November 16th, 2007

3. What is November 11th called in Britain?

Armistice Day and was renamed Remembrance Day.

(1) Who lays a wreath?

The Queen lays the first wreath .

(2)Where?

At the Cenotaph.

(3)Why?

Because to remember all those men and women who were killed during the two World Wars and other conflicts.

(4). How many years is it since the end of World war one?

This year Remembrance Sunday fell exactly 89 years after the ending of World War I, Armistice Day.

(5). What is the red flower?

Poppy

(6). Why is this red flower used on November 11th?
On 11th November 1918, to signal the end of World War One. After end of the war, there was complete advastation and everything disappeared. Where once there were homes and farms there was now a sea of mud - a grave for the dead where man still lived and fough. Only one other living things survived. It was poppy. Then John McCrea scribbled down the poem "In Flanders Fields". It was the poppy things. The poem published. And the poppy became a popular symbol for soldier who dead in battle.

4. What happened on November 6th in London?

.State Opening of ParliamentOn the day of the Opening, the Queen travels from Buckingham Palace to the Houses of Parliament in the Stage Coach . Once the Queen arrives at Parliament the union flag is lowered and replaced by the royal standard. One of London’s most timeless ceremonies, dating back 700 years is the ceremony of the keys which takes place at the Tower of London.

5. What happened on November 10th in London?

The Lord Mayor’s procession winds through nearly 800 years of London’s history, marching unscathed through everything .The modern procession is over three miles long – 1.3 miles longer It is London’s grandest firework display at 5 o’clock from a barge moored in the Thames between Blackfriars and Waterloo bridges.

(6)What is the Mayor’s name?
Mayor's name is David Lewis.

In the middle of the First World War, he was caught by enemy and escaped fortunately. By accident He hid in a farm where woman who will be his wife in the future lived. After the war, they married. I thought is casual meeting is wonderful like a romance and love story.

[1 ]
1. Who was killed, where, when, and how?
Kenji Nagai was killed by the fatal shooting in Burma. Friday, 28 September 2007.

2. Why is this news important for many people around the world?
Japanese embassy doctors have confirmed that he was killed by a bullet to the chest by police cross-fire. Nagai was journalist. At the time he was shooting video so a government soldier shooted the journalist at close range to hide the truth incident what a government soldier did.

[2]
1. How many people marched in central Burma?
More than 100 monks.

2. What kind of people marched?
Monk.

3. When and where did they march?
In central Burma, Wednesday, 31 October 2007.

4. What happened in that same city on September 6th, 2007? nesday, 31 October 2007
More than 100 monks have marched in central Burma, the first time they have returned to the streets since last month's bloody crackdown on protests.
Reports that soldiers had beaten up monks there on 6 September gave momentum to protests that began on 19 August over fuel price rises. Monks said "Our demands are for lower commodity prices, national reconciliation and immediate release of [pro-democracy leader] Aung San Suu Kyi and all the political prisoners."
And The junta began its crackdown on protests on 26 September .

5. How do we know this march took place? The article gives two sources of information. What are they?
The Witnesses. One monk who was on the march.

6. Does this news item on the BBC website make the marchers more safe or less safe?
More safe.

7. What does “bloody crackdown” mean?
Action that is taken in order to deal more strictly witha ploblem with a lot of killing and injuries.

8. What does “nationwide pro-democracy protests” mean?
Showing a strong complint that national fvorable toward a gsystem of government.

9. What does “forcibly recruiting children” mean?
Children who are become soldier by force.

10.Who told the BBC that the Burma military are forcibly recruiting children? Do you believe it?

United Nations envoy Ibrahim

11. The BBC also asked the Burma government about this. What did the Burma government say? Do you believe them?
Why did the BBC ask Human Rights Watch AND the Burma
I do think this sort of economic and political frustration that is within the population will manifest itself again in the coming months."

12. I don't think so.
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The Internet connection in Myanmar was cut Friday, limiting the free flow of information the nation's citizens were sharing with the world depicting the violent crackdown on monks and other peaceful demonstrators.

1. Why did the Burma government do this, do you think?
I don't now the Brama's country but I think that the Burama's action was not the best solution. This matter was become more complicated.

[4]
1. What is November 5th called in Britain?
Bonfire Night

2.3 Why? (What is the historical reason?) What do people do on this day?
in the form of both private and civic events. They involve fireworks displays and the buIn the United Kingdom, celebrations take place in towns and villages across the country ilding of bonfires on which "guys" are burnt (although this is more rare nowadays). These "guys" are traditionally effigies of Guy Fawkes, the most famous of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators, although the night is celebrated in York (Fawkes hometown) some there do not burn his effigy, most notably those from his old school.[1] Before the fifth, children traditionally use the "guys" request a "penny for the guy" in order to raise funds with which to buy fireworks.
In the United Kingdom, there are several foods that are traditionally consumed on Guy Fawkes Night:
black treacle goods such as bonfire toffee[2] and parkin,[3]
toffee apples[4][5]
baked potatoes, which are wrapped in foil and cooked in the bonfire or its embers[6][7]
black peas with vinegar[8]

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