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| |  Guy Fawkes This November 5th is Guy Fawkes' Night and it will be celebrated by people across the UK. It's the 400th anniversary of Guy Fawke's failed attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament, King James I and the entire English government. Luckily, the plot failed but why do we continue to celebrate such a violent event 400 years after the actual attempt? The BBC Learning English team put their heads together to find out as they get ready for a fun weekend.
Words and expressions from the programme to be discriminated against to be treated unfairly because of your religion, race, sexuality or a disability, for example a plot a secret plan by a group of people to do something that is harmful and illegal, usually to a government a bonfire a large outdoor fire that's built for pleasure or to burn unwanted things an effigy a model or dummy that's made to look like someone or to represent someone fireworks small containers filled with explosives that produce bright colourful patterns and loud noises when they are lit bangers a type of firework that produces a particularly loud noise sparklers a small type of firework which produces lots of small sparks and can be held by children in their hands toffee apples slightly sour tasting apples which are dipped in hot toffee and left to get hard before being eaten jacket potatoes potatoes that are roasted in their washed skin, often on an open fire Extras  Try the Weekender quiz Programme script (pdf - 71k) | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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