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.
最近這兩周，我住的倫敦東部每天晚上都會燃放煙花。不管美國媒體是怎么給你宣傳的，這不是為了慶祝喬?拜登(Joe Biden)贏得大選，而是因為英國人非常喜歡在每年的這個時候燃放煙花。我們不光是要慶祝排燈節(Diwali)，還有種異教徒的沖動，要通過“引爆”煙花來慶祝四個世紀前蓋伊?福克斯(Guy Fawkes)炸毀議會的未遂企圖。
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