The Christmas Truce

The definition of a truce is an agreement between opponents or enemies to temporarily stop fighting.

The definition of cooperative is someone who is willing to work with others nicely, or is working together towards achieving a common goal.

goodwill = cooperative attitude

centenary one hundred year anniversary

truce agreement between people to stop fighting, with no winner or loser

unofficial = not authorised by people in authority

Workers dug a trench to install the sewage system.

trenches = big holes dug by soldiers from which they attacked the enemy

Workers dug a trench to install the sewage system.

fraternise to meet people socially

I'm really fed up with her.

Today we're talking about this celebration. It's a Christian festival but its message of peace among people is universal.

But there was once a brief moment in history when the human spirit rose above wars.

It's the perfect occasion to talk about it, because this year marks the centenary - the 100 year anniversary - of the start of Britain's involvement in this European conflict.

let's talk about this unofficial truce which happened 100 years ago in the Western Front of the First World War.

so a truce is an agreement between people to stop fighting, with no winner or loser.

soldiers from both trenches, all of a sudden, started to fraternise - which means they began to meet each other socially.

And the trenches were big holes dug by soldiers from which they attacked the enemy. Living conditions were terrible in these holes.

I think it happened because they were all fed up with the war.

And you were a long way off.