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1、愚人节的来源英语作文愚人节的来源英语作文： April Fools Day is traditionally a day to play practical jokes on others, send people on fools errands, and fool the unsuspecting. No one knows how this holiday began but it was thought to have originated in France. 传统上来讲，愚人节这一天，人们可以相互搞恶作剧，骗人跑腿，欺瞒不知情的人。没人知道这个节日是怎么来的，但人们普遍认为它源自法

2、国。 The closest point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1582, in France. New Years was celebrated on March 25 and celebrations lasted until April 1st. When New Years Day as changed from March 25 to January 1st in the mid-1560s by King Charles IX, there were some

3、 people who still celebrated it on April 1st and those people were called April Fools. 庆祝愚人节最早是在1582年，在法国。那时，当时法国新年是在3月25日，始终持续到4月1日。16世纪60年头中期，国王查理九世把新年从3月25日变为1月1日，而还有一些人在4月1日过新年，这些人就被称作四月傻瓜了。 Pranks performed on April Fools Day range from the simple, (such as saying, Your shoes untied!)， to the e

4、laborate. Setting a roommates alarm clock back an hour is a common gag. The news media even gets involved. For instance, a British short film once shown on April Fools Day was a fairly detailed documentary about spaghetti farmers and how they harvest their crop from the spaghetti trees. Whatever the

5、 prank, the trickster usually ends it by yelling to his victim, April Fool! 愚人节那天的恶作剧有的很简洁(比如，说句你鞋带开了!)，有的却是细心设计的。把室友的闹钟往后调一小时是常见的。甚至新闻媒体都来凑喧闹。比如，在愚人节那天，曾经有一部英国短片较为具体地记录了种意大利面的农夫，以及他们如何从意大利面树上收获意大利面。不管是什么恶作剧，搞恶作剧的人通常在最终会对被搞的人喊一句：四月傻瓜! April Fools Day is a for-fun-only observance. Nobody is expected

6、to buy gifts or to take their significant other out to eat in a fancy restaurant. Nobody gets off work or school. Its simply a fun little holiday, but a holiday on which one must remain forever vigilant, for he may be the next April Fool! 愚人节是一个仅为消遣的节日。谁也不用买礼物，也不用带着男/女挚友出去到一家豪华餐厅去吃饭。人们也不会放假。它仅仅是个搞笑的

7、小节日，但是在这一天，每个人都要保持警醒，不然就要被人耍啦。 Each country celebrates April Fools differently. In France, the April Fools is called April Fishh (Poisson dAvril)。 The French fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends backs and when some discovers this trick, they yell Poisson dAvril!. 每个国家用不同的方式过愚人节

8、。在法国，愚人节被称作April Fish。法国人和他们的挚友是这样开玩笑的：把一张裁成鱼形的纸用胶带粘到挚友的后背上，当有人发觉的时候，他们就会喊：Poisson dAvril!。 In England, tricks can be played only in the morning. If a trick is played on you, you are a noodle. In Scotland, April Fools Day is 48 hours long and you are called an April Gowk, which is another name for a

9、 cuckoo bird. The second day in Scotlands April Fools is called Taily Day and is dedicated to pranks involving the buttocks. Taily Days gift to posterior posterity is the still-hilarious Kick Me sign. 在英国，只能在早上搞恶作剧。假如你被耍了，那你就是面条。在苏格兰，愚人节要持续2天，被耍的人被称为四月布谷。苏格兰其次天的愚人节叫做Taily Day，恶作剧主要在别人的屁股上做文章。 愚人节的来源英语作文