Every evening for the past fortnight or so, fireworks have been going off where I live, in east London. This is not, despite what the US press might have you believe, in honour of Joe Biden’s election victory. It’s because Brits are very fond of setting off fireworks at this time of year. Not only do we have Diwali to observe, but we also feel a pagan compulsion to celebrate Guy Fawkes’ failed attempt to blow up parliament four centuries ago by setting off small explosions of our very own.
最近这两周，我住的伦敦东部每天晚上都会燃放烟花。不管美国媒体是怎么给你宣传的，这不是为了庆祝乔•拜登(Joe Biden)赢得大选，而是因为英国人非常喜欢在每年的这个时候燃放烟花。我们不光是要庆祝排灯节(Diwali)，还有种异教徒的冲动，要通过“引爆”烟花来庆祝四个世纪前盖伊•福克斯(Guy Fawkes)炸毁议会的未遂企图。
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