Guy Fawkes Night · Worksheet 1
The Man in the Cellar
Read the story. 英文を読もう。
1Just after midnight on November 5, 1605, guards with lanterns walked into a dark room under Parliament in London. There, they found a man next to a big pile of wood. Under the wood were 36 barrels of gunpowder. The man's name was Guy Fawkes.
2Fawkes was part of a secret group of 13 men. They were angry because Catholics were not treated fairly in England. Their plan was to blow up Parliament when King James the First was inside. But someone sent a letter to a lord and warned him to stay away. The king's men searched the building, and the plan failed.
3That same night, people in London lit bonfires to celebrate. The king was safe! Soon, November 5 became a special day every year. Later, children began to make a doll of Fawkes, called a guy, and burn it on the fire. This is where the English word guy comes from.
4Today, Bonfire Night is a cold, bright evening in Britain. Families wear warm hats and gloves and go to big fireworks shows in parks. They eat toffee apples and a sticky ginger cake called parkin. In the small town of Lewes, thousands of people march with burning torches.
5It is a strange holiday when you think about it. People remember a plan that never happened, and they use gunpowder to do it. Every year, children still learn an old rhyme that begins with these famous words. Remember, remember the fifth of November.
- plot 陰謀、たくらみ
- gunpowder 火薬
- barrel 樽
- Parliament （イギリスの）議会
- bonfire （屋外の）大きなたき火
- fireworks 花火
- lantern ランタン、手さげランプ
- warn 警告する
- search （場所を）捜索する、調べる
- fail 失敗する
- torch たいまつ
- rhyme わらべ歌、韻をふむ詩