer go to a larger firework display organised by the local authorities.

然而，许多其他人更喜欢去看地方当局组织的更大型的烟花表演。

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There are several food items traditionally eaten at firework parties.

传统上在烟花派对上吃的几种食物。

 

‘Toffee apples’ are apples on a stick that are dipped in toffee and left to harden.

“太妃糖苹果”是棍子上太妃糖并使其变硬的棒状苹果。

 

‘Parkin’ is a cake that is strongly flavoured with ginger.

“Parkin”是一姜味浓郁的蛋糕。

 

‘Cinder toffee’ is toffee that contains lots of tiny bubbles.

炉渣太妃糖是包含许多小气泡的太妃糖。

 

These tiny bubbles makes the toffee very crisp and brittle.

这些微小的气泡使太妃糖非常脆脆。

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Lastly, people also eat baked potatoes and sausages.

最后，人们还吃烤土豆和香肠

 

In the past, these things would have been cooked on the bonfire but nowadays they are usually cooked in the kitchen.

过去，这些东西会在篝火上烹制，但现在它们通常是在厨房里烹制的。