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1、4月1日愚人节英语作文4月1日愚人节英语作文1 april fools' day is a day to play jokes on others, no one knows how this holiday began but people think it first started in france. in the 16 th century, people celebrated new year's day from march 25 to april 1. in the mid1560s king charles ix changed it from march 2

2、5 to january 1. but some people still celebrated in on april 1, so others called them april fools. each country celebrates april fools' day differently. in france, people call the april fools “april fish”. they tape a paper fish to their friends' backs to fool them. when he or she finds this

3、 , they shout “april fish!” in england, people liuxue86 play jokes only in the morning. you are a “noodle” if someone fools you. in scotland, april fools' day is 48 hours long. they call an april fool “april gowk”. gowk is another name for a cuckoo bird. in the america, people play small jokes o

4、n their friends and any other people on the first of aprol. they may point down to your shoe and say, “your shoelace is untied.” if you believe them and look down to see, you are an april fool then. 4月1日愚人节英语作文2 1st April is a day to be careful, or you could easily get tricked by someone. Its April

5、fools Day, a day when people traditionally like to try to make a fool of someone else and laugh at them. There are lots of theories surrounding the origins of the day, but one explanation is connected with the change in the calendar in the 16th century, which meant that 1st April was no longer the b

6、eginning of the year. Those who still celebrated the New Year on 1st April were called fools. So what kind of pranks do people play on April fools Day? Well, there are lots of simple tricks that you can play on your friends. For example, you could wear a black sweater and pull a piece of white threa

7、d through it, so that people try to pull it off. You could change the time on someones alarm clock so that theyre late for work. Or glue a coin to the floor and see how many people try to pick it up. All these are small-scale practical jokes which you might play on one other person or a few people.

8、But theres also a tradition of large companies attempting to fool a lot of people. For example a burger restaurant once claimed that they were introducing a left-handed burger! In particular, the media often try to make people believe something which is not true. Newspapers publish some ludicrous st

9、ories every year, although some of them are actually true. Its entertaining to try to guess which stories are true and which are fake. In the April Fools stories, they often include a clue to the fact that its a joke. For example the name of an expert quoted in the article might be an anagram of Apr

10、il Fool. Radio and television programmes have also fooled many people by broadcasting reports which are untrue. One programme announced the invention of an amazing new weight-loss product - water which contained minus calories! And one of the most famous hoaxes ever was broadcast by the BBC itself i

11、n 1957! A very serious news programme called Panorama reported on the poor spaghetti harvest in Switzerland, and showed pictures of farmers picking spaghetti from trees! Hundreds of people were taken in and wrote to the BBC asking how to grow their own spaghetti. 4月1日愚人节英语作文3 Last March, my mother t

12、old my father and me that my grandfather would come in April. We were very happy because my grandfather was an interesting old man and he had not visited us since he went to Hong Kong. On April 1 my father and I bought a lot of food from the supermarket and bought a big bunch of flowers home. Then w

13、e did some cleaning at home. At night when we were waiting for my grandfather, the bell rang and in came my mother. She smiled to us and said April fools! 4月1日愚人节英语作文4 April Fools' Day is a day to play jokes on others, No one knows how this holiday began but people think it first started in Fran

14、ce. In the 16 th century, people celebrated New Year's Day from March 25 to April 1. In the mid1560s King Charles IX changed it from March 25 to January 1. But some people still celebrated in on April 1, so others called them April Fools. Each country celebrates April Fools' Day differently.

15、 In France, people call the April Fools “April Fish”. They tape a paper fish to their friends' backs to fool them. When he or she finds this , they shout “April Fish!” In England, people play jokes only in the morning. You are a “noodle” if someone fools you. In Scotland, April Fools' Day is

16、 48 hours long. They call an April Fool “April Gowk”. Gowk is another name for a cuckoo bird. In the America, people play small jokes on their friends and any other people on the first of Aprol. They may point down to your shoe and say, “ Your shoelace is untied.” If you believe them and look down t

17、o see, you are an April Fool then. 4月1日愚人节英语作文5 Nowadays, there appears a phenomenon that the westerncustoms are spreading into the east countries step by step, thus making many inhabitants who live in big cities enjoy themselves on these western festivals such as Christmas Day, April Fools Day, etc

18、. Such phenomenon shows us that the world people are getting close gradually and the world is becoming smaller and smaller as well. Therefore, in my opinion, its a normal phenomenon s well as a necessary trend. First of all, it shows that we Chinese have become much opener rather than clinging to so

19、me very old customs, which are opposite our living. Looking back on the history, we can find the answer to why our China was very poor and weak in the 1800s. Yes, the answer is that we closed ourselves not to let other countries know about us, and this led us to a very hard road on which we suffered

20、 many wars that many European countries launched. So I think it is more than necessary to accept other customs instead of closing ourselves. Of course, festivals are just the beginning. Whats more, the Open and Reform Policy results in this. So I want to say it is a great achievement for the policy.

21、 Since we took the policy into practice, our country is developing with a rapid speed. No doubt it is an essential trend. Last but not the least, we may get closer and closer not only to our home friends but also to many foreigners. We can never feel embarrassed for not knowing the others customs an

22、d manners. And more misunderstandings can be avoided as well. To sum up, the trend has its great advantage to a certain extent. However, if we admire the western customs too much, it will be a disadvantage because China is our own country, all of us should enjoy a patriotic heart. Wish in the near f

23、uture, we can see the situation that westerners are enjoying themselves on the Spring Festival. April Fool Last March, my mother told my father and me that my grandfather would come in April. We were very happy because my grandfather was an interesting old man and he had not visited us since he went to Hong Kong. On April 1 my father and I bought a lot of food from the supermarket and bought a big bunch of flowers home. Then we did some cleaning at home. At night when we were waiting for my grandfather, the bell rang and in came my mother. She smiled to us and said April fools! 4月1日愚人节英语作文5篇