17. Bonfire Night: A Unique British Festival With An Explosive History! (English Vocabulary Lesson)

<p><strong>On today’s episode, I want to introduce you to a traditional British festival and celebration that you probably haven't heard of before! Bonfire Night, held on November 5th every year, is a day when we set off fireworks, light fires, and so on! However, it is the history connected to religious disagreements and failed terrorist plots that is the most interesting part!</strong></p> <p><strong>Transcript here!!! - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2020/11/06/bonfire-night-a-unique-british-festival-with-an-explosive-history/</strong></p> <p><strong>Contact us!</strong></p> <p><strong>INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/)</strong></p> <p><strong>Twitter - @thinkenglishpod</strong></p> <p><strong>Blog: thinkinginenglish.blog</strong></p> <p><strong>Gmail: [email protected]</strong></p> <p><strong>VOCABULARY LIST</strong></p> <p><strong>ubiquitous (adj) - seeming to be everywhere</strong></p> <p><em>Many languages are under threat from the ubiquitous spread of English</em></p> <p><strong>To repress (v) - to control what people do, and prevent feelings, desires, or ideas from being expressed</strong></p> <p><em>The government repressed all reports from the region</em></p> <p><strong>unified (adj) - brought together, combined, or united</strong></p> <p><em>The politicians find themselves unusually unified on this policy</em></p> <p><strong>To persecute (v) - to treat someone unfairly or cruelly over a long period of time because of their race, religion, or political beliefs</strong></p> <p><em>Religious minorities were persecuted during his regime</em></p> <p><strong>The establishment (n) - the important and powerful people who control a country or an organization, especially those who support the existing situation</strong></p> <p><em>Critics said judges were on the side of the establishment</em></p> <p><strong>uprising (n) - an act of opposition, sometimes using violence, by many people in one area of a country against those who are in power</strong></p> <p><em>There was a popular uprising in the capital</em></p> <p><strong>Conspirator (n) - a person who plans secretly with other people to do something bad, illegal, or against someone's wishes</strong></p> <p><em>He was a conspirator in the revolution</em></p> <p><strong>To smuggle (v) - to take things or people to or from a place secretly and often illegally</strong></p> <p><em>She was caught trying to smuggle 26 kilos of heroin out of the country</em></p> <p><strong>elaborate (adj) - containing a lot of careful detail or many detailed parts</strong></p> <p><em>They are making elaborate preparations for the wedding</em></p> <p><strong>Tyranny (n) - government by a ruler or small group of people who have unlimited power over the people in their country or state and use it unfairly or cruelly</strong></p> <p><strong>COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS</strong></p> <p><strong>Q.When is Bonfire Night?</strong></p> <p><strong>A.5th November</strong></p> <p><strong>Q. How is bonfire night celebrated in the UK?</strong></p> <p><strong>A.Fireworks, Bonfires, burning models, eating toffee apples!</strong></p> <p><strong>Q.Where did the gunpowder plot conspirators plan to blow up?</strong></p> <p><strong>A.House of Lords (Parliament)</strong></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support</a>

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